- Edward Willett (Lost in Translation) has posted a trailer for his new book, Marseguro, due out next month from DAW books.
- SciFi Wire profiles James A. Owen, author of The Search for the Red Dragon.
- Agony Column podcast-interviews Peter S. Beagle.
- Public Radio International interviews Scott Westerfeld.
- Correlations, the blog of the PBS series WIRED Science, will have an interview with Paolo Bagicalupi this Friday (Jan. 25) as their "Science Fiction Friday" feature. [via Night Shade]
- In his latest Asimov's column, James Patrick Kelly discusses Mundane SF.
- Boing Boing tells us about Michael Swanwick's unique one-of-a-kind stories-in-bottles. "The owner of the bottle, whoever he or she is, can either read the story or else possess the object -- but cannot do both."
- Rick Cook has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog. Check out this post on why he won't write anothe Wizard book. [via Fred K. of TexasBestGrok]
- Book deal: Author James Lovegrove will write an epic new science fiction novel called The Age of Ra for Solaris Books.
- Free fiction from Cosmos: "Dogs of War" by Bruce Carlson and "All of Creation" by Steven Utley. [via Locus Online]
- Recently free fiction at ManyBooks.net: "Criminal Negligence" by Jesse Francis McComas
- Empire Online has posted a cool-looking new poster for the Iron Man movie.
- Two for Pete: FHM lists Top 10 Sci-fi Hotties and Maurizio Manzieri has some cool-looking sf artwork.
- Check out this extensive list of video games inspired by literature. 1982 to 1984 was a good year for genre-related games...The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...Fahrenheit 451...Conan: Hall of Volta...Rendezvous with Rama...I think I had a copy of Dragonriders of Pern for the Commodore 64! File under Books I Never Knew Had Games: Nine Princes in Amber, Robot City, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
- MWB World has been watching the animated series Return to Planet of the Apes: "Frankly, I'm rather surprised how folks with eye-beams keep missing their targets! They do it throughout the episode. Don't you just look at something to aim? How difficult is that really?"
- Need advice? Ask Golden Age Wonder Woman. [via The Cultural Gutter]
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Posted by John DeNardo at Thursday January 24, 2008 at 1:53 AM
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Is it just me or does the Iron man costume look like an action figure?
Posted by Jim Shannon on Thursday January 24, 2008 at 2:39 AM at 2:39 AM
"Boing Boing tells us about Michale Swanwick's unique one-of-a-kind stories-in-bottles. 'The owner of the bottle, whoever he or she is, can either read the story or else possess the object -- but cannot do both.'"
Also sometimes known as "Michael"...Swanwick. Amazon just delivered "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" and "The Dragons of Babel" by Michael Swanwick to me.
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Thursday January 24, 2008 at 7:22 AM at 7:22 AM
"Check out this extensive list of video games inspired by literature. 1982 to 9184 was a good year for genre-realated games..."
Wasn't 9184 when they finally got the BrainPal upgrade out?
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Thursday January 24, 2008 at 7:31 AM at 7:31 AM
That was a test, Fred. You passed. 
Posted by John on Thursday January 24, 2008 at 7:40 AM at 7:40 AM
Ah, the Claudia Black clip from Stargate SG-1. I still think of that scene. Daniel how could you possibly say no? Reminds me that I need to see about pre-ordering the Arc of Truth DVD.
I love the GA WW piece thanks for linking to it.
BTW, thanks for the link for my Return to Planet of the Apes post. Nostalgia almost made me buy the DVDs, instead I'm renting and glad I did. It's interesting how childhood nostalgia can improve things over the years.
Posted by mwbworld on Thursday January 24, 2008 at 9:14 AM at 9:14 AM