SF Tidbits for 2/14/08
- Innovation or Bandwagon? John Joseph Adams' respectable Wastelands anthology now has a page on the I-still-don't-get-it MySpace. (See also: John Joseph Adams interviewed by Graeme's Fantasy Book Review.)
- Fantasy Book Critic interviews Kevin J. Anderson:
- SciFi Weekly interviews the cast of Jumper (Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Bell).
- At SciFi Weekly, Jeff VanderMeer reviews Ellen Datlow's Inferno and rates it an "A".
- A book cover that might make JP tingly: Pat's Fantasy Hotlist previews the cover art for the US edition of Steven Erikson's next Malazan book, Toll the Hounds.
- David Louis Edelman explains How to Help Promote Your Favorite Author.
- Coinciding with U.S. release of his latest Culture book, Matter, author Iain Banks gets a re-designed website. (See also: io9's Guide to the Culture.)
- In my spare time, I've been reading Chris Roberson's awesome Celestial Empire stories. Yesterday, he posted an essay on the origins of the Celestial Empire, which also includes his handy timeline.
- Congratulations to Colleen Lindsay who is now working as a literary agent with FinePrint Literary Management, specializing in fantasy and science fiction, horror, paranormal romance, graphic novels, YA fiction, and pop culture. Writerly types should check out her submission guidelines.
- For those who think we should cover more horror: NPR interviews The Cookie Monster.
- Lots of folks are asking interesting questions:
- Silver for the 25th anniversary? Bah! Books Under the Bridge lists The Fantasy Materials Anniversary Gift List. My personal favorite: Poison for the 7th.
- Free audio fiction: Escape Pod has Ann Leckie's awesome story "Hesperia and Glory", one of my top picks out of Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition edited by Rich Horton.
- The J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot has a new release date: May 8th, 2009.
- Things I agree with: Any book is better with a zombie! [via Scott Westerfeld and Cherie Priest]
- Dirty Writer lists The 9 real reasons you want to believe in aliens.
- SF universe lists Our 10 Greatest Black Superheroes (Part 1).
- Mike Brotherton continues a strong stream of posts with Ten Superpowers You Can Have Now.
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| Posted by John on Thursday February 14, 2008 - 12:12 AM
| Category: Books
| © 2008 SF Signal
Thanks for the Colleen Lindsay information. That came in handy. More please
Posted by General X on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 2:31 AM
"Frankly, I think that science fiction's function as a literary crystal ball predicting the future has always been highly over-rated."
To the point where it's almost becoming a cliché 
Posted by Jim Shannon on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Actually, Wastelands has had a MySpace page for a looooong time. (The fact that it's now featured on MySpace Books--*that's* new.) Before I had the actual website setup, I had the MySpace page setup as a sort of half-measure, since I could set that up pretty quickly and on my own.
I don't claim to fully understand MySpace either, and it's certainly frustrating as hell sometimes with all of its errors and its poor design which blatantly milks users for more page views. Honestly I have no idea if it's of any value to writers. I will say I made at least one very good friend because of MySpace, so it's been worth it at least for that.
Posted by John Joseph Adams on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Thanks for the clarification, John. And, to be clear, I don't find fault with any attempt to publicize books. 
Posted by John on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 5:56 PM
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