[SF/F/H Link Post] The Murderers of Marvel; Tiptree Fellowships; Awesome Penguin Fan Art

Interviews & Profiles

• David Mitchell interviews Neal Stephenson.
• Angela Slatter interviews Molly Tanzer.
• The Qwillery interviews K. M. McKinley.
• Civilian Reader interviews Peter Orullian.
• The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog interviews Aya Kanno.
• My Bookish Ways interviews John Langan.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Michael Kazepis.
• Michael Senft interviews Kevin Hearne.
• Aidan Moher interviews Jamie Ford.
• S. C. Flynn interviews Books Abound.
• Vanity Fair interviews Lucasfilm’s Resident Star Wars Geek Pablo Hidalgo.

News

• EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing announces lineup for Superhero Universe (Tesseracts Nineteen).
• The Tiptree Fellowships, 2015: Call for Applications.

Crowd Funding

• Star Trek: Captain Pike by Rigel 7 Productions.
• Champions of Aetaltis: A Heroic Fantasy Anthology by Marc Tassin.

Articles

• Adam Rowe on 6 Modern Covers that Capture the Majesty of ‘70s Sci-Fi Art.
• Andrea Johnson on Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh.
• Chris Beckett on The Penfield Mood Organ in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Gail Z. Martin on Why I Joined SFWA.
• James Cambias on Book Bites: Corsair.
• Lisa J. Goldstein on The Hugo Ballot, Part 14: A Brief Trip Back to Short Stories.
• LitReactor on The 5 Best Horror Comics On Shelves Right Now.
• Nathalie Atkinson on Sci-fi crown Jules Verne had a fantastical vision of the future.
• New Scientist on Einstein and Schrödinger: The price of fame.
• Peter Orullian on Escalation to Fight: Understanding Magic in Trial of Intentions.
• Popular Mechanics on 8 Sci-Fi Comic Books That Deserve Movies or TV Shows.
• Sam Reader on 5 Recent Standout SF/F Collections.
• Sherwood Smith on Pastoral Fantasy.
• The Boston Globe on How writers of endangered languages are embracing sci-fi. [via Paul Di Filippo]

Art

• Art of Ar Siu.
• Weird Factory and other buildings, Alejandro Gutierrez Franco.
• Elf Smuggler, Alejandro Gutierrez Franco.
• Forest Meeting, Dom Leatham.
• Jack Kirby’s Operation Argo Artwork in Heavy Metal.
• Poster for The Mysterians (Chikyû Bôeigun) (1957, Japan).
• The Penguin, Carlos Amaral.
• Spock Van Gogh and Captain James T. Ross.

More Fun Stuff

• Read an extract from Lou Anders’ NIGHTBORN.
• Beware the Hairy Mango #275 – “Stamp the Whales” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• Beware the Hairy Mango #276 – “Snooze Control” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• Read Chapter 1 of Faces by E.C. Blake.
• A Supercut of STAR WARS Sounds.
• INFOGRAPHIC – Murderers of Marvel. [via Tell Me Morph]
• Brewster Rockit in Yesterdayland.