[SF/F/H Link Post] Fictional Versions of Mars; Gifts for Star Wars Fans; Star Wars Tattoo Portrait Show

Interviews & Profiles

• Ginger Nuts of Horror interviews Matthew Warner, author of Dominoes in Time.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Matthew FitzSimmons, author of The Short Drop.
• Suvudu interviews Juman Malouf, author of The Trilogy of Two.
• The Rumpus interviews William Gibson, author of The Peripheral.
• Wired interviews J.J. Abrams, director of The Force Awakens.
• Wired interviews Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of The Force Awakens.
• The Wrap interviews Emily Beecham, star of Into the Badlands.

News

• The 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced.
• Female Fox News Contributor Gets Death Threats for Mocking Star Wars.
• The Flash fiction “Memories of My Mother” by @ kyliu99 is being made into a short film.
• Monday was Annalee Newitz’ last day writing for io9 and Gizmodo. Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders co-founded io9 in 2008.
• Jeff Bezos’ Team Spectacularly Lands a Reusable Rocket.

Events & Event News

• The Toonseum in Pittsburgh, PA is proud to present VADER AND FRIENDS: A Presentation and Book signing with best-selling author and award-winning cartoonist Jeffrey Brown on Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 1:00 to 3:30 PM.
• Things From Another World in Portland, OR is excited to host local writer Ken Lizzi for a signing of his new sci-fi novel, Under Strange Suns, on Wednesday December 16th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Portland TFAW! RSVP on Facebook.

Crowd Funding

• Cinnabar – Inspired by tales of space travel, from Ray Bradbury to Alfonso Cuaron.
• RONE – Races of New Era – a strategic post-apocalyptic card game for 2 or 4 players set in a dark world full of destruction and suffering.
• Spatium – A Space Sandbox Survival MMO – A planet based sandbox MMO where the world can be shaped as you desire! Gather materials, advance, and interact!
• U-Turn at Next Synapse – 36 hours lost. Now a bloody mess, literally, John Howard has to relive a waking dream to recount the events of the last 36. The dream: 3027, the Zerzick 6,000 Tri-Universal has begun as the fate of human kind twists and turns down a dangerous road.

Articles

• Book Review: Science and Swashbuckling: A Daughter of No Nation.
• TV Review: Syfy’s Childhood’s End Updates a Classic to Ask Big Questions.
• 7 fan theories so good they actually came true.
• 8 Of The Craziest Star Wars: The Force Awakens Fan Theories.
• 10 reasons why Supergirl defies our expectations.
• The best cats in science fiction and fantasy, according to Hodderscape.
• The best fictional versions of Mars, according to Hodderscape.
• A Connoisseur’s Guide to Modern Creature Features.
• Fermi Conundrum Redux: The Singularity as Great Big Zero?
• The Librarians Proves That a Show Can Be Deep Without Being Dark.
• Misty Massey poses the question “Did You Win NaNo?”
• Power Ranking: The 30 best comic book writers for November 2015.
• The Pulp Swordsmen: Eric John Stark. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Return of the Ham: Watching Return of the Jedi for the First Time.
• Russia and Europe Want a Moon Colony — Why Is NASA So Focused on Mars? Potatoes?

Art

• The 10 Coolest Artworks from the Star Wars Tattoo Portrait Show.
• Snowpiercer Posters by JC Richard and Alice X. Zhang.
• Sci-Fi Painter Simon Stålenhag Turns The Everyday Into Dystopia.
• These Science Photos Are So Beautiful They’re Basically Art.

More Fun Stuff

• 6 Disney Products We’re Looking Forward to For the Holidays.
• 7-year-old absolutely destroys the cast of ‘Star Wars‘ in trivia.
• 15 Star Wars impressions that completely crush your Yoda.
• 17 gifts for every type of Star Wars fan.
• Algernon Blackwood reading “Pistol Against a Ghost.”
• Badass Toy Hacker Converts Hasbro’s New TIE Fighter Into a Flying Drone.
• Frank Robinson and Robert Silverberg, 1953. Courtesy of Mike Resnick’s Facebook page.
• FYI: The Asteroid in Good Dinosaur Travels at 371 Million MPH 16 hours.
• Gwendoline Christie Models Captain Phasma-Inspired Gowns.
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 returns! 5 episodes to get you started.
• Nerdist suggests Holiday Gifts for Star Wars Fans.
• Ralph McQuarrie’s Boba Fett gets new life as a Star Wars collectible.
• Read the short story “Naysayers” by Orson Scott Card at National Review.
• STAR WARS Itty Bittys Use The Force for Good.
• Watch a Stylish supercut of 70s and 80s hacking scenes.
• Watch a trailer for Gingerbreed.