[SF/F/H Link Post] J.G. Ballard’s Psychotic London; Big Data and the Death Star; New THE FORCE AWAKENS Concept Art
Interviews & Profiles
- SXSW 2016: Writer/Director Carson Mell and Co-Stars Steve Zissis and Mark Proksch Talk Another Evil
- FM Podcast 10: Batman V Superman/Zack Snyder Intv
- At The Drive-In: Joe R. Lansdale Interviewed – The Quietus
- Oh, Comics! Podcast #70: Prez: Corndog in Chief
- Galactic Suburbia Spoilerific: The Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan Edition
- Daniel Wilson and Fernando Pasarin on DC’s infectious new graphic novel Quarantine Zone
- The SFFaudio Podcast #360 – The Sign Of The Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author Terry Brooks on the story he wrote in fourth grade
News
Events & Event News
- Launch party for Clockwork Phoenix 5 hosted by Mike Allen, Tuesday April 5th.
- J M McDermott is hosting a flash fiction writing contest to benefit the SFWA EMF. Swing by, read the four different brackets of stories available and vote which one you like best in the comments.
Crowd Funding
- The Judges Guild Deluxe Collector’s Edition Kickstarter
- Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Press Your Luck With ‘Li’l Cthulhu’
Articles
- JG Ballard’s Psychotic London – [via Paul Di Filippo]
- A long way down: the nightmare of JG Ballard’s towering vision – [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Los Angeles celebrates Octavia Butler: A visionary among futurists
- With today’s launch, Europe and Russia seek to break the Mars “curse”
- Star Spangled DC War Stories Part 74: July 1965
- Video: Unboxing Star Wars: TFA Visual Dictionary, Rey’s Story & Rebels ‘Shroud of Darkness’
- What are the best children’s books on science?
- An Introduction to Classic Manga
- What if X-Men Had Been Cast in the 1980s?
- A Song for No Man’s Land, by Andy Remic, and The Devil You Know, by K.J. Parker
- Big data and the Death Star
- The Truth Behind The ‘Darth Jar Jar’ Theory Is Revealed By The Actor Who Played Jar Jar Binks
- The end is the beginning: 17 characters who found a fresh start in the apocalypse
- Sony’s prototype projector turns any surface into something straight out of Minority Report
- Paramount And CBS Clarify Copyrighted Elements In Axanar Lawsuit
- Preview Of Irwin Allen’s Lost In Space #1 From Original Teleplay From 60’s Series
- Will Marvel Stealth-Cancel Titles In June? More Amazon Sleuthing
- Kickstarter is increasingly crucial to indie comics publishing
- The Dark Knight, The Joker and Game Theory
- Variant Covers Revealed For Future Quest and Scooby Apocalypse From DC’s Hanna Barbera Line!
- 25 more answers to the Fermi Paradox
- 4 Lessons for Authors About the Current State of Publishing
TV & Movies
- Lucifer a Devilishly Fun TV Show
- Here’s What Everyone Is Saying About the First Episode of Preacher
- Big Screens, Little Minds: Here’s Why New Star Trek Series Won’t Air Till January 2017
- Peter Capaldi Doesn’t Think The BBC Cares About Doctor Who As Much As It Should
- TV Club: The Simpsons sees Marge and Lisa wonder about life on Mars
- Review: Daredevil Season 2 shows promise, but stumbles out of the gate
- Winter 2016 Anime First Impressions
- Finger Tutting Casts A Spell On Syfy’s The Magicians
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to screen with a live orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl
- Mr. Robot‘s second season will tackle encryption, privacy
Art
More Fun Stuff
- eBay Auction for 13th, 14th World Science Fiction Convention Memorabilia 1955 Cleveland, 1956 NYC
- PARANOIA Classic – the original West End line in NEW scans through Mon 4 April at Humble Bundle.
- IDW Blasts Off with Rayguns and Rocketships
- New Details for ‘Carcassonne: Star Wars’
- Tolkien’s Middle-earth Comes to ‘D&D’ Via OGL
- How Many LEGO Bricks Would It Take to Build Iconic Sci-Fi Stuff?
- With LEGO, you can make the Balrog from LOTR even scarier
- Google wants you to livestream Android games
- Fun With Vinyl: Taking a Trip Down The Nostalgic Highway
- California’s Universal Studios getting year-round Walking Dead maze – now you too can wander around looking for a plot, just like the show!
- Why I’m Still So Into Viscera Cleanup Detail
