[SF/F/H Link Post] Doris Lessing Trailed by MI5; Bruce Campbell Crowdfunding LAST FAN STANDING; Marvel Cosplay Variant Covers

Interviews & Profiles

• My Bookish Ways interviews David Hofmeyr.
• Uncanny Magazine interviews Alyssa Wong.
• The Book Plank interviews Ari Marmell.
• The Qwillery interviews James L. Sutter.
• German zine Zauberspiegel interviews Wayne Borean, Brad Torgersen, Jim C. Hines, Lou J Berger, and Adam-Troy Castro about the Hugos.
• Redditors interview Sasquan attendees!
  • Kate Elliott
  • Colleen Gleason
  • Randy Henderson
  • Patrick Hester
  • Luke Matthews
  • Carrie Patel
  • Bryan Thomas Schmidt
  • James L. Sutter
  • Timothy C. Ward

News

• Doris Lessing was trailed by MI5 for 20 years.

Events & Event News

• Tom Doyle and Fran Wilde read at Worldcon 2015
• September 15: See Kim Newman in conversation at the Paddington Book Festival.
• Upcoming events and North Carolina author news.
• Cool SFF Pay-What-You-Want eBook Bundle from Open Road supports charity!

Crowd Funding

• Help Bruce Campbell fund the Last Fan Standing by Last Fan Standing.
• Vurt: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Ravendesk Games.

Articles

• Adam Rowe on 6 Brilliant Sci-Fi Takes on Arthurian Legend.
• Blastr’s Image of the Day: Adam West’s heartfelt farewell to his Batman co-star.
• Cat Rambo on Near + Far.
• Diabolical Plots on The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Translated by Ken Liu).
• Gizmodo on This Is How The World Ends, With The Best Apocalyptic And Dystopian Future Movies And TV.
• Gurney Journey on Visual Backstory: A Checklist for Science Fiction Artists.
• Howard Andrew Jones on The Coming of Conan Re-Read: “The God in the Bowl”.
• Jason Sizemore on Five Books That Dump You into a Pit of Despair.
• Mark Stay on What I’ve Learned Making a Movie.
• MD Jackson on Weddings in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
• Patrick Hester at Kirkus and Live from the 73rd Annual WorldCon.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Time Salvager by Wesley Chu.
• Tiny Tickle on Leeds and the world’s first science fiction convention. [via Kam-Yung Soh]
• Variety on Killjoys Creator Talks Season Finale, Why Genre TV Cultivates Powerful Women On-Screen and Off.

Art

• Star Wars Covers.
• Posters: Akira.
• Speedpaint – Landing, Liam Reid.
• Neon-hitman, carmen cornet.
• Ravine of gigantic sauras, Makoto Shiki.
• Grom, Netko Ravlic.

More Fun Stuff

• 50 Page Fridays: Scott Lynch.
• 19 Marvel Cosplay Variant Covers For September.
• NASA lists ‘The Martian’ tech that already exists.
• The 15 best Hollywood robots ever, ranked (pictures).
• Star Wars Canon Timeline: From Episode I to Episode IX.
• Fun Pop Culture Elements Added To Historic Paintings.