SF Signal: SF Tidbits for 4/30/08

SF Tidbits for 4/30/08

Free Fiction:
- Del Rey is offering a free download of first book in Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series: Betrayal by Aaron Allston until midnight on 13 May. (PDF Link) [via SFScope]
- All Issues of the Escape Velocity Magazine are now offered in the eBook version as free downloads in PDF format.
- Alan Baxter is serializing his novel A 'Verse Full of Scum, the story of "a galactic Bounty Hunter...and his efforts to track down a rogue magic user who seems to be running as far away as he can, killing anyone that gets in his way.

At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Jack O'Connell, author of The Resurrectionist.

Total Dick-Head has the scoop on the litigation (and hilarious decision) surrounding the missing robot head of Philip K. Dick. [via Alex Irvine]

Lou Anders' Thoughts on Science Fiction Film & Television has been generating some great discussion on the state of the sf.

USA Today has an image of the Sleestaks from the upcoming remake of Land of the Lost starring...Will Ferrell.

Karen @ Spiral Galaxy Reviews finally got to use a Robert Jordan book for the purpose God intended.

Universal Day of the Jedi lists The Top 10 Sexually Suggestive Lines in the Original Star Wars Trilogy. (Star Wars / A New Hope #9: "Luke, at that speed do you think you'll be able to pull out in time?")