SF Tidbits for 2/8/08
- Guardian interviews Iain M. Banks (Matter): "...when I was about 12 or 13, I discovered science fiction and that became my 'genre'."
- SF author Emma Bull told SCI FI Wire that her new collaborative Web fiction project, Shadow Unit, was inspired by her desire to write fan fiction for a television series that didn't exist.
- Jeff VanderMeer interviews Edward Willett, author of Marseguro.
- Dave Truesdale's latest Off on a Tangent column is SFWA Nebula Apathy Slights Original Anthologies: Or Why I Like the Hugos, which provides an alternate look at the best short fiction of 2007.
- Alastair Reynolds has posted an excerpt from House of Suns, his latest novel.
- Free audio fiction: Starship Sofa's latest audio story is Pat Murphy's "Going Through Changes".
- John Scalzi features Philip Palmer, author of Debatable Space, in his latest "Big Idea" post.
- Mike Brotherton talks about One Thing Wrong with most Space Movies.
- Tor's latest podcast, What Makes a Cover Work (part 1), offers a panel discussion on book covers with Irene Gallo, Lou Anders, John Picacio, Tom Kidd, and Jacob Weisman.
- The 2008 Locus Poll & Survey ballot is now online. The deadline for voting is April 15th.
- Locus Online has posted online Graham Sleight's Yesterday's Tomorrows column on Ray Bradbury, from the October 2007 issue of Locus.
- io9 lists 10 time travel gizmos.
- Jeremiah Tolbert responds to Jay Garmon's Why giant mecha robots are stupid rant with his own post, Why Giant Mecha Robots Are Totally Awesome.
- Brewster Rockit: Space Guy lampoons Cloverfield.
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| Posted by John on Friday February 08, 2008 - 12:08 AM
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