[SF/F/H Link Post] Trent Zelazny’s Tribute to Roger Zelazny; Alastair Reynolds on Humanity Reaching the Stars; Pulp Art

Interviews & Profiles

• Gawker interviews Alaya Dawn Johnson.
• Gawker interviews Daniel José Older.
• Gawker interviews Ken Liu. [via Locus Online]
• Redditors interview Tanya Tynjälä.
• S. C. Flynn interviews Nicolette Stewart of Book Punks.
• Fantasy Book Critic interviews Anton Strout.
• The Qwillery interviews Anton Strout.
• Aidan Moher interviews Hugh Howey.
• Slice of SciFi interviews Bradley King.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Cory Allyn (plus giveaway).

News

• New York Times bestselling YA fantasy author Laini Taylor signs new three-book deal with Little, Brown Books For Young Readers.
• Malcolm Edwards appointed Chairman of Gollancz and Consultant Publisher of Orion.
• Tor.com gets a facelift.
• Publication Day: Invisible 2.
• Operation Arcana is now out in audiobook.

Events & Event News

• Justina Robson & Ben Aaronovitch at Bradford Literature Festival this weekend.
• Museum of Science Fiction Announces: Escape Velocity, a New STEAM and Science Fiction Con for 2016. Guests include Greg Bear, David Brin, Pam Melroy, Morgan Gendel.

Articles

• Aaron Miles on A Look At Points Of View.
• Adam Rowe on Mad Max: Fury Road and 8 More Car-Based SF/F Stories.
• Alastair Reynolds on Why humanity may yet reach the stars.
• Damien Walter on Fantasy must shake off the tyranny of the mega-novel.
• David Brin on SF on the big screen…and TV.
• Giant Freakin Robot on 10 Awesome Star Wars Car Accessories Every Geek Needs.
• Howard Andrew Jones on Swords Against Death Re-Read: “The Price of Pain-Ease”.
• Huff Po on 10 Science Fiction Writers Predict How Our World Will Change In The Next 10 Years. [via Locus Online]
• Joel Cunningham on Don’t Like Strong Women in Your Sci-Fi? Steer Clear of These 7 Books.
• Live Science on Take a Planetary Vacation at Museum’s ‘Future of Travel’ Exhibit.
• Marc Turner on Five Weapons You Don’t Want Your Enemy To Bring To A Fight.
• Mark Finn’awesome s Letter to the Internet regarding Supergirl. [via Rick Klaw]
• Michael R. Underwood on The Many Sides of Bundling.
• Nick Cutter on How I Wrote The Acolyte.
• Pornokitsch on Friday Five: 5 Weird and Wonderful Short Stories by Women.
• Shawn Speakman asks: What Book(s) Would You Want LeatherBound?
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Mad Max: Fury Road is the feminist movie you didn’t know you needed.
• The Mary Sue on Can You Survive the Office Culture? Analyzing the Pros and Cons of 6 Fictional Companies from Sci-Fi.
• Trent Zelazny’s Tribute to Roger Zelazny.
• WSJ on The Culture Wars Invade Science Fiction.

Art

• The Monkey King’s Lair, Daniel Romanovsky.
• Giant Slayers, Pedro Veloso.
• Speeder, Krzysztof Luzny.
• The Sci-Fi Art of Greg Semko.
• Arisen, Joshua Viers.
• Beefy X-Wings, Joshua Viers.
• The Empire Arrives, Joshua Viers.
• Angelous, Manuel María López.
• Hyperion Team, Tom Edwards.
• Abraham Ford, Angel Ganev. (Watch it progress here.)
• Geek Art Gallery: Mash-Up: Master of Dragons.
• Androids Saga Part 1: The Creations of Dr. Gero.
• Androids Saga Part 2: The Conquest Of Earth.
• Androids Saga Part 3: The Time Traveler.
• Androids Saga Part 4: Dr Gero’s Monster.

More Fun Stuff

• Beware the Hairy Mango #270 – “Artificial World” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• Extract from Mark Lawrence’s The Liar’s Key.
• 50 Page Fridays: John Birmingham.
• Beware the Hairy Mango #271 – “Holly Smokes!” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• Comic-book moments you’ll never see on screen (pictures).
• Mashup: Jean-Claude Van Damme Battles Freddy Krueger.
• PenguiCon photo gallery.
• A Video History of the Borg.