SOCIAL
N.K. Jemisin Novel on NY Times Top 100 of 2015 (The Fifth Season)
COSTCO Apologize for labeling Bible as Fiction. (Well…..)
ENTERTAINMENT
You can watch Episode 1 of The Expanse here
This is Pretty Cool (but I’d refer they’d spent their money on teaching wait staff how to wait….) (via Karen Davidson)
Meet the HYDRA Club & Meet Fred Pohl, an SF Renaissance Man
Don’t Know Which Superhero Will Be Greenlit Next? Check out Marvel 101
It’s Not Batty to Film Bats Upside Down (via Karen Davidson)
Star Trek: Renegades (have din-din with Chekhov)
INDUSTRY
District of Wonders (StarShipSofa) Opening to Submissions Soon (You go Tony!)
KK Rusch on Writing to the Market
Story Vending Machine (From Hannah and Her Sisters: Frederick: “This is degrading. You don’t buy paintings to blend in with the sofa.” Dusty: “It’s not a sofa – it’s an ottoman!”)
…and in a somewhat related story: SF authors do product placement
Watch Vonnegut Lecture (asterisks not included)
SCIENCE
Blue Origin Rocket Sticks the Landing
ALL of the Apollo Moon Landing Sites Have Now Been Mapped From Lunar Orbit (via Andrew LePage on Facebook)
MORE Extra-Galactic Signals Detected
New Gene-Editing Technique May Help Cure Diseases
Walk-Man Isn’t a Cassette Player Anymore: Now Its a Rescue Bot
I think Ants are cool, which is why This
