[SF/F/H Link Post] Robert A. Heinlein Retrospective; Margaret Atwood’s Cartoon Strip; Space as a Playground for Postcapitalist Posthumans; Darth Stewie Maul
Interviews & Profiles
- Tony Ballantyne interviews Jaine Fenn.
- Midnight in Karachi interviews Catherine Webb (a.k.a Claire North).
- SFFWorld interviews Carrie Patel.
- Mur Lafferty interviews agent Jen Udden.
- Matt Staggs interviews Ben Tripp.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Charlie Human.
- Amazing Stories interviews Brian W. Aldiss (from 2014).
- Alternate History Weekly Update interviews Bruce Munro.
News
- Margaret Atwood draws cartoon strip for ‘geek girl’ anthology.
- Apex Magazine Issue 76 to be special ‘world’ SF-themed.
- Physics Journal Says Interstellar Should Be Shown in Science Classrooms. [via Pipedreamergrey]
Events & Event News
Articles
- Alan Kistler on Supergirl & Superwoman Historical Timeline Part 1: 1938-1986.
- Alex Brown on Pull List: Young Avengers.
- Amy Sterling Casil on Why Don’t More People Read?: Part 3 of The Business of Books.
- Charlie Stross on Crib Sheet: Equoid.
- Den of Geek on 51 upcoming comic book movies, and when to expect them. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
- Don Kaye on Rollerball at 40: Paving the way for The Hunger Games.
- Gail Z. Martin on Mary Sue Must Die!
- Jaym Gates on Shuffling Stories, Arranging Anthologies.
- Jeff Somers says Orphan Black Has a Villain Decay Problem.
- JG Faherty on A Discussion of Horror.
- Jim C. Hines on NASA!
- Joseph Mallozzi on Dark Matter episode 102! Pics! Vids! Secrets!
- Karen Burnham on Space: A Playground for Postcapitalist Posthumans.
- Karen Burnham, Vajra Chandrasekera, Martin McGrath, Ethan Robinson, and Vandana Singh on Strange Horizons Articles: The Strange Horizons Book Club: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.
- Kari Sperring and Marie Brennan on Revsions.
- Kirkus Reviews (Patrick Hester) on Birthright Volume 1: Homecoming.
- Lou Anders on The Song of Helltoppr.
- Medium on How Not to Write About Atomic War — Robert Heinlein’s Farnham’s Freehold is a nuclear disaster. [via James Davis Nicoll]
- Oliver Johnson on Robert A. Heinlein: A Retrospective.
- Paul Weimer on The Argylle Series of Elizabeth Willey.
- Petrea Mitchell on Summer 2015 SF Anime Preview.
- Publishers Weekly on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: Their Faith, Their Friendship, and the Worlds They Created.
- Scott Hawkins on The (Homicidal) Librarians of Mount Char: A Primer.
- The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog on 9 Awesome Appearances by Real Figures in SF.
- The Booklist Reader on 12 Books to Help You Prepare for the Coming Singularity.
Art
- AnthonyFoti’s DeviantArt Gallery.
- Arn by Gedogfx.
- Penitence by Gedogfx.
- Fresh Take: Superheroine Redesigns.
- Darth Stewie Maul, Francisco Jose Díaz Daza.
More Fun Stuff
- Sword and Laser Podcast #221 – From Authors to Hollywood Moguls.
- 76 Kindle Deals to Kick Off Your Weekend (all under $5).
- Episode 134 of Speculate!–Ken Liu Novel Review (The Grace of Kings).
- The Fred Savage Movie The Wizard, Reconceived as a Stage Opera (in Italian).
- See USS Enterprise Morph from Sailing Ship to Starship.
- Jack Vance’s Kindle Cover Disaster.