SOCIAL
OUR NAZIS (turned out to be better than Soviet NAZIS….)
11K Reward for Information Leading to the Arrest/Conviction of Those Issuing Death Threats
Intel Gets Its Act Together and Resumes Advertising with Gamasutra
All Dressed Up For Mars…the Mars One Project (via SF Signal)
Apple IOS Bug Makes Most Systems Vulnerable
‘Boomers Will Delight In These Pics Of Nuclear Armageddon
Discussing Gender Expectations in the New Batgirl Comic
A Lady’s Guide to Negotiating Comics
Feminist Fun with Princess Bride Tweets
Sweden May Be Adding SEXIST Labels to Games
ENTERTAINMENT
As predicted HERE on Amazing Stories – Guardians of the Galaxy Wins Blockbuster Award (Stick with me kid, I pick a winner almost every time!)
Yes, Vxcltrn&ju#, Some Science Fiction IS About Prediction
Dynamite Entertainment Tackles Flash Gordon
PLUG: Best SF Short (well, maybe according to some standards)
Dinosaurs Fighting Aliens – what’s not to like?
More Simpson’s: Montgomery Burns’ Handbook of World Domination
Get Out Your Bang Sticks – Bruce is Back!
New Trailer for Jupiter Ascending
Star Trek Axanar Getting Lots of Love
The Force Awakens: Star Wars Thoughts. (Tell Star Wars its too early and to go back to sleep)
Extended Trailer for Age of Ultron
Arcade Mug – Perfect for Gamers (Secret Embedded Electronics Detect GamerGate Activity and Blast Out 50,000 Volts)
INDUSTRY
Harlan Ellison Calls for Grand Mastering Norman Spinrad (which is probably better than a custard pie in the face); (Norman says he had nothing to do with it)
Stone Telling Anthology Arrives
French Industry Commissions an SF Anthology
Hugh Howey on Amazing v Hachette
Reedsy: Publishing Service for the Digital Age
First Designs for Lucas Museum
Author Beware: Litfire Publishing
Branding & Authorship – A Perilous Combination
Unpublished Interview with Iain Banks on the Culture ‘Verse
Amazon’s PIcks for Best Books of 2014
Money Flows TO the Writer (You Know, UP hill….)
Joe Buckley Dies For Charity (Baen Fundraiser)
Dream Team Joins Axanar Project
Amazon & Hachette Settle – Howey’s Take (For some different views, check out the links here)
SCIENCE
The Science Behind Interstellar (Degrasse-Tyson asks: why didn’t we just go to Mars?)
Timeline for Interstellar (is it a good thing or a bad thing when a movie needs an infographic to explain itself?)
Weak Solar Activity May Negatively Affect Manned Mars Missions
A Camera, Inside a Water Bubble, Inside the ISS, In Space!
The Doomsday Scenario You’ve Probably Forgotten About
Higgs Boson May NOT Be A Higgs Boson….
A Journey Into Space (Video from the ISS)
NEWSLETTERS & PRESS RELEASES
Jane & Howard Frannk Make Major Donation to Museum of Science Fiction
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