SF Signal: SF Tidbits for 7/22/07

SF Tidbits for 7/22/07

Matthew Jarpe has posted the first three chapters of his novel Radio Freefall. (See SF Signal review.)

Free Speculative Fiction Online has a bunch of new free fiction links from the likes of James Gunn, Harry Harrison, Holly Lisle, Ruth Nestvold, James H. Schmitz, Lewis Shiner, Tobias Buckell, Gareth L. Powell, Will Shetterly, Edward E. Smith, Karina Sumner-Smith, Jo Walton and Edward Willett.

New Scientist lists their Top 10 Science Pop Songs. [via John Abbe]

Back in January, Eclectic Commons listed The Top 10 Science Fiction/Fantasy Films.

At Kung Fu Monkey, John Rogers, one of the writers for Transformers, talks about his experiences a few years ago adapting Isaac Asimov's Foundation for the big screen. Lots of interestimng interesting comments here, including one from Wil Wheaton. [Sent in by CJ Colón]

"Lots of interestimng..."

Very interestimng!

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Sunday July 22, 2007 at 8:30 AM

Seriously though...when he started talking about tossing in nanotech, I got a bad feeling in my stomach. Sorry, but part of the charm of Golden Age SF is the fact that it is Golden Age!

SF can be retro (Steampunk, anyone? Ever notice the big clunky telephones and such on Battlestar Galactica 2.0?). Retro can work, if the hand is restrained. Sounds too much like the author wanted to interject his own stuff into Asimov, rather than adapting Asimov. In that case, he should have pitched his own (original) space opera.

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Sunday July 22, 2007 at 8:40 AM

Thanks, Fred. I knew there was a reason we haven't blocked your IP address.

Posted by John on Sunday July 22, 2007 at 11:21 AM

Just doing my little bit to brighten your day!

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Sunday July 22, 2007 at 1:53 PM

thank you for your reference to my Top Ten Sci-Fi film, july 22.
My only regret is that , at the time, I failed to include a worthy film.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).

http://eclecticcommons.telldat.com/2007/06/19/the-incredible-shrinking-man/

thank you again, jon

Posted by jon percepto on Monday July 23, 2007 at 7:03 PM