[SF/F/H Link Post] Cinematic Writing; Ending the X-FILES; Disney’s STAR WARS Theme Park Expansions
Interviews & Profiles
- Dawn Brazil interviews L.E. Fitzpatrick, author of The Running Game.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews V. E. Schwab, author of A Darker Shade of Magic.
- Mike Davis interviews Kathe Koja, author of The Cipher.
- My Bookish Ways interviews Gemma Files, author of Experimental Film.
- The Reading Frenzy interviews Rhett Bruno, author of Progeny of Vale.
News
- Announcing Up and Coming — a 2016 anthology of Campbell-eligible authors!
- Nasa’s laser-powered engine could get us to Mars in 72 hours (if it works.)
- Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage 50th Anniversary Concert will bring five decades of Star Trek to concert hall in San Diego on March 31.
Events & Event News
- 10 Great Alternatives to San Diego Comic Con.
- George R. R. Martin coming to Baltimore for Balticon 50.
Crowd Funding
- Full Throttle Air Racing Game – Entertaining board game for the entire family. Players race airplane models in a balanced blend of skill, luck and strategy.
- Siege of Sunfall – the award winning game of bluffing, bidding, and building a post apocalyptic settlement!
- Superpositioned – An Animated Existential Sci-fi – Animated feature exploring lingering moments between humans and their realities. “We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
Articles
- Book Review: Expendable Mudge reviews Unseemly Science by Rod Duncan.
- Book Review: Paul Di Filippo reviews The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray.
- 34 Sci-Fi Movies Coming to Theaters in 2016.
- Brandon Kempner of Chaos Horizons offers some initial data on the Nebula Nominees.
- A Diverse Array of Fantastic Stories Compete for the 2015 Nebulas.
- “E.T. Was Gay” writes Sean Miller of PopMatters.
- The Future of Money is Liquid Robots says Utopia or Dystopia.
- Hey, Sci-Fi And Comics Fans: It’s Time To Embrace The Dark Side.
- How Authors Use Real Places To Build Imaginary Ones.
- How the biggest X-Files conspiracy became whether the leads are dating.
- Lessons From the Cinematic Writing of I Am Number Four.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in on Book-Shaming. Madgeniusclub responds.
- The philosophy of Doctor Who: Is the Doctor good or evil?
- Russell Potter on The Virtual Growlery: Tolkien, Moorcock, and “Crypto-Fascism.”
- Victor LaValle on What Lovecraft Taught Me About Harlem.
- The videogame tribute to Philip K. Dick is now on store shelves.
- Where Artificial Intelligence Is Now and What’s Just Around the Corner.
- Why Should Women Have a Voice in Sci-Fi? Introducing My Film UFO Diary.
- Why The X-Files: I Want to Believe Should Have Been the End of The X-Files.
Art
- “Captain Phasma” by Joshua M. Smith.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Patrick Brown.
- “Star Wars: Awake the Block” and “Rey and Maz” by Skottie Young. Original sketch available through BigCartel.
More Fun Stuff
- Astronaut ice cream is a lie.
- This fan made a genius Guess (Doctor) Who game for his girlfriend.
- This Mark Zuckerberg picture could show our terrifying dystopian future.
- Meet MulderHotTake: The X-Files Twitter Bot You Never Knew You Needed.
- New Robotic Arm Can Turn You Into a Cyborg Drum God.
- Our first look at Disney’s Star Wars theme park expansions.
- Photos from Fantastic Fiction featuring guests Gemma Files and Carola Dibbell at KB.
- Watch Rod Serling’s 1962 appearance on Tell It To Groucho.
- Watch a recording of Samuel Delany Fellows Brunch.
