[SF/F/H Link Post] Crowd-Funding Captain Pike; Shia LaBeouf as All the Doctors; Batman Art Deco; Cathulhu
Interviews & Profiles
- The Future And You podcast features a panel with Catherine Asaro, Terry W. Ervin II, James Maxey, Stephen Euin Cobb, and Jim Craig.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Lucy A. Snyder.
- Nightmare Magazine interviews Chet Williamson.
- The Functional Nerds interview Naomi Novik.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Sarah Lotz.
- The Outer Dark interviews Livia Llewellyn.
- Amazing Stories interviews Graphic Designer Piedade Marques.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews David Gerrold.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews A.M.J. Hudson.
- Lightspeed Magazine interviews Amal El-Mohtar.
- Buzzy Mag interviews Jack McDevitt.
- Redditors interview Ken Liu.
- At Kirkus Reviews, I interview Ellen Datlow, Paula Guran, Rich Horton, and Jonathan Strahan.
News
- RIP: Composer James Horner. [via Lawrence Person]
- Author Heather Brewer announces gender transition.
[via Paul Di Filippo]
- Norma K Hemming Award submissions open for 2015.
- J.K. Rowling Reveals New Harry Potter Backstory on Pottermore.
- Now available: Cyberpunk: Malaysia edited by Zen Cho. [via Kam-Yung Soh]
Events & Event News
- Jenny Agutter auctions her Logan’s Run script for charity.
- As part of the Fantastic Fiction free reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Jeffrey Ford & David Edison, Wednesday, July 15th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.
- Jim C. Hines’ ApolloCon Pics.
- Opening July 1: Lovecraft Arts & Sciences – A “Weird Emporium and Information Bureau” Providence. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Alyx Dellamonica on Where to Start with the Works of Connie Willis.
- Andrea Johnson on For Exposure by Jason Sizemore.
- Andrew Liptak on Take a Trip Around Planet Earth with 9 Translated Science Fiction Novels.
- Bibliotropic on The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton.
- Bookworm Blues on The Philosopher Kings Jo Walton.
- Deborah J. Ross says Write It Slow.
- Diabolical Plots on Review of Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form 2015.
- Eric Flint on A Discussion With John Scalzi About The Proposed “Saga” Award.
- GeekyLibrary on Dystopia or Utopia: Is it Really so Hard to Believe in the World of Tomorrow?
- Graham Edwards on The VFX of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
- Jon Wallace on The Ficial and the Terrier.
- Joshua Palmatier reviews Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido on Table of contents for The X-Files: Trust No One.
- Mental Floss on Harlan Ellison – The Author Who Wrote in Bookstore Windows.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews The Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter.
- Stephen Baxter on Fred Hoyle and A For Andromeda.
- The Geek Twins on 5 Supervillains Who Broke Captain America’s Shield.
- The Hooded Utilitarian on The Eternal Frontier.
- The Los Angeles Review of Books on The Warm Equations – Reviews of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Aurora and Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves.
- Topless Robot on The 9 Greatest Years in the Life of Studio Ghibli.
- Tor.com on Don’t Touch That Dial: Summer TV 2015.
- Weird News on The Weird News Guide to Extraterrestrial Real Estate. [via Paul Di Filippo]
Art
- Cover Launch: SKYBORN by David Dalglish.
- Exclusive Cover Reveal: Transgalactic by James Gunn.
- The Fantasy Illustrations of Abe Taraky.
- Catthulhu by aeryael.
- Morrigan Aensland / Fan Art, Felipe Martini.
- Blue Team by Noble–6.
- Geek Art Gallery: Illustration: ABCDEFGeek.
- The Golden Age: Avon Fantasy Reader ~ 18 Issues ~ 1947-1952. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
- Batman Art Deco poster by Luca Oleastri.
More Fun Stuff
- First Three Chapters: Half a War By Joe Abercrombie.
- The iPoe Collection – the illustrated and interactive Edgar Allan Poe Collection.
- StarShipSofa #392 with fiction by Mercurio D Rivera and R Scott Bakker and Eric Schwitzgebel.
- John Malkovich Reads Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions.
- Jean-Luc Picard that you can dance to.
- An Artist Turns Shia LaBeouf into Every Doctor Because He Could.
- King Kong Furniture Set.
- Galaxy Magazine Archive.
- Octopus Skull Jug.
- Bat-trike.
Thanks for linking to my post about optimistic fiction (“Is It Really So Hard To Believe in the World of Tomorrow?”).
I love all the stuff you gather for these link posts!