[SF/F/H Link Post] Doctor Who’s-on-First; Why VR Will Not Replace Movies; Why Write Flash Fiction?
Interviews & Profiles
- Books Bones Buffy interviews Geoffrey Girard, author of first communions.
- CAPITAL LETTERS interviews Daniel O’Malley, author of Stiletto: A Novel.
- A Fantastical Librarian interviews the editors of A Voyage to Arcturus.
- Lawrence M. Schoen interviews Jennifer Foehner Wells, author of Remanence.
- Women of China interviews Liu Cixin, author of Death’s End.
News
- JK Rowling apologises for killing off Remus Lupin in Harry Potter [via Paul Di Filippo]
- New hoverboard flight record set, surpassing the old mark held by Marty McFly
- Star Trek: CBS Series To Begin Filming This Fall In Toronto
- The University of Illinois Press has released a series profiling the Modern Masters of Science Fiction
Events & Event News
- Actor/writer Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Zootopia) and artist Shannon Eric Denton sign the comic Spectrum #0 from the web-series Con Man at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday May 18th!
- Steve Horton appears at Aw Yeah Comics in Muncie, IN on Wednesday, May 25 at 3:00 PM to celebrate the release of his new book from IDW, Satellite Falling! RSVP
Crowd Funding
- Avoid the Void: a board game of chaos and survival – Sectors all over the galaxy are disappearing, being replaced by black holes that threaten to destroy it all.
- Lux Volume 1 – The Hollowing Graphic Novel – A dark story of post apocalyptic survival, which takes inspiration from old school, “Choose your own adventure” books.
- The Veil: Cyberpunk RPG – A roleplaying game Powered by the Apocalypse designed to tell compelling, challenging cyberpunk stories in a sandbox setting.
Articles
- Book Review: Admiral is a Sci-Fi Survival Tale with a Suspicious Main Character
- Book Review: The Chimes is a Post-Apocalyptic Hymn To The Power Of Memory
- Book Review: Open Letters Month talks up Sleeping Giants [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Book Review: Star Wars: Bloodline tells us how a princess becomes a general
- 10 Things You Might Not Know About John Carpenter’s Cult Classic They Live
- The 12 best sci-fi ebooks for your new Kindle
- 12 Things You Didn’t Know About The Falcon
- 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels By Female Authors
- B&N Bestsellers in Science Fiction & Fantasy: April 2016
- Cat Rambo asks the question “Why Write Flash Fiction?“
- How To Convert A Book Reader To Comics, according to Bleeding Cool.
- If sci-fi movies […] depict advanced societies, why aren’t there any LGBT people?
- May 2016 New Releases in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
- The Raven Cycle Author Maggie Stiefvater on Why YA Is a “Bullshit Label”
- Sigh: We May Have Already Reached Peak Geek
- This Tiny Star Is Now the Best Place to Hunt for Alien Life
- A Universe of Possibilities: The Best of James H. Schmitz
- Why Has It Taken This Long To Get a Wheel of Time TV Series?
- Why VR Will Not Replace Movies: Despite the rush to virtual reality, the medium faces major challenges when it comes to filmmaking.
Art
- An Artist’s Rendering of the Only Scene Star Wars: Episode VIII Must Have
- Rainbow Dash Dalek Cosplay by Jeremy Marbler (ChronoSFX)
- Six Fandoms in One Tattoo by Jaesuntattoos
More Fun Stuff
- 16-Minute Video Explains Everything Wrong with The Force Awakens
- AnimeEveryday offers a brief overview of Cyberpunk Anime
- Before Snowcrash, before Ghost in the Shell there was this Cyberpunk documentary
- Chevrolet Unveiled a TRON: LEGACY Inspired Car. People are seriously underwhelmed.
- Guy Builds Tiny Jurassic Park For His Tortoise
- Read an excerpt from Furious by T.R. Ragan at The Qwillery.
- Relive Star Wars: The Force Awakens Through Adorable Emojis
- Stephen Colbert and David Tennant Present “Doctor Who ’s on First”
- Watch a trailer for Andron, staring Alec Baldwin.
