[SF/F/H Link Post] Mr. Robot Wrap-Up; STAR WARS: AFTERMATH Interview; Doctor Who Season 9 Trailer

Interviews & Profiles

• The Daily Beast interviews Christian Slater, author star of Mr. Robot.
• Nerds of a Feather interviews Sam Sykes, author of Tome of the Undergates.
• The Qwillery interviews Adam Rakunas, author of Windswept.
• Reddit recently held an AMA for James A. Owen, author of Dawn of the Dragons.
• SFFWorld interviews Joseph Mallozzi, creator of Dark Matter.
• Suvudu interviews Chuck Wendig, author of Star Wars: Aftermath.

News

• Star Wars: Aftermath Introduces a New Gay Hero
• Stephen King Awarded National Medal Of Arts, because National Medal of Horror isn’t a thing yet. See below for an article in which King very defensively explains why writing in quantity doesn’t preclude quality.

Events & Event News

• Alexandra Bracken, Tom Angleberger, and Adam Gidwitz will appear at Books of Wonder in NYC for Star Wars Reads Day on Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 1 – 3pm! RSVP
• Author Leigh Bardugo appears at Books Inc. in San Francisco on Sunday, October 4 at 2:00 PM in celebration of her much-buzzed new book, Six of Crows.

Crowd Funding

• Earth 667C Spaceship Building Board Game – In 2087, the Sun will go supernova. Build the fastest spaceship carrying the most survivors from solar extinction.
• White Cloud Worlds – Volume 3 – An anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art from New Zealand showcasing over 60 NZ artists in a stunning 200+ page book.

Articles

• Book Review: The Death House is Disquieting, Atmospheric Sci-Fi.
• Book Review: The Eye of the Heron “a short but complex novel suitable for all ages.”
• 9 Fantastical Sci-Fi Books That Will Make You Think.
• 10 Kick-Ass Women Who Owned Blockbuster Season Movies.
• 15 of the Master’s most bonkers plans to take down Doctor Who.
• 13 Top Scientists’ Favorite Books And Movies, according to the Huffington Post.
• Author Combines Mobile Gaming, Fantasy Fiction to Lure Readers.
• The Body Speaks Louder Than Words: What Is Lisbeth Salander Saying?
• Creating psychologically realistic characters in Science Fiction. At the heart of nearly every story is the characters, but what is at the heart of the characters?
• Dune: The greatest SF novel of all time, never to be matched by later sequels.
• The Expanded Universe: When is Sci-Fi Really Fantasy, and Should We Care?
• The first sci-fi account of a “Martian” invasion dates to 1881 – the word “Martian” (for an alien from Mars) is only a few years older.
• The Guardian remembers Ten fictional hackers, from The Matrix to Jonathan Franzen.
• How gay rights got its start in science fiction.
• Mr. Robot is the 21st century take on the dystopian thriller.
• TV Mr. Robot Is the Best Hacking Show Yet—But It’s Not Perfect.
• Stephen King on productivity as a writer: “No one in his or her right mind would argue that quantity guarantees quality, but to suggest that quantity never produces quality strikes me as snobbish, inane and demonstrably untrue.”
• Twelve Kings author Bradley Beaulieu picks his top 10 metropolis stories in fantasy. I would add my own personal favorite, Charles de Lint’s really excellent Newford.
• The unfinished projects of Joss Whedon: future fandoms that remain uncompleted.
• We Answer Your Burning Questions about Star Wars: Aftermath.

Art

• Boba Fett Display at Target.
• A Calvin and Hobbes / Saga Mash-Up by by Megan Porch.
• The Star Trek Alphabet by Carly Strickland.

More Fun Stuff

• 8 hours of classic old time radio science fiction shows.
• Adam Savage investigates why Stormtroopers are such lousy shots.
• Build-a-Bear Makes Galactic Genocidal Sith Lord Huggable.
• Here is a video of Star Wars spliced with the opening from The A-Team and I pity the fool who doesn’t find this enjoyable.
• How 3-D Printed Glass Could Lead to Some Wild Architecture.
• Read an excerpt from The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist.
• Sci-Fi Ambient Noise to play in the background while you work or relax.
• Star Wars‘ adorable BB-8 droid and it patrols your home.
• Watch a trailer for the Doctor Who Season 9.