[SF/F/H Link Post] Jessica Jones; The Origins of Star Wars; Pulp Sci-Fi’s Legacy to Women in Science

Interviews & Profiles

• The Daily Dot interviews Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint.
• Inverse interviews C.A. Higgins, author of Lightless.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Ben Sanders, author of American Blood.
• The Qwillery interviews Michelle Hauck, author of Grudging.
• Sleeps With Monsters interviews Tanya Huff, author of An Ancient Peace.
• The WallStreet Journal interviews David Tennant, author of Jessica Jones.

News

• Inspired by Microsoft Research, top sci-fi writers share Future Visions in new e-book
• NASA Teams Up With Universities to Prep Robots for Space Exploration

Events & Event News

• Writer/Artist Howard Chaykin will appear at the San Diego Comic Art Gallery in San Diego on Saturday November 21, 2015 from 5:00 till 8:00 PM to sign the STAR WARS ARTIFACT EDITION! The Gallery will also be exhibiting 30 pieces of original art from Star Wars’ first ever comics series released by Marvel in 1977. The exhibit will run from November 21, 2015 – January 31, 2016.
• Writer Marjorie Liu (X-23, Black Widow, Astonishing X-Men) will appear at Aw Yeah Comics in Muncie, Indianna on Saturday, November 28, 2015 from 2:30 – 4:30 PM to sign the first issue of her new comics series MONSTRESS! RSVP on Facebook!

Crowd Funding

• Arcane Arts: SF&F Themed Anthology – A science fiction and fantasy anthology. In addition to the stories by the featured authors there will be an open call.
• Ecotones – an Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction – The fourth annual SFFWorld.com anthology features 14 stories of environmental conflict.
• SkyHeart Book I: The Star Seed – An all-ages fantasy-adventure graphic novel.
• Welcome to Deadland – In this Lost meets The Walking Dead tale, a ragtag team of characters are thrust together in an abandoned theme park as a widespread outbreak decimates humanity, turning the infected into something less than human.

Articles

• TV Review: CNet’s Bonnie Burton explains why Netflix’s upcoming superpowered P.I. show Jessica Jones should pack a punch.
• TV Review: Into the Badlands Finally Brings Great Martial Arts to TV.
• TV Review: Jessica Jones is nothing like Daredevil, that’s exactly what makes it so great.
• TV Review: Marvel’s astounding Jessica Jones rewrites the definition of superhuman.
• The 10 Dumbest Artificial Intelligences Ever Created.
• Can You Survive as a Night Vale Community Radio Intern?
• David Brin on Sci Fi Visons: Gloom vs Optimism.
• Discretion, not CGI: how Philip Seymour Hoffman was kept in the Hunger Games.
• Farewell to The Hunger Games, the best YA book-to-film adaptation we’ve ever seen.
• Fascinating Jurassic World fan theory claims the raptors were always on Pratt’s side.
• I Don’t Get Star Wars , But I Plan to Change That admits Ava Jarvis, but soon there emerges A New Hope for Understanding Star Wars.
• J.J. Abrams explains that new Star Wars: The Force Awakens super-weapon.
• Marvel’s Jessica Jones, explained by Vox.
• Netflix’s Jessica Jones: Meet the cast of Marvel’s latest superhero drama.
• The origins of Star Wars: 12 things you should watch/read.
• Philip K Dick: king of the sci-fi adapted again.
• Pulp Sci-Fi’s Legacy to Women in Science: What I learned about gender in STEM when I analyzed 560 works of pulp by Elizabeth Garbee.
• The Stand-Up Hero: Third Time’s the Charm.
• Star Wars: Battlefront Helped Me Understand How The Empire Lost On Endor.
• Tor.com offers A Definitive Ranking of Every MST3K Short.
• Utopian Mars: From Aleriel to The Martian.
• We Got Revenge of the Sith From the Star Wars Prequels, and that’s what matters.
• Where Are The Badlands Of Into The Badlands Supposed To Be?
• Whole New Worlds: How Science Fiction Is Materializing Onstage.
• Why Are The Walking Dead Fans Still in Denial?

Art

• Awesome Star Wars Stormtrooper Helmets Created By Disney, Pixar Artists’
• Walking on the Universe by Gianluca Rolli’
• War Escort by NOMANSNODEAD’
• Yoda Cake with Floating Wedding Cake: A Jedi Craves This Thing’

More Fun Stuff

• Let’s All Nerd Out About Wired’s Millennium Falcon Star Wars Cover‘
• This Is What The Hunger Games Would Look Like If It Had Been Made in 1992‘
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• Watch a trailer for Gods Of Egypt.
• Watch a trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt.
• Watch a trailer for Syfy’’s The Expanse.