Fresh Take: The Great Pumpkin

"The Great Pumpkin" by Nick Robles

Peanuts fan art

Link Round-Up: Spooky Stories for Halloween

All Hallow's Read is a Hallowe’en tradition. It’s simply that in the week of Hallowe’en, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book. Scholars have traced its origins as far back as this blog post.  Of course, All Hallow's Read isn't a substitute for the tradition of giving away candy.  Trick or Treating is a rite of passage. This is just a great excuse to give someone a book.

Goodreads has generated a helpful list of 536 books to get your fright on this Halloween!  Of course, if you're looking for something short to while away the dark hours tonight without a trip to the store, here's a list of terrifying reads available around the web.

Link Round-Up: October 31, 2016

"Famous Pumpkins" by Alby Letoy

Adult Beverages to Pair with Your Halloween Candy

The Buffy episodes you should watch this Halloween

Cheese Slope Mosaics: how to arrange not-quite-triangular LEGO pieces into impressive patterns, projects, scenes, and everything under the sun.

Ellimacs SFX has released a gruesome zombie Halloween special effects tutorial on how to make it look like your guts and intestines are ripped out for everyone to see. The full tutorial is available to view on the Ellimacs SFX website.

Find out if your House or Neighborhood Is Haunted with the Housecreep Website. Housecreep was started by brothers Albert and Robert Armieri when they found the bedbug registries to be seriously lacking information about other scary things that come with real estate. Namely, they thought people might want to know about murders, alleged hauntings, nearby gravesites, and other potential issues for the frightened and superstitious.

Sci-Fi Round-Up: October 31, 2016

"Night of the Living Dead" by GODMACHINE

Prints available for purchase from Grey Matter Art at a random time November 2nd.

Interviews

Author Query Ivar Leon Menger
Eating Authors: Sharon Joss
Meet the Man Bringing Chinese Science Fiction to the West: Ken Liu
Meet the professor who will help robots learn common sense
Silkpunk Sci-Fi Author Ken Liu Talks the Future of the Human Race

News

The AVATAR Sequels Will Feature Glasses-Free 3D if James Cameron Has His Way
Ai Inspiration: The Science Fictionthat Frames Discussion
Doctor Strange Opens To Huge $86M Overseas €“ International Box Office
Peter Jackson To Adapt Sci-Fi Fantasy 'Mortal Engines'
Star Wars: Episode 8 To Be Filmed In Sheffield, Local Extras Needed
Star Warsrogue One Hides Cryptic Messages In Imax Ad
The Latest Inscience Fictionand Fantasy
The World Fantasy Awards Winnersâ For Works Published In 2015 Were Announced
Thor: Ragnarok: Crazy 70/80S Sci-Fi fantasymovie
Viral:Star Wars-Decorated House For Halloween
Westworld: Six New Fan Theories Aboutsci-Fishow

Link Round-Up: October 26, 2016

Star Wars Trooper Concept Art by Robin Har

8000 Match Chain Reaction — what better and more-satisfying way to encapsulate 2016 than with a red flower of FIRE?

An Attempt to 3D Model Jorge Luis Borges’s Library of Babel Programmer Jamie Zawinski has created a digital rendering of the infinite, hexagonal library that is the subject and setting of Jorge Luis Borges’s short story “The Library of Babel.”

The Beautiful Use Of Perfect Symmetry In BBC Hit Series ‘Sherlock’

George Lucas Presents Two New Designs For His Beleaguered Museum

Los Angeles artist Matt Anderson (Ginozko) used white and black charcoal and his drawing skills to transform Abraham Lincoln‘s face on a five dollar bill into Bill Murray.  Watch as he transforms Abraham Lincoln's Face On The $5 Bill Into Bill Murray's at YouTube.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has just added the original emojis from 1999 to its art collection. Go and check it out in all its antiquated, pixel-y goodness.

Star Trek’s Feminist Statement: Believe Women: In theory, any of the major characters could have been the star of this episode. But it is not at all a coincidence that it is Beverly — a woman, a healer, a mother, and Picard’s occasional love interest — who lives out this story. 

Stranger Things/Charlie Brown Christmas Mashup Is the Only Acceptable Pre-Halloween Christmas Special

Sci-Fi Round-Up: October 26, 2016

"Stranger Things" by Devonne Amos

Interviews

Midnight in Karachi interviews Sami Shah of Fire Boy Interlude C
SFFWorld interviews Jennifer Foehner Wells of The Druid Gene
SFFWorld interviews Lexie Dunne of How to Save the World?

News

Bryan Fuller Stepping Back From Showrunner Role On Star Trek: Discovery
Donald Glover Comments On Star Wars role For First Time
Here's How Star Wars: Catalyst Will Further Tie Into Rogue One
Indie Sci-Fi gets Its Own Online Channel: Recursor.Tv
New Featured Stormtrooper And Redesigns Rumored For Star Wars
Nissan's New Rogue TV Spot Takes Pays Tribute to Rogue One
RIP Science Fiction Great Sheri Tepper
Savannah Film Festival To Screen 'The Tribe"
Sci-Fi Stories Envisage Iraq In 100 Years 
Stephen Hawking's "Breakthrough Listen" Investigating Possible Alien Megastructure

Link Round-Up: October 21, 2016

"Floral Trooper" by Vincent Trinidad

8 Pumpkin Carving Stencils

Art Deco R2-D2 Looks Like The Coolest Vintage Vacuum

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

The Chuck Taylor All Star II Moon "features a digital moon print and werewolf footbed graphic atop a glow-in-the-dark outsole. It has added comfort through a micro mesh liner and Nike Lunarlon insole."

Creative Dad Turns His Son’s Wheelchair Into the Ghostbuster's Ecto-1

Hot Topic's New DC-Based Jackets Look Sort of Great

How to transfer a picture to wood

If I was a photographer I would jump on buying the Palette Controllers for faster and more convenient photo retouching.

Illustrations of mental illness.

Mini Hoth Luke and Tauntaun

R2-D2 coffee press.