[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
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.