[SF/F/H Link Post] New Neil Gaiman TV Adaptation; Scary Book and Film Lists; Robot Carnival

Interviews & Profiles

• Buzzy Mag interviews Clay and Susan Griffith.
• A.C. Wise interviews E. Saxey.
• Redditors interview Joe Abercrombie.
• Julie Czerneda interviews Allyson Johnson.
• Electric Literature interviews Laird Barron.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Guy Adams.
• The World in the Satin Bag interviews Michael R. Underwood.
• Suvudu interviews Daniel José Older.

News

• Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories to begin filming for TV.

Events & Event News

• Saturday October 31 in Cambridge: Challenging the gender binary through science fiction and fantasy with Cheryl Morgan, Farah Mendlesohn.
• Forthcoming Events with Gareth L. Powell.
• Cocteau Author Events.

Crowd Funding

• The Book of Starry Wisdom: Apocrypha of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu by Simon Berman.

Articles

• Andrew Liptak lists 5 Generation Ship Novels That Take You on a Journey.
• Bibliotropic reviews The Weight of a Crown by Tavish Kaeden.
• Black Gate notes Mindjammer Returns.
• Boing Boing says The Thing is now recognized as a morbid masterpiece of wretched existential horror.
• Booklist Reader on Awesome Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Reading List, Part 2.
• David Brin on Science Fiction vs Reality.
• Den of Geek on 55 Genuinely Scary TV Episodes. [via Bill Crider]
• Emma Newman lists Five Books About Asteroids and Their Uses.
• Gail Z. Martin on Five Things to Know About Kickstarter for Publishing.
• Gary Gibson on Questions Writers Sometimes Ask Me.
• iHorror on 10 Reasons Why Bruce Campbell is an All-American Hero.
• Kyle Daly on Great horror rejects the pop psychology that drags down the genre. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Lou Anders offers Reflections from the Road.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on My Favorite Bit: Lila Bowen (aka Delilah S. Dawson) talks about Wake of Vultures.
• SciFiNow on 10 Time Travelling TV shows.
• Scott A. Cupp on Forgotten Book: Earthbound by Richard Matheson (1982).
• The New York Times on Stephen King’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and More.
• The New Yorker on The Horror of the Unreal. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Tor.com on The Wheel of Time Companion: Strength Chart of Major Channelers.
• Whatever presents The Big Idea: Ellen Kushner.

Scary Books and Films

• Alissa Walker on I Used To Be Too Scared To Check These Books Out of the Library.
• Angela Slatter lists Five Books Containing Traces of Witches.
• Forces of Geek on Must-Read Halloween Books.
• iHorror offers A List Of The Scariest Movies You Haven’t Seen Yet.
• iHorror on 7 Spooky Films for the Whole Family.
• Meredith Borders on The Top 10 Scariest Gothic Romances.
• Space.com lists The Best Scary Movies That Take Place in Space.

Art

• Illustrations by Yuri Laptev.
• Simon Carpenter Gallery.
• Thanatos by Apterus. [via Geek Art Gallery]
• Robot Carnival. [via Geek Art Gallery]
• provocation, J.C Park.
• Alien world #6, Juan Pablo Roldan.
• 4 Omens: War by AdamBurn.
• Orbital construction site, Tony Zhou Shuo.
• War against Dragon by ZhangQipeng.
• Allhallowtide 8 by BryanBaugh.
• Illustration Mix 2015.

More Fun Stuff

• Brandon Sanderson Reveals A Dalinar Chapter From Stormlight Archive Book 3.
• Sword & Laser #232 – Is This Book a Traitor To Its Genre?
• IKEA Creates Plush Toys from Kids’ Wild Imaginations.
• Your Guide to Ghosts From A to Z.
• Hellraiser Cupcakes.
• Tom Merrit a “Pretend I’m dumb about Star Wars” Rewatch Event.
• Star Wars Luxury Scarves.
• Fashion: 8-Bit Ball Gowns.