Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Sci-Fi Round-Up: March 25, 2015

scifi-fantasy-horror:by Florent Llamas


Interview: The Functional Nerds interview Jody Lynn Nye, author of View from the Imperium

Interview: The Jewish Daily Forward interviews Lavie Tidhar, author of Jews vs Aliens

Interview:  My Bookish Ways interviews SG Browne, author of Less Than Hero.

Interview: Reddit recently held an AMA for authors Hugh Howey, Nancy Kress, and Antony Johnson, who recently released a Humble Book Bundle, which features a selection of books and comics (plus a video game!) about the apocalypse–$184 worth of DRM-free ebooks, but you can pay-what-you-want, and a portion of the proceeds goes to charity.

Interview: Reddit recently held and AMA for Ian Tregillis, author of  The Mechanical.

Interview: Relentless Reading interviews Gail Carriger, author of Prudence.

5 Legendary TV Spaceships, Ranked By Which We’d Most Like To Live In.

6 Ways Reading And Watching Science Fiction Makes You A More Ethical Person

23 fun facts about Firefly. Did you know “Inara Serra” is a Hittite goddess?

The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog on 6 Books for Wannabe Mars Colonists.

Bogi Takács on Alien of Extraordinary Ability? Migration in SFF and in my Life.

Charlie Jane Anders on 18 Perfect Short Stories that Pack More of a Punch Than Most Novels.

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is a galactic epic–and the first biblical end times narrative for secular science fiction. (Major spoilers)

Den Of Geek on 10 sci-fi movies that are remakes or reworks of other genres.

Escape to Witch Mountain at 40: Good for Disney then, good for kids to this day.

The Forgotten Film Adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale: Twenty-five years after its release, the movie adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel has been largely disremembered. Is the book still too radical for film?

From Insurgent to Blade Runner: why is the future on film always so grim?

GamesRadar picks The 20 greatest Star Wars parodies.

Gareth L. Powell on Top Ten Essential Space Operas.

Gateway on Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Seven Years On.

Girls on fire: political empowerment in young adult dystopia

Hodderscape on 7 ways to make Star Wars VII a success.

How Arthur Conan Doyle’s Brutal Scifi Story Became A Horrific Reality.

How Science Fiction Became More Important Than Literary Fiction.

How Wild Wild West helped create steampunk

Ian Sales suggests 10 space operas, not your usual suspects.

James Whitbrook picks the Top 10 Greatest Giant Robots Of All Time.

Join the Welcome to Night Vale Community Before It Takes Over the Book World.

Looking back: How the Guardian and Observer reviewed science fiction films.

Minority Report esoteric analysis – pre-crime is now here.

OMNI Reboot on Top 5 Sci-Fi Military Books.

Scott Lynch has some eloquent thoughts on the importance of diversity in SFF.

US Catholic offers A Jesuit astronomer’s guide to avoiding awful science fiction.

What Are The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 1950s?

Why Can’t Hollywood Do Hacking Right? TL;DR Because hacking is a boring thing for a visual medium to portray.


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