[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]
You’d think with all these shows being greenlit, somebody would pick up on David Gerrold’s “Star Wolf” series or his “Trackers” series. I’d love to see either of them on the screen.