• Rescued By Nerds interviewed Jeff Somers, author of The Digital Plague.


• Newsarama interviews Jonathan Lethem, creator of the comic Omega the Unknown (which I blogged about at SciFi Scanner). [via Daily P.O.P.]


• At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Karen Joy Fowler, author of Nebula-winning "Always"


• The latest Adventures in Scifi Publishing podcast features Lois McMaster Bujold (The Sharing Knife).


• Guardian's Book Blog reviews James A Blish's classic, A Case of Conscience.


• Geekend has a podcast interview with io9 Editor, Annalee Newitz.


• Omnivoracious interviews steampunk Jake von Slatt.


• Meanwhile, here's why Audrey Soffa hates Steampunk.


• The StarShipSofa Audio Science Fiction Magazine features fiction (Terry Bisson, Paul Di Filippo, Cory Doctorow) and articles (Amy Sturgis, Cory Doctorow), and music (XJ3).


• Ian Sales looks at Overlooked SF Classics.


• Ellen Datlow has posted photos from the recent book launch for her new anthology The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction & Fantasy.


• "Hulk like new movie poster. Make Hulk want forget first movie."


• This just in: "A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence..."


• Larry Ketchersid looks at Marvel vs. DC in Film.


• "William Shatner desperately tried to avoid romancing obsessed Star Trek fans - because they wanted to enact their sci-fi fantasies with the actor." Ewww! [via Mike Brotherton]


• Let this be a lesson to anyone bold enough to take on the hobby of Doctor Who knitting! [via Big Dumb Object]


• A couple of genre books make the list of 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man's Library by The Art of Manliness.


• io9 lists 7 Reasons Why Scifi Book Series Outstay Their Welcomes.


• Topless Robot lists The Top 10 Brutally Annoying Comic Relief Characters and - surprise, surprise - Jar Jar makes the list.


• ComicMix lists The Worst Supervillain Names in Comics. tee-hee....Bushmaster...

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