[SF/F/H Link Post] THE OCTOBER COUNTRY Turns 60; Joyce Carol Oates’ Zombie Novel; Alternate DARK KNIGHT III Covers; 1973 Cosplay Video
Interviews & Profiles
- The Los Angeles Review of Books interviews Stephen King. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Suvudu interviews Fran Wilde.
- Publishers Weekly interviews Masashi Kishimoto.
- Tor.com interviews Wesley Chu.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Josh Vogt.
- Weird Fiction Review interviews Lincoln Michel.
News
- Baen editor Toni Weisskopf won the 2015 Neffy award for Best Editor.
- Tor Buys Michael Johnston’s epic fantasy series Soleri, slated for Sprng 2017 release.
- The Walking Dead Murder: Fan Allegedly Killed ‘Zombie’ Friend.
- Chewbacca arrested after campaigning for Darth Vader in Ukrainian election, No, seriously.
- Doctor Who‘s Robot Dog, K9, Is Getting His Own Movie.
- Now through October 31: Get $100 off The Virginia Edition – the authoritative texts for all of Robert Heinlein’s published fiction and non-fiction.
Events & Event News
- October 28th, 2015 in San Francisco, CA: Doc’s Lab with Gail Carriger, Kate Willett, Ben Kolina. [via Gail Carriger]
- December 4 – 5 at Unoversity of Oregon Libraries: Tiptree Symposium. [via Andrew Porter]
Crowd Funding
Articles
- A.C. Wise on Non-Binary Authors to Read: Where to Start – Part 4.
- Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff on the writing process and the world-building for Illuminae.
- Blastr on 50 Star Wars video games ranked from worst to best.
- Bookworm Blues on Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente.
- Brenda Clough on Wherefore Art Thou Romeo? (part 4).
- Club Jade notes that J.J. Abrams said the lack of Luke Skywalker in The Force Awakens promotions is “no accident”.
- Diabolical Plots reviews The Scorch Trials.
- Genevieve Valentine on The Guest, Camp, and the Horror of Masculinity.
- HitFix on Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time. [via Geek Art Gallery]
- Jason M. Hough’s Darwin recap.
- Jon Courtenay Grimwood on Naked Prose.
- Julie E. Czerneda on Going Dark, Why This Gulf of Time and Stars is So Different.
- Neatorama on Some Of The Scariest And Most Influential Canadian Horror Films.
- Nerdist on Christopher Lee’s 7 Best Movies.
- Omni on Joyce Carol Oates’ Zombie Is One Of The Best Gothic Novels.
- Omnivoracious on The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of October.
- Ramsey Campbell on Thirteen Novels on the Edge of Horror. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Richard C. Wright on World Building 101: The Village.
- Salon says David Mitchell is over the genre wars.
- SciFi Ideas asks Is solarpunk the new cyberpunk? [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Starwars.com on The Cinema Behind Star Wars: Akira.
- Strange Horizons Articles on Out of This World Sex Writing.
- The A.V. Club on The 25 best horror movies since 2000. [via Whedonesque]
- The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog on 6 SF/F Books Challenging Gender Roles That Aren’t by Joanna Russ.
- The Paris Review notes that Ray Bradbury’s The October Country Turns Sixty.
Art
- The Dystopian art of Ignacio Bazán Lazcano. [via Reddit]
- Evangelion Fanart by Cassio Yoshiyaki.
- Mother of ghouls by Sanskarans.
- Bubble Planet by robertb8.
- Star catcher by ellrano.
- 68 Covers For Dark Knight III: The Master Race And Where You Can Get Them.
More Fun Stuff
- Sneak Peek: Barsk by Lawrence M. Schoen.
- Paperback Spotlight: Heritage of Cyador by L.E. Modesitt.
- Short Comedy Horror Film: Over My Dead Body.
- Time Travel Films Supercut.
- VIDEO: The cosplay contest at Comic Art Con 1973 in New York City (Audio kicks in halfway through). [via Paul Di Filippo]
- The Giants of Football by Richard Woods. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- A Mars Attacks Pumpkin.
