[SF/F/H Link Post] Earth’s Twin Discovered; George R.R. Martin in Sharknado 3; Joker Art

Interviews & Profiles

• Portland Monthly interviews Ursula K. Le Guin.
• Redditors interview Carrie Patel.
• Smart Girls love SciFi interviews Sharon Lynn Fisher.
• Rising Shadow interviews Alistair Cross.
• The Qwillery on Rob Boffard.
• Wag The Fox on Steven Shrewsbury.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Lauren B. Davis.

News

• Fran Wilde and Adrian Tchaikovsky sign with Tor.com Publishing.
• Introducing Voyager’s incredible digital-first list.
• NASA Finds Closest Earth Twin Yet in Haul of 500 Alien Planets.
• George R.R. Martin Died in Sharknado 3.

Events & Event News

• N.K. Jemisin & A.C. Wise, August 19th, 7pm at KGB Bar.

Crowd Funding

• Creepy Campfire Quarterly – a sceince fiction anthology. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Pedal Zombies: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction by Elly Blue.

Articles

• Alex MacFadyen on Time loops and the failures of memory.
• Bibliotropic on Dark Ascension by M L Brennan.
• Elizabeth Cady on Ancient Worlds: Greek Comedy and the Surprising Origins of SFF.
• GeekMom on 8 Reasons I’m Watching SyFy’s New Show Killjoys.
• J. Dalton Jennings talks about Solomon’s Arrow.
• Jeff Somers on Our 6 Favorite SF/F Alternate Universes.
• Kelly Anderson on Irresistible Theives and Refreshing Sexuality in the Nightrunner Series.
• Kirkus Reviews (Patrick Hester) on Make Way for New Blood.
• Kristin Centorcelli on Phoenix Island by John Dixon.
• Lawrence M. Schoen on The Metaphors of Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence.
• Marie Brennan on Writing Full Time.
• Mental Floss on 15 Things You Might Not Know About Stranger in a Strange Land. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Omega Point Trilogy by George Zebrowski.
• Robert J. Sawyer on Crowdfunding.
• Scott Cupp on Forgotten Book: Rivers of London (U.S. Title: Midnight Riot) by Ben Aaronovitch (2011).
• Socialist Jazz on Sweet Freedom: US newsstand speculative fiction magazines at the time of the debut of GALAXY: part 3. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• StarWars.com on The 7 Creepiest, Freakiest Denizens of Jabba’s Palace.

Art

• Gateworld by Julie Dillon.
• Witch, Stepan Alekseev.
• Cover Reveal: Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan.
• Cool Art: ‘Batman’ & ‘Superman’ Prints by Chris Skinner.
• Battle Prep – Concept Design, James Paick.
• The Giant, Ennio Caglià.
• Fire eye, Artem Vitols.
• Cyber Head, Jorge Zapata.
• Avengers FCBD Poster, Mike Capprotti.
• Spiderman Vs Dr. Oc, The Art of Asher.
• Chucky, The Art of Asher.
• Boba Fett Vs TMNT, The Art of Asher.
• This chilling illustration of Joker by Saad Irfan led me to lots of his other portrait illustrations, which are equally awesome. And that led me to this Joker Pinterest board.

More Fun Stuff

• Eileen Gunn reading at Readercon.
• Excerpt: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders.
• Download the first three chapters of Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley P. Beaulieu.
• Short Film: The Rush. [Thanks, Kevin!]
• Beep Boop! Its An Amazing R2-D2 Laptop Mod For The PS4.
• Freebie: The Flat Superheroes & Villains Icon Set.
• Batman: Arkham Knight Funko figures.