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• Jonathan Lethem on Philip K. Dick: "In some quarters Dick is already one of the defining voices of the second half of the twentieth century and in other quarters he is obviously disreputable forever." [via BoingBoing]


• The Art Department shows off two new covers from artist John Harris...for John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale (set in the Old Man's War universe) and Ben Bova's Mars Life


• Adam Roberts considers Cory Doctorw's eBooks article from Locus: "The reason I don't [convert to digital reading] is that such devices, though pretty, are expensive in themselves, and more to the point that downloading a DRM-hobbled title to one costs about the same as buying a hardcopy of the same title from the bookshop. That's a disincentive." [via The Publishing Spot]


• Adventures in Reading points us to an excerpt from The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.


• Rick Kleffel at the Agony Column chats with Charlie Huston (The Shotgun Rule).


• Jeff VanderMeer interviews Christopher Barzak.


• Capclave lists 11 things one should know about Ellen Datlow.


• Blast-from-the-past science fiction photo: Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison shake hands at the second British Worldcon in 1965.


• Superfans Vic Wertz and Lisa Stevens have created a Death Star home theater with the help of Doug Chiang, the lead designer on Star Wars episodes I and II.


• An official Star Wars Lightsaber simulation is coming to the Wii. [via BoingBoing Gadgets]


• IGN is streaming scenes from the upcoming Family Guy/Star Wars special. [via Club Jade ]


• Random Good Stuff shares a space war cartoon in which King Neptune kicks some alien a$$.


• Miniature Brainwave shows us this cool Steampunk Bart Simpson that is part of a larger Bart Simpson art exhibit held earlier this year. My favorite: Bart Simpson trapped in carbonite a la Han Solo. [via Neatorama]


• Calls for Cthulhu scares up some Cthulhu jewelry. If you're gonna have your soul swallowed, you might as well look your best.

Share: | Posted by John on Wednesday September 19, 2007 - 12:05 AM | Category: Tidbits | © 2007 SF Signal