[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.