[SF/F/H Link Post] ERB’s TARZAN OF THE APES Library; Princess Leia’s $120,000 Slave Costume; 12-Inch Cthulhu Action Figure
Interviews & Profiles
- Mur Lafferty and Samuel Montgomery-Blinn interview Alyssa Wong and Ursula Vernon and Michael Swanwick.
- Redditors interview Tamara Jones.
- Angela Slatter interviews Kim Newman.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Alan Gold.
- The Qwillery interviews Seth Dickinson.
- Midnight in Karachi interviews William Alexander.
- Word Horde interviews Orrin Grey.
News
- Blood: Stories by Matthew Cheney Now Available for Pre-Order.
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to Publish a 10th Anniversary Edition of Twilight.
- Princess Leia’s slave costume could fetch $120,000 at auction.
Events & Event News
- Geeky Giving.
- September 19th in Los Angeles, CA: Shades & Shadows Show, with readings by Aimee bender, Tananarive Due and more.
- 22 Sep 2015 – 08 Dec 2015: Creating Science Fiction Course with Nina Munteanu at George Brown College Continuing Education.
- Announcing The Wheel of Time Companion and Mystic Tour.
- Tor Books Announces Programming for New York Comic-Con 2015.
Crowd Funding
Articles
- Blastr on 10 Star Trek original series villains who need to be in the movies.
- Cecilia Tan on Worldbuilding Magic University.
- Diana Biller on The 5 Greatest Books Featuring Cryptids.
- Dotar Sojat on The Books That Helped Edgar Rice Burroughs write Tarzan of the Apes.
- Eric Brown on The best recent fantasy novels.
- Fran Wilde on Earworms and You: Memory, Laws, and Singing.
- Gareth L. Powell on How to write a novel outline.
- George R.R. on his afterlife as a Zombie.
- Houston Press on Anime Matsuri: Harassment, Money and a Growing Anime Convention. [via Andrew Porter]
- Howard Andrew Jones on Justice League: Gods and Monsters.
- Jeff Somers on Guardians of the Flame Takes You Inside the Fantasy.
- Jennifer Brozek on How Do You Ask for a Blurb?
- John Scalzi on How Many Books You Should Write In a Year.
- Kameron Hurley on The Cold Publishing Equations: Books Sold + Marketability + Love.
- Kirkus Reviews (Patrick Hester) on The Horror in the Corner.
- Kristi Charish on The Aspiring Author and the Temple of Bad Reviews.
- Lou Anders on Reflections from the Road: A Whirlwind Tour of Southernmost Texas.
- Lovecraft eZine on Two new horror books by women writers that you won’t want to miss.
- Margaret Atwood on Chocky, the kindly alien invader in John Wyndham’s last book.
- Natalie Zutter on How Evil SFF Empires Create Ideal Citizens.
- Neatorama on A Few Things You May Not Know About Adam West.
- Nick Cannata-Bowman on How the Batman ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy Changed Comic Book Movies. [via Geek Art Gallery]
- Rebecca Alexander on Why I Write Fantasy.
- Rob H. Beford on Star Wars: Aftermath Afterthoughts.
- Sarah Pinborough on 5 Books that Cast New Light on Death.
- Scott A. Cupp on Forgotten Book: Fat Face by Michael Shea (1997).
- Slate on Science Fiction That Can Change Our Future.
- Sonia Gensler on Inspirations & Influences.
- Steve Davidson on The 1941 Retro Hugo Awards (Part 4 Long Form Media).
- The Big Idea with Pamela Sargent.
- The Cultural Gutter on Some kind of help – with robots.
Art
- Lee Kent’s DeviantArt Gallery.
- The Magnificent Art of Ivan Laliashvili.
- Fantastic Art by Fenghua Zhong.
- Katie Cook’s Star Wars.
- Thor vs Iron Man by In-Hyuk Lee. [via Geek Art Gallery]
- The Future Past by Charbak Dipta.
- Monkry King by In-Hyuk Lee.
- Void Winnower by Chase Stone.
- CA of Archdemon Mask, Magdalena Minko.
- Legend of Zelda Redesign by Loïc Bramoullé.
- Heroes by Ashkan Honarvar.
- Street Anatomy: Yoshitoshi Kanemaki – Memento Mori.
- Cover Launch: Fireborn by David Dalglish.
More Fun Stuff
- Episode 142 of Speculate!–Helene Wecker Author Discussion.
- William S. Burroughs Reads Edgar Allan Poe Tales in the Vintage 1995 Video Game, “The Dark Eye”.
- Disney’s ‘Indiana Jones’-themed bar opens next week.
- Ellen Datlow’s photos from the September 16 KGB reading with Lawrence C. Connolly and Thomas F. Monteleone.
- ‘Star Wars’ characters, even Chewbacca, get shaves.
- Graphic Designers Give Superheroes And Villains A Day Job Endorsing Products. [via Geek Art Gallery]
- Infographic: The Villains of Doctor Who.
- The Gibson Continuum. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- 12-Inch Cthulhu Action Figure.
