[SF/F/H Link Post] Margaret Atwood’s Graphic Novels; Heinlein’s Rules; Jetpacks For Sale; BSG Funko Pops

Interviews & Profiles

• Weightless Books interviews A.C. Wise.
• E.P. Beaumont interviews Kate Elliott.
• John Anealio and Kristi Charish interview Victor Milan.
• Book View Cafe interviews Kristine Smith.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews Rachel Swirsky.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews James Ng.
• Lightspeed Magazine interviews Hugh Howey.
• Fran Wilde interviews Navah Wolfe & Joe Monti from Saga Press .
• Roundtable podcast interviews David Nickle.
• Rising Shadow interviews Oisín McGann.
• The Guardian interviews 2000 AD‘s Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill.

News

• BVC Announces Remscela by Gregory Frost and Fly Me to the Moon by Mindy Klasky.
• Open Call for Submissions to Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling anthology.
• Open Call for Submissions to Undead: A Poetry Anthology of Ghouls, Ghosts, and More.
• First-ever manned jetpacks for commercial use ready to ship in 2016 as Martin Jetpack launches in Shenzhen. [Thanks, Lex!]
• Jeff VanderMeer named 2016-2017 Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ Trias Writer-in Residence.
• Margaret Atwood Writing Series of All-Ages Graphic Novels.
• NOS4A2 Is Coming to Feast on the Souls of TV Viewers.

Articles

• Bookworm Blues reviews Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente.
• Dean Wesley Smith on Heinlein’s Rules: Introduction |.
• Deborah J. Ross on Kindness in Fictional Characters.
• Eleanor Arnason on Me and Science Fiction: Whiteness Rules the Planet?
• Jean Johnson on Science Fiction Romance The Terrans.
• Jennifer Brozek on Revealing Personal Details Through Your Writing.
• Juliette Wade on A Dive into Worldbuilding hangout summary.
• Mental Floss on 5 Pioneering Facts About Georges Méliès.
• Nerds of a Feather on Heirs to the Inquisition.
• Rich Barrett on The Author of this Crazy Chinese ‘Star Wars’ Comic Never Saw the Films.
• Scott A. Cupp on Sanford Allen » Forgotten Films: Porco Rosso (1992).
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on SF Women of the 20th Century: Leigh Brackett & The Sword of Rhiannon.

Art

• Machine Maker by Aldo Vicente. [via Geek Art Gallery]
• Blue Dragon, Brett MacDonald.
• PROJECT: Lucian, Joshua Brian Smith.
• artificial intelligence, manuel peter.
• Jak 4 Concept Development, Scribble Pad Studios.
• Martian Manhunter, Alexey Egorov.
• Faceplate, Philip Straub.
• Poster: The Force Awakens.
• Cover Reveal: Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay.

More Fun Stuff

• C.S. Lewis’ Greatest Fiction: Convincing American Kids That They Would Like Turkish Delight.
• An LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Resource.
• Orbit’s Urban Fantasy Covergram.
• The Cat that Purrs like a Tribble.
• Star Trek Transporter Pad LED Coasters That Make Materialization and Dematerialization Sounds.
• Coming Soon: New Battlestar Galactica Funko Pops.