SF/F/H Link Post for 2015-01-31
Interviews & Profiles
- BoingBoing interviews Will Self, author of Shark.
- HeyUGuys interviews Don Hall, director of Big Hero 6.
- The Kindle Daily Post interviews Marissa Meyer, author of FAIREST.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Daniel Josè Older, author of Half-Resurrection Blues.
- The Once and Future Podcast interviews Marjorie Liu, author of Labyrinth of Stars.
- The Once and Future Podcast interviews Myke Cole, author of Gemini Cell.
- Tor.com interviews Samantha Shannon, author of The Mime Order.
News
- Apex Publications announces Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters is now available for Preorder. Put in your order now.
- Black Mirror is in the early stages of being adapted for U.S. audiences.
- George RR Martin’s The Winds of Winter: no plans for publication in 2015. Give me a moment while I try to compose a surprised expression.
- New Salman Rushdie Novel Coming in September [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Nominate Your Favorite Works And People For The 2015 Hugo Awards
- Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany Cast as Lead in Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars Spin-Off
- Star Wars Boba Fett figure reaches £18,000 at auction
- My Bookish Ways gets a facelift!
Crowd Funding
- Space Cadets: Away Missions – A standalone cooperative game, the 3rd in the Space Cadets line. Explore UFOs, acquire alien tech and fight hordes of hostile aliens!
- Terminus Gate – A new campaign driven sci-fi miniatures game full of fast-paced action and daring adventure!
Articles
- Movie Review: Despite Being Predictable Project Almanac Is A Fun, Engaging
- 5 Of Our Favorite Teen-Centric Time Travel Movies
- 7 Reasons We Don’t Need Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness
- 10 Diseases That Might Afflict Us In The Future by George Dvorsky
- 10 More Mark Millar Comics Which Should Be Brought To The Big Screen
- 10 Things to Note in the First Trailer for Fantastic Four
- 12 Movies to See After You Watch Project Almanac
- Bill Gates says AI is a threat. Judging by Haley Joel Osment’s career, he’s right
- Casting Is Only a Symptom: The Main Fanboy Issue With Fantastic Four
- Doctor Who’s top ten most tragic deaths
- Essential Guide to Living Lovecraft: The Real World Locations Behind the Horror
- Five Things to Do Instead of Watching the Super Bowl!
- From Aesop to doge: The animal who speaks in a human voice is a figure of the most enduring imaginative power. What do we hope to hear? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- From Science Fiction to Reality: The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
- Gizmodo argues that Paper Books Will Never Die
- The Guardian says that Frank Herbert’s Dune at 50 has life in it yet
- “I really have no interest in science fiction at all,” said Star Wars creator George Lucas today at the Sundance Film Festival. He then took his ball and went home.
- Is Big Hero 6 the Superhero Stand by Me?
- Joss Whedon clarifies his comments about misogyny in superhero movies: BuzzFeed News did a follow-up interview with Joss regarding his comments made to Digital Spy last summer. It’s a good read and gives an indication as to what he’d like to do next.
- Neil Gaiman Admits His Doctor Who Episode “Nightmare In Silver” Was A Bit Of A Dud. Somehow, though, we can’t stay mad at him.
- Rolling Stone names 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s
- The Secret Douglas Adams RPG That People Have Been Playing for 15 Years
- The Secret Project of Doom: REVEALED
- So You Wanna Be an Author? You Don’t Need an MFA to Get Published
- This is Horror asks What Makes a Monster?
- Vulture asks what we’re all thinking: What’s Wrong With Jupiter Ascending? “You’re going to hurt me, aren’t you, Jupiter Ascending? It seems increasingly certain that this movie will be terrible (and a financial catastrophe for Warner Bros.), yet I simply can’t get my hopes down for it. In fact, I’m not sure there’s ever been this wide a gap between the high quality of an ad campaign and the abysmal advance word about the movie itself. I’m still trying to figure out what’s missing here.”
Art
- Boba Fett Concept Art Traces The Evolution Of A Bounty Hunter
- Alternate Jupiter Ascending Fan Posters
More Fun Stuff
- Check out this Massive Jupiter Ascending Photo Gallery
- Fantastic Four Trailer Easter Eggs and Analysis from The Nerdist
- Gillian Anderson explains The Big Bang theory.
- The Muppets Visited The Empire Strikes Back Set, And It Was Wonderful
- Read an excerpt from The Great Speck by Terry Pratchett at Tor.com.
- Read the short story “How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps” by A. Merc Rustad.
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Mixtape: The Haves and the Have-Nots
- Trekspertise: A History of Pre-Warp Alien Contact in Star Trek.
- Watch a Ex_Machina featurette on how Ava was created.
- Watch a trailer for iZombie at CBR.
- Watch the Avengers: Age of Ultron TV Spot.
- Watch the Superbowl trailer for Insurgent
“Bill Gates says AI is a threat. Judging by Haley Joel Osment’s career, he’s right”
Hah, made me laugh. I really do like Haley Joel Osment, though.