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• The Book Swede interviews Brian Ruckley, author of Winterbirth. "I admit there are a few more deaths in Winterbirth than is common in a lot [of] fantasy. I've got a vicious streak, though I'm not sure I'll ever quite match GRRM's bodycount." [via Orbit]


• The latest SF Site column Books I've Been Avoiding: Overlooked or Over-hyped? by Neil Walsh looks at The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlein and "The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom" by Jonathan Lethem.


• Lou Anders captures Robert Charles Wilson's definition of "core sf".


• Rhonda Leigh Jones conjures up Three World-Building Essentials You Need To Know Before Writing Your Fantasy Novel. Short version: setting, culture and magic.


• Free fiction from Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine: "Angry Duck" by Scott Bradfield.


• J.V. Jones has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog.


• News-a-rama has uncovered the settlement agreement of the Fantagraphics/Ellison brouhaha (PDF Link).


• Real science: Geekend looks at Metal Storm, a real-world super-weapon based on inkjet printer principles.


• John Joseph Adams has created some Flash Gordon quizzes for SciFi.com. Ah-Aaaaah!

Share: | Posted by John on Friday August 17, 2007 - 12:06 AM | Category: Tidbits | © 2007 SF Signal

"Metal Storm" has been hyped and delayed for several years now. Don't buy any shares in the company yet...

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Friday August 17, 2007 at 9:27 AM

Hi,

The Book Swede here Just noticed that you linked to me in this post. Thank you very much! I believe you are already in my blogroll (if not, I'll sort it!) so just saying hi!

Cheers,

Chris
The Book Swede

Posted by Chris on Friday August 31, 2007 at 3:00 AM