Fantastic links

Highlights

• The Illustrated Jules Verne
• Overthinking Ghostbusters: brilliant book that analyzes the movie in depth.
• DP FICTION #55B: “Dear Parents, Your Child Is Not the Chosen One” by P.G. Galalis
• The Huntsman and the Beast: a Rule 63 version of the classic story, by Carrie Vaughn (via Metafilter).

2021

• Five SF Stories in Which Kindness Prevails (16 March 2021)
• RIP Yaphet Kotto: ‘Alien’ Star Dies At Age 81 (16 March 2021)
• A History of Cyberpunk Comics (20 February 2021)
• ‘Woman In Motion’ Review: A Wonderful Tribute To Nichelle Nichols’ Impact On NASA And The Space Shuttle Program (1 February 2021)
• Robots got their name 100 years ago today (25 January 2021)
• Mira Furlan, ‘Babylon 5’ and ‘Lost’ Actress, Dies at 65 (21 January 2021)

2020

• The “Hero’s Journey” Is Nonsense (31 December 2020)
• Darth Vader Actor David Prowse, 1935-2020 (30 November 2020)
• #DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster (18 November 2020)
• Typeset in the future — Star Trek: The Motion Picture (17 August 2020)
• Dinosaur Bellows to Stave Off the Future, or, that’s not how you should run a Hugo Awards ceremony (5 August 2020)
• Peter Jackson Recounts Working With Ian Holm on Final Film Performance (21 June 2020)
• Ian Holm, Shakespearean Actor Who Played Bilbo Baggins, Dies at 88 (19 June 2020)
• Classic SF With Absolutely No Agenda Whatsoever… (13 May 2020)
• James Bond actress Honor Blackman dies aged 94 (6 April 2020)
• Doctor Who: The Unravelling Text (19 March 2020)
• David Wise, writer of Emmy-winning Star Trek: The Animated Series episode, has died (4 March 2020)
• The Mandalorian was shot on a holodeck-esque set with Unreal Engine, video shows (22 February 2020)
• On Niche Audiences, Immersive Media, and Publishers’ Myopia (18 February 2020)
• Ten Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About C.S. Lewis (January 2020)
• A Celebration of Isaac Asimov (2 January 2020)

2019

• How Lucille Ball Helped Star Trek Become a Cultural Icon (27 November 2019)
• Aron Eisenberg,who played Nog in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,' dies at age 50 (22 September 2019)
• Astounding Stories of Super-Science, or name changes are nothing new in sf/f (28 August 2019)
• Rutger Hauer Dead: ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star Was 75 (24 July 2019)
• We have always been here, part 3 (23 May 2019)
• The Golden Age Was More Diverse Than You Think (12 May 2019)
• Filling up the gaps, or, why An Archive Of Our Own deserves that Hugo nomination (9 April 2019)
• That’s not a plothole, or, Just because it isn’t like yours, that doesn’t mean it’s bad… (4 April 2019)
• Rights Clearances & Amazing Stories (March 2019)
• Betty Ballantine (1919-2019) (February 2019)

2016-2018

• Hopepunk, explained: the storytelling trend that weaponizes optimism (27 December 2018)
• Controlling the Spice, Part 1: Dune on Page and Screen (November 2018)
• The First Film Version of Frankenstein, Newly Restored! (November 2018)
• The Myth of the “No Conflict” Rule (1 November 2018)
• Mary Shelley: Abandoned by Her Creator and Rejected by Society (25 January 2018)
• Lord Dunsany On The Relationship Between SF and Fantasy (7 October 2017)
• Starting Star Wars: How George Lucas came to create a galaxy (25 May 2017)
• EXCLUSIVE: TrekMovie Talks to Nicholas Meyer About “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (6 December 2016)
• Gene Roddenberry’s 1991 Humanist Interview (24 November 2016)
• When Akira Kurosawa Watched Solaris with Andrei Tarkovsky: I Was "Very Happy to Find Myself Living on Earth” (November 2016)

2014-2015

• The Star Wars social network (15 December 2015)
• Andrei Tarkovsky, Solaris and Stalker: the making of (December 2014)
• William Gibson: how I wrote Neuromancer (26 November 2014)
• William Gibson and Neuromancer: the man who saw tomorrow (28 July 2014)
• Who Owns SF? (July 2014)
• Conversation with Jay Barnson (22 May 2014)
• Little Zelda & Link Cosplay (28 April 2014)
• TRON (1982) – The cult movie visual effects (17 April 2014)
• Patrick Stewart Has An Awesome Response To Being 'Outed' As Gay By The Guardian (19 February 2014)
• The Coruscant Tapestry: 30' long Star Wars cross-stitch (12 February 2014)

