[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.