[SF/F/H Link Post] Asteroid Named after Leonard Nimoy; Original ‘Star Wars’ Script Reveals Who Shot First; New Tarzan Novel; Avengers/Ducktales Mashup
Interviews & Profiles
- Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro Talk Books, Storytelling, Dragons. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- SFFWorld interviews Brian Aldiss.
- Nreds of a feather interviews cyberpunks Rudy Rucker, Paul Di Filippo, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Margaret Fortune (plus giveaway).
- The Qwillery interviews Beth Cato.
- Brent Bowen interviews Mary Robinette Kowal.
- NYTimes interviews Stephen King.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Eric S. Raymond.
News
- Astronomers pay tribute to Leonard Nimoy by naming an asteroid for him.
- TARZAN Returns in New Book, RETURN TO PAL-UL-DON.
- Original ‘Star Wars’ Script Discovered, Reveals Who Shot First.
Crowd Funding
- Let’s Bring Haralambi Markov to World Fantasy This Year.
- Rock Slingers – A graphic novel set in the near future.
- Making History: A K-12 Time-Travel Curriculum for Makers – where students take on the role of time travelers and build the major discoveries of history.
Articles
- Bibliotropic on Knight’s Shadow by Sebastien de Castell.
- Blastr on Batman: Arkham Knight, Witcher 3, and 8 other games sci-fi, fantasy and horror fans should play this summer.
- Bookworm Blues on The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar.
- Cora Buhlert on Thoughts on the 2014 Nebula Awards.
- Daily KOS on Fantasy, science fiction, and the future of democracy.
- Den of Geek on Star Trek: 47 Nerdy Things About the Next Generation Films.
- G.W. Thomas on Supergirl: A Shotgun to the Face.
- Gabriel Conroy’s Zombie Movie Manifesto.
- Jeff VanderMeer’s Nebula Award Acceptance Speech for Best Novel Annihilation.
- Jeff York asks Is Jaws the greatest horror movie of all time? [via This Is Horror]
- John R. Fultz on How To Write A Fantasy Novel (In Six Difficult Steps).
- Marie Brennan on bright doesn’t have to mean flimsy.
- My Bookish Ways on Read This: Day Four by Sarah Lotz.
- Naomi Wood Dismembered Starlings and Neutered Minds.
- Nicole Singer on Friendships in Fantasy.
- on Game Of Thrones Fans Shocked After Some Little Goblin Or Something Killed Off In Last Night’s Episode. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Robert Jackson Bennett For lonely children. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Sci-Fi London on 4 Obscure Time Travel Films Worth Your Time.
- Timeline on Citizen Godzilla: Japan embraces its monster after 60 years. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
Art
- Jim Kay on illustrating Harry Potter.
- The Art of Elena Albanese.
- The Art of Felix Ortiz.
- Bristleback, Anton Sh.
- Street Repair, Julien Gauthier.
- Mothership, Johnathan Sek.
- Underwater encounter, Alberto Camara.
More Fun Stuff
- Extract from Joe Abercrombie’s HALF A WAR.
- Beware the Hairy Mango #281 – “Duckshake” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
- The SFFaudio Podcast READALONG: “The Cosmic Puppets” by Philip K. Dick.
- ‘Game of Thrones’–’Neverending Story’ mashup.
- Iconic Scene From ‘Alien 3′ Recreated Using a Black Stapler.
- Fantastic Star Trek Enterprise and X-Wing Coffee Tables [Pics].
- Doctor Who Cookies.
- Mash-Up: Avengers / Ducktales.
- The life of a Superhero toy.