[SF/F/H Link Post] Gay Fairy Tale Controversy; How Flash Gordon Conquered the Universe of SciFi Adventure; Lil Hulkbuster vs. Hulk

Interviews & Profiles

• Minister Faust interviews Nnedi Okorafor.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Tina Connolly.
• Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Kary English.
• Suvudu interviews Karen Bao.
• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews J.A. Pitts.
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show interviews Andrea Phillips.
• SFFWorld interviews Michael J. Martinez.
• Bec Stafford interviews Sean McMullen.
• Beauty in Ruins interviews Justin Lee Anderson.
• A Fantastical Librarian interviews Joshua Winning.

News

• Gay Fairy Tale Creates Controversy in Third Grade Class.
• Wil Wheaton and Ernest Cline reunite for Armada audiobook.
• Jamie Todd Rubin sells story “Gemma Barrows Comes to Cooperstown” to InterGalactic Medicine Show.

Events & Event News

• May 22 – 24 in Houston, TX | Comicpalooza.
• May 22 – 24 in Kansas City, MO | Spectrum Fantastic Art Live.
• June 2nd in NYC: The New York Review of Science Fiction presents Lev AC Rosen and Adam Sternbergh, with guest curator Ron Hogan.
• Hugo Nominee Packet Available.

Crowd Funding

• CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 5: more stories of beauty and strangeness by Mike Allen.
• Champions of Aetaltis: A Heroic Fantasy Anthology by Marc Tassin.
• Mars Attacks Occupation Trading Cards by The Topps Company.

Articles

• Ars Technica offers An essay concerning how Star Wars illuminates constitutional law.
• Bookworm Blues on The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris.
• Cosmos on A leap forward in the hunt for Earth-like planets.
• David Moody on Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
• David Steffen on Economics of Resource Gathering Within the Star System.
• Den of Geek on 14 Avengers Who Were Also X-Men.
• Diabolical Plots on Anime Review: Death Parade.
• E.C. Myers on The Once and Future SFWA.
• Gav Thorpe on Brave New Warhammer World.
• Heather Wixson on Poltergeist: How Tobe Hooper Deconstructed the American Dream & Fueled My Childhood Nightmares. [via This Is Horror]
• Kathleen Baldwin on Books That Broke Sacred Writing Rules.
• James Aquilone on How Flash Gordon Conquered the Universe of SciFi Adventure.
• Kelly Anderson on 6 Scenes from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell We Can’t Wait to See Onscreen.
• Lisa J. Goldstein on The Hugo Ballot, Part 11: Novellas.
• Lou Anders on The Tangled Web We Weave.
• Michael J. Martinez on So what now? Leaving the series behind.
• My Bookish Ways on Read This: Uprooted by Naomi Novik.
• Taste of Cinema on 10 Great Found Footage Horror Movies for Beginners. [via This Is Horror]
• Trevor Hogg on Keeping it User Friendly: The Graphic UIs of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Art

• To The Library, Julian Moran.
• The Discovery, Adam Meah.
• Impress the Empress, Madeline Prindle.
• Into the Storm, Marek Okon.
• HuntingRed by daemonstar.
• Harry Potter: Avada Kedavra by Picolo-kun.
• Illustration: Lil Hulkbuster vs Hulk.
• Mad Max: Fury Road Concept Art.

More Fun Stuff

• Fan de-mixes the original Star Wars movies.
• Index to Locus Magazine Reviews.
• DIY Spock ears.
• Princess Leia’s Cinnamon Buns.
• That’s no moon! It’s a Death Star beach ball.
• Movie FX legend Rick Baker creates his own version of DC Comics’ Joker.
• An interactive, animated droid encyclopedia. [via Geek Art Gallery]