On Worldbuilding
The Fantasy Worlds That Short Stories Built at Book Riot
Guest Post: Goldilocks and the Art of Worldbuilding by Marc Turner at Fantasy Book Critic
On a Lack of Originality in Science Fiction and Fantasy Game Settings at Gamasutra
Sense8 and the Failure of Global Imagination at Racialicious
The Future of SF
Muslim fiction writers are turning to genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and comics at John Hopkins Magazine
Race, Speculative Fiction, and Afro SF at the New Left Project
Bring the Structure of the Hugo Awards into the Modern World by Eric Flint –Also worth a read is Eric Flint’s real talk piece on the futility of trying to keep literary awards from having literary standards
Miscellany
Michael Moorcock: My Family Values
The joy of reading role-playing games
One Star Reviews of The Handmaid’s Tale
SF Bluestocking 