[SF/F/H Link Post] Six-figure Deal for Fantasy Novelist; Using AI to Defuse Anger; All 456 “Game of Thrones” Deaths Visualized

Interviews & Profiles

• GeekMom interviews Ann Leckie.
• Redditors interview Robin Hobb and Brian Keene.
• Aidan Moher interviews Nancy Kress.
• Skiffy and Fanty interviews Jennifer Ellis.
• SFFWorld interviews Karina Sumner-Smith.
• Nightmare Magazine interviews Kaaron Warren.
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel interviews Neal Stephenson.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Scott Britz.
• S. C. Flynn interviews the Marvelous Reading Room.

News

• Six-figure World Rights Deal For Fantasy Novelist John Gwynne.
• Production starts on the movie of The Girl With All the Gifts.
• Fox Announces New Mutants Movie, Spinning Out of X-Men.
• Susan Allison, editorial director for Berkley Publishing Group, announces Retirement.
• Firefly: The Gorramn Shiniest Language Guide and Dictionary in the ‘Verse will be released by Titan Books in March 2016.[via whedonesque]
• A New Zealand-based company is using artificial intelligence to defuse anger.

Events & Event News

• As part of the Fantastic Fiction free reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Wesley Chu & Nicole Kornher-Stace Wednesday May 20th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.
• May 22-24 in Kansas City, MO: Spectrum Fantastic Art Live.

Crowd Funding

• Museum of Science Fiction: “Future of Travel” Exhibition by Regan Samul, Curator Washington, DC.

Articles

• Bard Writes Books on How To Write Dystopian Noir: Troubleshooter Influences.
• Bookishly Witty on The Old Axolotl: Hardware Dreams by Jacek Dukaj, translated by Stanley Bill.
• Flavorwire on JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis’ Friendship Anniversary.
• GW Thomas on Netflix Daredevil: A Review and a Forecast.
• Jim C. Hines on Age of Ultron Thoughts & Discussion.
• Katherine A. Powers on A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson.
• My Bookish Ways on Read This: Dave vs the Monsters: Emergence by John Birmingham.
• RevolutionSF on Cleaning Up After the Storm: Black Widow in Avengers Age of Ultron.
• StarWars.com on 4 Actors Who Played Multiple Star Wars Roles.
• The Guardian on Seveneves by Neal Stephenson – a truly epic disaster novel.
• Topless Robot on 7 Things We Learned About Teenage Lois Lane From the New YA Novel Fallout.
• Kirkus Reviews (me!) on Read Them Now, Watch Them Later: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Adaptation Watch (May 2015 Edition).

Art

• White Walker, Peter Konig.
• Farytale, Veronika Proshkina.
• L’antiquaire, vincent joubert.
• Sacrament Dungeon Concept Art, Franklin Chan.
• D3 Fan Art, Shen Fei.
• Imagined Illustrations for The Hobbit by 7 Legendary Artists.
• Cover Reveal for Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s HEX.
• New Cover Art for Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices Trilogy.
• Cover Reveal: The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron.

More Fun Stuff

• The Liminal War (Excerpt) by Ayize Jama-Everett.
• Beware the Hairy Mango #269 – “Steve Sepp, Tasty! Tasty!” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• “Ultron Funk” – Avengers Age of Ultron Song Parody.
• Photo: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views Serene Sundown on Mars.
• StarShipSofa #386.
• Watch the Black Widow Title Sequence for the Black Widow Movie You’ve Always Wanted.
• Goodnight Westeros.
• Twitter Game – #SciFiClassifieds.
• Valar Morghulis: An illustrated guide to all 456 deaths in Game of Thrones.
• Cool 10,000-piece Lego Millennium Falcon.