[SF/F/H Link Post] George R.R. Martin’s WINDS OF WINTER Excerpt; David Bowie’s “The Man Who Fell To Earth” Musical; Terry Pratchett Street Art Tribute; New Dune Art!

Interviews & Profiles

• YA Highway interviews Lee Kelly.
• MTV interviews Gail Simone.
• The Beat interviews Hope Larson. [via Geek Art Gallery]
• Wag The Fox interviews David Wellington.
• Odysey S/F interviews Gordon Van Gelder.
• The Quill to Live interviews Brian Staveley.
• SFFWorld interviews Jo Zebedee.

News

• Stunning street art tribute to author Terry Pratchett appears in east London. [Thanks, Kristin!]
• James Herbert horror award chooses its first winner.
• David Bowie is writing a stage show based on his 1976 science-fiction film The Man Who Fell To Earth.

Events & Event News

• April 7: Beyond the World of Interstellar.
• May 22 – 25: Comicpalooza in Houston, Texas.
• October 16 – 17: GollanczFest2015.

Crowd Funding

• Imagined Realms Book 2 : A Scifi Art Book by Julie Dillon by Julie Dillon.
• Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix by Bernie Mojzes.
• Art of Dying soaps by Eden.
• Be A Bard by Mhairi Simpson.

Articles

• Belinda Morris on Scarlet Witch Re-design – What Women Want In Women’s Characters.
• Bibliotropic on Ink by Amanda Sun.
• Brigid Alverson on 6 Manga that Twist Western Culture in Strange Ways and April Manga.
• Bryan Bishop on Max Headroom: the definitive history of the 1980s digital icon.
• Charlie Jane Anders on The Most Essential Science Fiction And Fantasy Books In April.
• Cinema Blend on 10 Superheroes Marvel Needs To Start Using In Its Movies. [via Geek Art Gallery]
• Club Jade on Convention tips: How to photograph fans in costume.
• Dana Cameron on Fangborn world-building.
• Dani Harper on Avoiding the Fae.
• Dani Harper on The Faery GRIM.
• Diana Biller on Great Science Fiction Stories That Can Help You Make Sense Of Economics.
• io9 on A History of Marvel Crossovers: The Silver Age.
• James Nicoll on Introducing Leigh Brackett’s Solar System.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on My Favorite Bit: Gillian Polack talks about The Art of Effective Dreaming.
• Melissa Grey on Five things I learned while writing The Girl at Midnight.
• Monica Gallagher on 5 Things I Learned Writing Part-Time Princesses.
• Nina Munteanu on How Game of Thrones Abandoned Me in the Pit of Despair.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews on Past Futures.
• Rachel Hartman on The Gods Roll the Dice: Inventing a Gender System.
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia on The Human Centipede Publishing Model.
• Steve Davidson on How I’ll Be Casting My Final Hugo Vote.
• Theresa Delucci on Five Things to Watch for in Game of Thrones’ Fifth Season.
• V.E. Schwab on 5 Books with Magical Doors.
• Views From the Tesseract on Here Be Giants.

Art

• Sam Weber’s Stunning Artwork for the Illustrated Edition of Dune.
• Sci-Fi Concept Art from Tahir Tanis.
• Old Gods, Elena Bespalova.

More Fun Stuff

• Excerpt from the Winds of Winter.
• Ghost Train to New Orleans Ep. 23.
• The Last Quarrel (Excerpt) by Duncan Lay.
• Short Story: “The Skin Mechanic” by Edward Cox.
• Music and Laughs: The Galavant Season 1 Gag Reel.
• The map for The Plot to Save Socrates by Paul Levinson.
• Sword and Laser Podcast #212 – Do You Have the Right to Delete Swear Words?
• One Last April Fool’s Joke… Disney / Pixar’s X-Wings.
• Behind the scenes making of the web series Portal.
• Jupiter is the Death Star.
• VHS covers for current movies and shows.