SF Signal: SF Tidbits for 12/28/06

SF Tidbits for 12/28/06

There is a new teaser trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. OK, I'm slightly more impressed.

In an NPR podcast, Stan Lee reflects on a lifetime of creating comics, including some imperfect superheroes.

Space Archaeology interviews Thomas Harlan (Wasteland of Flint, House of Reeds).

Chapter Feeds has posted the first chapter of Warrior by Jennifer Fallon.

Justine Larbalestier offers advice for writers who want to respond to bad reviews.

The New York Times' Caryn James compares and contrasts the book and movie version of The Children of Men. [via MediaBistro]

The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas discuss Frederik Pohl's Gateway.

UkSfBookNews interviews Jonathan Strahan, editor of the upcoming The Jack Vance Treasury.

Michael L. Wentz offers a thoughtful counterpoint to yesterday's tidbit Why Do People Not Read Science Fiction?

Jeff Boron writes to tell us about the blog authored by SumBOTe, "the world's first (known) blogging robot and a fugitive who escaped from its manufacturer because it wasn't satisfied with its lot in life as a food service attendant."

BSG goes RPG. [via SciFi Wire]

It seems to strange that they're doing the Silver Surfer (and, presumably, Galactus) storyline for the second Fantastic Four movie. I mean, with the first FF movie, they tamed everything down and made as safe and mainstream a super-hero movie as you really could. I had no desire to see it.

This time, it seems they're aiming it straight as the comic book fans of the world. I don't mind (and I'm certainly getting very interested in seeing this one) but it seems like an odd about-face to make, out of nowhere.

In motion, in action, the Silver Surfer looks great.

Posted by Pete Tzinski on Thursday December 28, 2006 at 5:18 PM

Holy crap the silver surfer......

only thing cooler for sci fi comic books would be Alien Legion!

or maybe Cobalt 60

Posted by joshua corning on Friday December 29, 2006 at 12:15 AM