[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.