[SF/F/H Link Post] Atwood/Jemisin on Lack of Diversity; DARKOVER Coming to TV; STAR WARS Characters on Vacation
Interviews & Profiles
- Beauty in Ruins interviews Julie E. Czerneda & Karina Sumner-Smith.
- Redditors interviews Emily St. John Mandel.
- Redditors interview George Takei. [Thanks, Kristin!]
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction interviews Naomi Kritzer.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Josh Pachter.
- Write Along Radio interviews Edward Willett.
- IGN interviews Alexander Freed.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Daniel Polansky.
- RPG Gamer Dad Podcast interviews Lou Anders.
- Dungeon Master’s Block interviews Lou Anders.
- The Qwillery interviews Patrick S. Tomlinson.
- Kindle Post interviews Batman writer and artist Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.
- John Carter Files interviews Gregory Manchess.
News
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announces new line of Science Fiction & Fantasy edited by John Joseph Adams.
- Ancillary Sword gets a Special Hardcover Edition.
- The Book Smugglers announces “The Beatriceid” by Kate Elliott.
- Patrick Rothfuss & Worldbuilders Is Back.
- George Romero’s Empire of the Dead Headed to AMC.
- Amazon Developing TV Series Based on Darkover Books.
Events & Event News
- World Fantasy Award To Abandon Lovecraft Bust.
- Watch the MileHiCon “That’s a Laugh: Why We Crave Humor in Fiction” with Betsy Dornbusch, Carol Hightshoe, David Lee Summers, and moderator Patrcik Hester.
- Ellen Datlow’s photos from the 2015 World Fantasy Convention.
Crowd Funding
- Women in Practical Armor by Evil Girlfriend Media. Super-cool: Evil Girlfriend Media wants to make an impact against Cystic Fibrosis by selling 5,000 books and raising $20,000 for resarch.
- ZILF! A Comedic Zombie Novel. by Tim Marquitz.
Articles
- Alastair Reynolds on Star Wars.
- Amazon’s 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime.
- Black Gate on The Joyous Invasions by Theodore Sturgeon.
- Boing Boing on Hang the Jedi.
- Carl V. Anderson on Made to Kill by Adam Christopher.
- Diabolical Plots on Best of Strange Horizons Podcast.
- Howard Andrew Jones on Hard Writing Lessons 3.
- iHorror on Classic Horror Icons: Boris Karloff’s 8 Best Films.
- James A. Moore on The History of an Imaginary Land.
- John Everson on Losing Balance – a Dark Day for Horror. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Kim Newman on Drearcliff Grange School – Further Reading.
- Mary Robinette Kowal on Sometimes Writers Block is really Depression.
- My Bookish Ways on In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe edited by Leslie S. Klinger.
- OMNI Reboot on 10 Of The Best Star Wars Expanded Universe Books.
- Our own Pipedreamergrey picks apart the Force Awakens Trailer Re-arranged in Chronological Order for clues to the movie’s plotline.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Mission: Tomorrow and Three Moments of an Explosion.
- Pipedreamergrey says Firefly, Babylon 5, and Farscape are years overdue for a streaming reboot.
- Publishers Weekly on Declining E-book Sales Hit Home. [via Robert J. Sawyer]
- The Guardian on Margaret Atwood and N.K. Jemisin discussing the lack of diversity in fiction.
- The Toast knows How To Tell If You Are In a Stephen King Novel. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Viola Carr on Steampunk, Anachronism and Victorian-era CSIs.
- Whatever on The Big Idea: Lisa Goldstein.
Art
- A Collection Of Star Wars Concept Art Reveals World That Almost Were.
- Kylo Ren by Nezart.
- Scp-093 by alexandreev.
- On the starry skies’ shore, Aleksei Vinogradov.
- Star Wars: Force and Destiny – Guardian, Tony Foti.
- Raised to do One Thing by Christian Olan-Geddes.
More Fun Stuff
- Cover Reveal for a New Edition of Nina Allan’s The Race.
- The website for The Shards of Excalibur, an exciting young adult fantasy series by Edward Willett.
- The Helmets From “Star Wars” Redesigned For Elephants, Hippos, And Rhinos.
- S3 Podcast (Superheroes, Storytelling, and Spirituality) – Episode 1: A New Hope.
- This Buff Spock Paper Doll is Here to Make All Your Dreams Come True.
- Star Wars Characters on Vacation.