2013

• The 18 Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2013 (27 December 2013)
• HULK’S SCREENWRITING 101 EXCERPT: THE MYTH OF 3 ACT STRUCTURE (11 December 2013)
• Science Fiction and Prophecy: Talking to Arthur C. Clarke (24 July 2013)
• Film Crit Hulk Smash: THE AGE OF THE CONVOLUTED BLOCKBUSTER (12 June 2013)
• The Man of Steel on the Small Screen: Superman's TV History (7 June 2013)
• “You’re safe now.” Patrick Stewart Helps Star Trek Fan Deal with Domestic Violence (May 2013)
• Best Warhammer 40K Costume Ever (21 April 2013)
• Campbell’s Cream of Fantasy (30 January 2013)
• The Day William Shatner Tweeted at an Astronaut (and the Astronaut Replied) (January 2013)

2012

• ‘Elfquest’ Fan-Filmmakers Officially Acquire The Comic’s TV/Film Rights (9 November 2012)
• Aircraft Carriers in Space (28 September 2012)
• Cory Doctorow: Why Science Fiction Movies Drive Me Nuts (September 2012)

2010

• Tarkovsky Films Now Free Online (July 2010)
• 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Trek (9 May 2010)

Representation

• The Assassination of Professor X: The Destruction of Marvel’s Most Famous Disabled Character (7 April 2020)
• Do Fantasy Writers Think Irish is Discount Elvish? (24 August 2019)
• American Gods' Devery Jacobs Is a Queer Indigenous TV Star (18 June 2019)
• Black Panther’s Right Thing (17 February 2018)
• African Science Fiction and Literature (7 August 2016)

• Miles Vorkosigan and “Excellent Life Choices”: (Neuro)Divergence and Decision-Making in Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga
• Strange Horizons - Sergeant Bothari and Disability Representation in the Early Vorkosiverse
• Why Are Spaces in Science Fiction Not Wheelchair-Accessible?
• Homosexualité, immigration : Harry Potter rend les enfants plus tolérants
• Ursula K. Le Guin talks to Michael Cunningham about genres, gender, and broadening fiction
• Antonio Banderas GQ Interview: The 'Pain and Glory' Actor Talks GIFS, 'Puss in Boots,' and Representation

History

• Science Fiction Was Around in Medieval Times – Here’s What it Looked Like (12 September 2018)
• Bram Stoker’s Horror Classic is Steeped in the Anxieties of his Age (8 November 2017)
• What scared H. P. Lovecraft (November 2013)

• Pulp Science Fiction Under German Totalitarianism
• Science Fiction Under Totalitarian Regimes, Part 2: Tsarist and Soviet Russia

Science and tech

• Canned Monkeys Don't Ship Well, the Remix Version (July 2018)
• CONTRARY BRIN: Will we uplift other species to sapience? (September 2014)

• Darth Vader Helps Fulfill Child's Dream – Delivers Bionic Arm to 9-Year-Old
• Open Source Science Tricorder
• Douglas Adams' Speech at Digital Biota 2

Film

• ‘Benson,’ ‘Star Trek’ actor René Auberjonois has died at 79
• D.C. Fontana, 1939-2019
• Billy Dee Williams Talks the Return of Lando in The Rise of Skywalker and His Star Wars Legacy
• Evangelion et les sabres japonais : de la tradition à la science-fiction
• Original ‘Star Wars’ Film Trilogy Reimagined as Pulp Novel Illustrations
• The All Time Top Ten Grossing Sci-Fi Movies Adjusted For Inflation: INFOGRAPHIC
• 'Superman,' The Inside Story: Director Richard Donner Remembers Meeting Stallone to Play the Lead, Working With Brando, and a Near-Fatal Knife Attack
• 'Predator': Oral History of the Arnold Schwarzenegger film
• 142 Behind-The-Scenes Photos Reveal Blade Runner's Miniature World
• Why Sir Ian McKellen And Sir Patrick Stewart Rule The Internet
• The ultimate guide to analog control panels in sci-fi movies
• Metro 2033 film has been cancelled because the scripter wanted to 'Americanize' it
• Watch the surviving clips of the BBC's Caves of Steel
• Hal Hickel's answer to Why does Tarkin's CGI in Rogue One look so plastic-y? Could they have made it look more realistic?
• Keep Wearing Leia's Metal Bikini

Worldbuilding

• Wizards, Moomins and pirates: the magic and mystery of literary maps (22 September 2018)
• Tolkien’s Map and the Perplexing River Systems of Middle-earth (10 October 2017)
• Tolkien’s Map and The Messed Up Mountains of Middle-earth (1 August 2017)
• The Charming And Not At All Horrifyingly Dystopian World Of 'Pokemon' (8 February 2013)

• What is a fantasy map?
• 6 Horrifying Implications of the Harry Potter Universe
• 7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding
• Lost Kingdom Fantasy Writing, Roleplaying and Worldbuilding Resources
• World Anvil - A Haven for Writers and Homebrew content
• Medieval Urbanism: A Fantasist’s Introduction
• Science in Fantasy Novels Is More Accurate Than in Science Fiction