Sci-Fi Round-Up: October 19, 2016

"Ghost Installation" by JP Valderrama

Interviews

Eating Authors: Susan Dennard
Interview With Leviathan's Blood Author Ben Peek
Interview With Stephanie Gangi, author of The Next

News

His Mom Bannedscience Fiction, Now He'S An Award-Winning Publisher
J.J. Abrams Explains That Tragic Han Solo-Kylo Ren Scene In 'Star...
JJ Abrams Hints That Star Wars' Kylo Ren Could Still Turn Back To The ...
James Gunn Is Thinking About A 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Solo ...
Newstar Warsrogue One Posters Map Out The Blueprint For Death ...
RIP, Science Fictionauthor MK Wren
Robocop Suit, Wolverine's Claws Up For Grabs in Sci-Fi auction
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Character Posters Released
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story To Introduce New Mon Calamari ...
Sci-Fi Action Teleportation Is Making A Comeback On Youtube Red. Jumper Is Back.
Star Wars: Lucasfilm Sues Jedi School
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: JJ Abrams On That Kylo Ren Scene
Thor: Ragnarok Will Be The Most Out There Of The Marvel movies...
The Walking Dead Has Already Been Renewed For Season 8 
The Winners Of The Inaugural Imadjinn Awards Were Announced
Volkswagen Reportedly Patents Sci-Fi coupe Without Windshield

Link Round-Up: October 13, 2016

"Dungeons and Dragons cover 0" by Paul Renaud

Interview: The Duffer Brothers Say Some of Your STRANGER THINGS Season 2 Theories Are "Very Close" To Being Correct

5-Minute Glowing Ghost Eyes from Make Magazine

Concept Art Shows Off the Much Creepier Bad Guys Suicide Squad Could Have Had

This LEGO Death Star Build Video Is My New Meditation

The next time you need to “get some perspective,” consider using this handy setup for your next drawing session.

Penguin Reinvents Classic Sci-Fi Book Covers With Clever Type Design

Link Round-Up: October 12, 2016

Star Wars: Rogue One by Brian Rood

An artist named Christopher Shy has somehow managed to capture the swirling, amorphous feeling of a nightmare with his series of watercolor horror and sci-fi movie posters, and each is more terrifying than the last. For example: The Thing

The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of True Movie Poster Art

Mr. Robot Creator Sam Esmail Opens Up About His Own Hacking History

Pixel art resizes/shapes as you move your mouse cursor. Sometimes not always in the way you expect.

A Real-Life Version of Doom 's BFG Reveals Just How Gigantic It Really Is

You may have seen Stranger Things, but have you seen the show re-enacted with hamsters?

Sci-Fi Round-Up: October 12, 2016

"Alien Mass" by Andy Fairhurst

Interviews

Exclusive 'Arrival' Interview: We talk to Director Denis Villeneuve

News

Albuquerque Aquarium To Host 'Star Wars' Themed Event
AMC To Run 88-Hour Walking Dead Marathon This Month
Buffalo Winter Stars In Sci-Fi film '2037: Winter's Dream'
Cuban Science Fiction writer Yoss Explores New York City's ...
Danish Dance Theater At The Joyce, With A sci-Fi look
Disney Fined $2.7M For Harrison Ford's Star Wars injury
Drew Hayden Taylor On Why We Need Indigenous Science Fiction
Fox 2000 Developing Isaac Adamson's sci-Fi thriller 'Helios ...
His Mom Banned science Fiction, Now He's An Award-Winning Publisher
How science Fiction has Imagined Colonizing Our Solar System And ...
Justin Theroux Joins Duncan Jones' Sci-Fi Mute
Metro Devs Tease New Sci-Fi project

Link Round-Up: October 11, 2016

"Mr Robot" by Varsha Vijayan

Prints available for purchase from Society6. US$13

Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man: It's been ruined 27 out of 30 times

Move Over, Rats. New York Is Planning an Underground Park. If you can't build it out or up, then for fuck's sake build it below.

Need Some Halloween Help? Gambody Gets into the Holiday Spirit with Four Frightening 3D Printable Game-Inspired Masks

Radical Collection of Toy-Inspired Art From The POWER OF MATTEL Art Show

Ten 3D Printable Halloween Decorations for Your Home

Humor: Internet of Randomware

"The Internet of randomware things..." The Joy of Tech by Nitrozac & Snaggy

After having upgraded to Windows 10, I find this comic chillingly prescient.  It took me a month to shut off all of the Microsoft services running in the background to restore my computer's performance to normal.  The thought of all the appliances in my house running on a Microsoft platform makes me want to become Amish... you know, if there was such a thing as someone Amish who never goes outdoors.

Merchandise: Anime Posters & T-Shirts

"Space Cowboy"

Poster available for purchase from Boomslank. US$20

Boomslank is an original anime t-shirt brand run by three brothers. They started Boomslank because they noticed a lot of the anime tees out there relied heavily on already licensed artwork. They set out to create an anime brand that was strictly based on original artwork. Check out their tees and posters over on boomslank.com.