[SF/F/H Link Post] Sex and Vampires; 7 Things in Every SF/F Story; Marvel vs DC at the Movies; Baby Frankenstein

Interviews & Profiles

• Wag The Fox interviews Molly Tanzer, author of Vermilion.
• SFFWorld interviews Robert Silverberg, author of Hunt the Space-Witch!.
• Notes from Coode Street interviews Michael Swanwick, author of Chasing the Phoenix.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Weston Ochse, author of Grunt Traitor.
• BiblioFiend interviews S.G. Browne, author of Less Than Hero.
• Sword & Laser interviews Scott Sigler, author of Alive.
• The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Richard Chwedyk.
• VIDEO: Kurt Vonnegut Maps Out the Universal Shapes of Our Favorite Stories.

News

• The Exploding Spaceship announces the women author book donation project to benefit the Glasgow Women’s Library.
• Subterranean Press announces pre-orders for The Martian by Andy Weir, with Daniel Dociu cover.
• James A. Moore signs new deal with Angry Robot.
• Call for Submissions: Artemis Rising II.
• Locus Magazine Table of Contents, August 2015.

Events & Event News

• Orbit Fantasy Writing Workshop: Submissions now open.
• Satuirday August 4: Seattle reading of Stories for Chip honors Samuel Delany.
• Tor/Forge Author Events in August.
• November 7-8: Book Riot Live with Margaret Atwood.

Crowd Funding

• The Side of Good / The Side of Evil: A FlipBook Anthology.
• Alternate Hilarities: Weirder Science by Giovanni Valentino.

Articles

• Adam Roberts says The Puppies are taking science fiction’s Hugo awards back in time.
• Alistair Cross on Sex and Vampires.
• Amazing Stories on Marvel vs DC at the Movies.
• Arlan Andrews, Sr. on The Limits of Belief.
• Boing Boing on The Dwarven Lord of Kickstarter.
• Comics Alliance on The Genius of Rocketeer Creator Dave Stevens.
• Damien Walter on Apocalypse how? Sci-fi’s rich history of post-disaster futures. Larry Correia responds.
• Dorkly on The 5 Most Embarrassing Moments in Iron Man Comic Book History.
• Eric Brown Chris Beckett’s Mother of Eden; Becky Chambers’s The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet; Stephen Palmer’s Beautiful Intelligence; Ian Sales’s All That Outer Space Allows; SL Grey’s Under Ground; and Alex Lamb’s Roboteer.
• Grady Hendrix on The Great Stephen King Reread: Hearts in Atlantis.
• John Scalzi on 10 SF/F Characters John Scalzi Wanted to Be.
• Matt Staggs on Remembering Poul Anderson.
• PopMatters on In Defense of the Godzilla Game.
• S. Andrew Swann on 7 Things in Every SF/F Story.
• SFFaudio names 3 Philip K. Dick stories that could have inspired The Terminator.
• Shrewood Smith on The Writer/Reader Contract.
• The Atlantic says Futurism Needs More Women.
• Tim Waggoner on Decreasing the Learning Curve.
• Tor.com on J. K. Rowling’s Real Life is More Incredible Than Any Fiction.
• Weston Ochse on Planet Jacked!

Art

• Alix Branwyn Illustrations.
• The Art of Android Jones.
• Jose Parodi gallery.
• Artwork by J.C Park.
• Baby Frank by Marcelo Garcia.
• The Bride, Joseph Bellofatto.
• Godzilla vs Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Charles Dhaniel Garcia.
• concept ships: Star Wars Saturday.
• A Speed-Painting of Kit Harington as Jon Snow.

More Fun Stuff

• 50 Page Fridays: Robin Hobb.
• Excerpt: The Soul Thief by Leah Cutter.
• Excerpt: Grunt Traitor by Weston Ochse.
• Totally Pretentious podcast. Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and The Secret of Roan Inish (1994).
• Skiffy and Fanty Show on Ex Machina.
• Sneak Peek: The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu.
• Ansible 337, August 2015.
• Neil Gaiman “Behind the Trees”.
• Sounds of Voyager’s ‘golden record’ now on SoundCloud.
• The top 10 Star Wars sidekicks, ranked.
• Adventure Time Animated Ice Pops.
• Funko Unveils New Monty Python And The Holy Grail Pops.
• Fifth Element Candle Holders. [Thanks, Tim!]
• Cocktail Hour: The Esper.
• Mark Hamill Autographs with a Bonus.
• Artist Creates Miniature ‘Ant-Man’ Installations Around London.
• These 30 Fun Fantasy T-Shirts Are Magically Delightful.