[SF/F/H Link Post] Aldous Huxley’s Predictions; Engineering The Expanse; Ex Machina vs. Predestination

Posted on January 2, 2016 by PipedreamerGrey in Tidbits // 0 Comments

Interviews & Profiles

Electric Literature interviews Noy Holland, author of Bird.
The Grim Tidings Podcast holds a roundtable discussion with Michael R. Fletcher, Matt Staggs, and Dallas Mullican on Metal Music and Dark Fiction.
No Wasted Ink interviews Tom D Wright, author of The Archivist.
The Qwillery interviews Gail Z. Martin, author of Vendetta.
Yahoo Movies interviews Alan Dean Foster, author of Star Wars: Force Awakens.

News

Alec Peters’ Statement On The Star Trek Axanar Lawsuit.
Jackie Chan to Produce Korea-China Sci-Fi Reset.
Star Wars Overtakes Titanic In UK; Sets Speed & IMAX Records.

Crowd Funding

The Dark Verse, Vol. 1 (Second Edition) – Hardcover reprint of an award-winning collection of 26 short stories of occult, metaphysical, and fantastical horror.
Quantum Warlock – This graphic novel centers around a German archaeologist who uncovers a giant Alien-zombie subspecies living within 1940s Nazi Germany.
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

5 Things We Learned From Our New Favorite Nigerian Sci-Fi Author Nnedi Okorafor.
6 Ways To Make SciFi And Fantasy Weapons More Believable, according to Gizmodo.
Adventures of a Jedi Padawan: My First Lightsaber Training.
Aldous Huxley’s Predictions for 2000 A.D.
Attack of the Critics: In Defense of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The Best Sci-Fi Film of 2015: Ex Machina vs. Predestination.
Blastr picks The top 10 sci-fi, fantasy, and horror TV shows of 2015.
Blastr picks The top 20 ongoing sci-fi, fantasy and horror comics of 2015.
Can The Martian defy sci-fi history and win a best picture Oscar?
Don’t tell Silicon Valley, but Star Wars still thinks technology is useless.
European Space Agency Reiterates Its Plan to Build 3D Printed Base on the Moon.
Fans speculate that the Star Wars movies might have their first gay character.
Five reasons Star Wars: The Force Awakens villain Snoke probably isn’t Darth Plagueis.
Here’s a clear explanation of the confusing galactic politics in The Force Awakens.
Here’s how ‘Starkiller Base’ the weapon that can blow entire planets to bits — works.
Here’s The Most Mind-Blowing Theory About Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys.
How Daisy Ridley Should Handle Being Star Wars Famous, According To K Stew
How Doctor Who Finally Gave River Song the Husband She Deserves.
How Most Of Star Wars Biggest Spoilers Actually Leaked.
How Showrunner Naren Shankar Is Engineering “The Expanse.”
Motherboard put serious thought into selecting The 11 Sci-Fi Films That Defined 2015.
No, Jessica Jones Isn’t Sexist Towards Men; Let’s Talk About Why.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Black Lives Matter’s first science fiction film.
What Sci-Fi Gets Wrong, Design Fiction Could Get Right.
What’s Going On Between Leia And Rey? Here’s What We Know.
Why the future of Science Fiction will be in the Clouds.
Why the Star Wars fan theories about Rey need to be wrong.
Wired looks back at Science Fiction That Came to Life This Year.

Art

Now the pesky Panda that swept the web in snowman puzzle is hidden among Stormtroopers – but how quickly can YOU spot it?
Star Wars characters and their cats drawn by Disney artists.

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