SF Signal: SF Tidbits for 8/13/07

SF Tidbits for 8/13/07

Over at UKSFBN, Chris Roberson talks about his new novel, Set The Seas on Fire. "...at the core of nearly all of my books is a notion of family or friendship, regardless of the setting against which the story plays out. I think it comes of having been a sad, lonely bastard for a few years during my twenties, angst-ridden and loveless, after which I knew the value to place on the relationships that meant the most to me."

Jesse Willis at SFFAudio digs up a contentious 1992 audio interview with Harlan Ellison.

Escape Pod podcasts Neal Asher's story "The Veteran".

New/Updated at Gutenberg: "Valley of Dreams" by Stanley G. Weinbaum.

Warren Ellis on Philip K. Dick: "Philip Dick, to my mind, was the great visionary writer of the 20th Century. Alan Moore thinks it's Lovecraft, but I think Dick contains Lovecraft, and Kafka, and in his own visions recontextualises and adds to them both." [via VCTB]

Mike Sellers at Terranova sez "Death to Snow Crash" - "So it needs to be said: Death to Snow Crash. Death to the sugarplum visions of the 3D Web World that dance in our heads. It's time to move on." [also via VCTB]

The Agony Column podcast interviews William Gibson (Spook Country). [via Fred K.]

The Swivet points us to an open letter to authors and publishers of fantasy novels and lists 20 reasons to put a (fantasy) book back on the shelf.

Alan Chudnow asks Why Collect Science Fiction Books?

What happens when you mix Disney with The Daleks? You get live pantomime, of course! [via SFX Blog]

Mike Sellers at Terranova sez "Death to Snow Crash" - "So it needs to be said: Death to Snow Crash. Death to the sugarplum visions of the 3D Web World that dance in our heads. It's time to move on."

Yup the internet is for the most part text and i don't really see that changing in the near future. At least until we find a new way to convey dense amounts of information.

One thing that is interesting about the internet is that it is proving with crystal clarity that a picture is not worth a 1000 words.

Posted by joshua corning on Monday August 13, 2007 at 9:07 PM