Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Sci-Fi Round-Up: April 15, 2015

SS-1 by Garret AJ



Interview: Alex Garland Explains Why Ex Machina Is So Disturbingly Sexy

Interview: Den of Geek interviews Ursula Le Guin, author of The Daughter of Odren.

Interview: Director Alex Garland on the looming AI threat

Interview: Ex Machina’s Alicia Vikander talks about survival instincts in human vs. robots.

Interview: The Galaxy Express interviews Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen, authors of Chaos Station.

Interview: My Bookish Ways interviews David Walton, author of Superposition.

Interview: My Bookish Ways interviews Fonda Lee, author of Zeroboxer.

Interview: NPR talks to The Three-Body Problem author Cixin Liu

Interview: Reddit recently held an AMA for Alan Tudyk of the upcoming web series Con Man.

Interview: SFF World interviews Wesley Chu, author of The Rebirths of Tao.

Interview: SciFiPulse Radio interviews Tim Waggoner, author of The Nekroplis Archives.

News: Katee Sackhoff is heading a dystopian drama about climate change.

News: Wes Craven is working on a sci-fi horror story set in space.

10 Doctor Who Villains That Really Deserve To Make A Comeback

10 Science-Fiction Stories Reimagined As Games

BN considers The Mind-Altering Scope of Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos

A brief, by-no-means-complete, history of diversity in SFF.

Cultural Revolution-Meets-Aliens: Chinese Writer Takes On Sci-Fi

Did you know that sci-fi was once called scientification?

Elon Musk’s reading list includes Dune and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Ex Machina twists the history of sexy robots: The complicated gender commentary

Flavorwire on 10 Fascinating Human and A.I. Relationships on Film.

The Highwayman (1987-88) was a 60-minute sci-fi/action tv series from Glen A. Larson starring Sam J. Jones (1980's Flash Gordon).  It was one of Larson's three flops of the 80's. It aired on NBC. Jones played a federal marshall with a high-tech 18-wheeler "supertruck" that had advanced weaponry, the ability to turn invisible and a cab that turned into a helicopter. He patrolled America's highways and fought crime in the futuristic world of... 1992. A pilot movie, Terror on the Blacktop (starring Claudia Christian, G. Gordon Liddy, Jimmy Smits and Rowdy Roddy Piper) kicked off the series, which lasted nine episodes before driving off into the cancellation sunset.

How The Octavia Project empowers young women.

How realistic are the robots of Ex Machina?

It’s easy to remember Terry Pratchett for his humor, but Sulagna Misra recounts the ways his books influenced her neural circuitry.

Ken Liu on Silkpunk – playing engineer in an imaginary world

A look through Star Trek’s Mirror Universe: Through the decades the desire to return to Star Trek’s Mirror Universe has remained, enabling the franchise to explore areas it otherwise couldn’t and adding possibilities beyond its usual framework.

Maisie Williams won’t tell us anything about her Doctor Who character (except for the possibility that she’s a younger Clara).

Margaret Atwood, Kim Stanley Robinson, Seanan McGuire, and more ponder climate change in the upcoming anthology Loosed Upon the World.

Mental Floss on 12 Fantastic Facts About A Wrinkle in Time.

Messynessy Chic looks at the real-life inspiration for Interstellar.

Movies.com on 8 Brainy Science Fiction Movies to Watch After Ex Machina.

OMNI chooses the Grand Masters of Science Fiction

OMNI names The Most Iconic Women In Sci-Fi Cinema: The 2000′s

Play Harrison Squared Dies Early, an interactive game companion to Daryl Gregory’s Harrison Squared but not if you want to get anything done today!

Read a lovely appreciation of author Andre Norton and her legacy

Rise of AI is changing attitudes on robot romance

ScienceFiction.com asks Will ‘iZombie’ To Be The Next Buffy?

We’re not sure this Interstellar infographic explains anything, but it sure is pretty.

When Jack Kirby adapted Arthur C. Clarke.

Why dystopian fiction shouldn’t be limited to the western world.

Why You Don’t Need to Be a Sci-Fi Junkie to Become a Believer in The X-Files.

Will AI Really Be the End of Us? Ex Machina Will Leave You Wondering


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