[SF/F/H Link Post] George R.R. Martin’s New TV series; Netflix Your Way to Better Writing; Tolkien’s LORD OF THE RINGS Sketches

Interviews & Profiles

• Civilian Reader interviews Marianne de Pierres.
• MTV interviews Cassandra Clare and Holly Black.
• Odyssey Writing Workshop features Alex Hughes.
• The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog interviews Ann Leckie.
• Civilian Reader interviews M.C. Planck/a>.
• The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Rick Bowes.
• Here’s Ted Chiang on Writing Science Fiction.

News

• 2015 Faned Award Winners.
• George R.R. Martin Developing Skin Trade TV Adaptation at Cinemax.
• Star Wars composer John Williams to get AFI Life Achievement Award.

Events & Event News

• October 13 – 18: Fall Flights of Fantasy Tour.
• Upcoming Online Classes with Cat Rambo. [via File 770]
• Strange New Worlds Writing Contest on StarTrekBooks.com.

Articles

• Alexis Ratcliff on Using Netflix to Better Your Writing.
• Andrea Johnson reviews The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross.
• Black Gate on Time Flies: Reflections on Reading Fantasy.
• Daily Dot on how A drunk man’s assault on a robot raises unusual legal issues. [via Giuseppe Granieri]
• Derek Kunsken on Dr. Strange, Part I: Establishing the Mythos: Master of the Mystic Arts in The Lee-Ditko Era.
• Gabrielle Bellot on Casual Othering and Literature of the Fantastic, Part 2.
• Inside Pulse on A Penny For Your Thoughts on How A 17 Year Old Star Trek Deep Space 9 Episode is The Most Relevant Piece of TV EVER.
• Jen Williams on Eating the Entire Sword and Sorcery Cake.
• Jon Evans is Against The Singularity.
• Kameron Hurley on Writing Distinctive (and Divisive!) Characters.
• Kim Newman on The Martian.
• Kim Newman on A rambling, teetering, crumbling brief history of gothic cinema.
• Kirkus Reviews (Andrew Liptak) on The Cosmic Horror of William Sloane.
• Lisa J. Goldstein on The End of an Era: Locus Magazine Is Moving.
• Lovecraft eZine on Here are 10 new Lovecraftian books you should know about. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Matt Mitrovich on Three Terrifying Alternate History Scenarios.
• Mental Floss on 13 Facts About L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz. [via Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine]
• Mindy Klasky on F is for Fan Fiction.
• Minerva Zimmerman on her book Take On Me.
• Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on Things I learned: On Artistry and Art Life.
• Ross Johnson on Gender-Swapping 5 Other Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books.
• Stephenie Meyer explains the Gender-Flipped Twilight. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• The Guardian on SF discovers reason and chaos on Mars.
• The Wertzone offers A History of Epic Fantasy – Part 16 and Part 17.
• Whatever on The Big Idea: Laura Anne Gilman.

Art

• Fan Art for Ken Liu’s The Grace of Kings. [via Kam-Yung Soh]
• Studio Catawampus: The Art of Rebecca Flaum.
• The Art of Leesha Hannigan.
• Art by Leonovich Dmitriy.
• Bat by SaeedRamez.
• Jenkin the Scarecrow by Sashulka.
• Obliskura – Forest Shaman, Alex Konstad.
• Cool Art: 13 More Cult Classic Horror Films Get A Cover Art Makeover From Skuzzles.
• See the Sketches J.R.R. Tolkien Used to Build Middle-Earth.

More Fun Stuff

• Pat Cadigan isn’t just a a Gym Hero, she a hero period. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Vintage Treasures: Pamela Sargent’s Women of Wonder.
• Notes from Coode Street #253: SF Lectures and The Martian.
• Book Discussion: A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire.
• This Apollo 11 Mission Timelapse.
• Short Film: Beyond the Basement Door.
• Rocky Horror Picture Show cast reunites.
• New Saga of Seven Suns: VEILED ALLIANCES app live on iOS and Android.
• The Evolution of Batman’s Car: INFOGRAPHIC.
• A Visual Timeline of the Future Based on Famous Fiction. [via Paul Di Filippo]