SF Signal: SF Tidbits for 1/31/07

SF Tidbits for 1/31/07

Subterranean Press is now selling The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi.

Heroes creator Tim Kring gets all spoilery.

Chris Dolley interviews Chris Roberson.

John C. Wright reviews Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.

Entertainment Weekly looks at James Cameron's Avatar.

Irene Gallo at the Art Department asks artists what they think about the working on genre series covers. Head on over just for the cover eye candy alone.

An internal Google Maps mashup is mapping places mentioned in books. Only a few are available so far. For example, for Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, see the section "Places mentioned in this book". [via Hackzine]

SCI FI Wire has a video interview with Doug Jones, who plays the Silver Surfer in the Fantastic 4 sequel. [via Monitor Duty]

Neatorama lists Authors Who Write in the Buff. Benjamin Franklin? [...Shivers...]

Black Gate has posted an appreciation of David Gemmell. [via Locus Online]

NY Times Magazine has begun serialization of a new novel by Michael Chabon. [via Locus Online]

SCI FI Wire profiles Tad Williams, author of Shadowplay, and Harry Turtledove, author of Beyond the Gap.

The current Bat Segundo Show podcast features Christopher Moore, author of You Suck. [via SFBC Blog]

Kathryn Cramer is hosting an index page for The New York Review of Science Fiction.

John Joseph Adams has posted the prelimary contents for his 2008 post-apocalyptic reprint anthology, Wastelands.

I am anxiously awaiting my copy of The Sagan Diary as well as Scalzi's new book on writing. And, thankfully, April will be here soon bringing The Last Colony with it. After that I may have to satisfy my Scalzi fix by rereading his books.

Wasn't that Irene Gallo post great? I popped over there yesterday and was thrilled to see what the various artists had to say about working on book series. Her site is fantastic.

Posted by Carl V. on Wednesday January 31, 2007 at 11:41 AM