SF Tidbits for 9/9/08
- Interviews & Profiles:
- Neal Stephenson's long-awaited and much-anticipated Anathem releases today. Here's a interesting podcast-interview of Neal talking about Anathem at Book Expo. Neal essentially says that short-attention span is no good and people need to spend more time thinking deeper about things. At least that's what I think he says...that interview was, like, really long. Hi-yo!
(Want more? Amazon and YouTube have a slew of videos about Anathem's themes, origins and layout.) - @io9: Doctor Who scribe Paul Cornell.
- @SciFi Scanner: J.J. Abrams. (Bonus: They ask J.J. about my proclamation of him being SciFi's new overlord.)
- Neal Stephenson's long-awaited and much-anticipated Anathem releases today. Here's a interesting podcast-interview of Neal talking about Anathem at Book Expo. Neal essentially says that short-attention span is no good and people need to spend more time thinking deeper about things. At least that's what I think he says...that interview was, like, really long. Hi-yo!
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
- "Dead Like Me" by Adam-Troy Castro, a story that can be also be found in the zombie anthology The Living Dead.
- Lilith Saintcrow is serializing her novel Selene. Here's Part 9.
- @Feedbooks: Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link (2001).
- @Fantasy Magazine: "A Foreigner's View of the River" by A. M. Muffaz.
- @Manybooks: "A Brief Guide To Other Histories" by Paul McAuley.
- @Strange Horizons: "The Future Hunters" by Christopher J. Clarke.
- Audio Fiction @Miette's bedtime story podcast: "When I Was Miss Dow" by Sonya Dorman.
- Video: Christopher Paolini reads from Brisingr.
- Jo Walton reviews George R. R. Martin's The Armageddon Rag.
- Cover Pr0n of the future:
- Bob Eggleton's cover for an upcoming issue of F&SF.
- John Picacio's Cover for Muse of Fireby Dan Simmons.
- One for aspiring writers: Publishers Weekly is holding a Book Publishing 101 seminar in New York on September 22nd.
- Electric Velocipede is running a subscription drive. $20 gets you four issues in the U.S. $150 will get you copies of all past and future issues, and more...
- Should SF&F books have maps included for the readers?
- Real science: Mark Chadbourn asks, "Should scientists forget Space?"
- Lists:
- Mike Brotherton lists Ten Issues with Hard Science Fiction.
- @Great White Snark: The Top 5 Unexpectedly Bad-Ass Geek Heroes.
- @SciFi Wire: 10 Guaranteed SF Weepers.
- @Discover Magazine: 5 Things That Can Fix Torchwood.
- Seperated at Birth? John "Spock" Picacio and Chris "Spock" Roberson.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Tuesday September 09, 2008 at 12:04 AM
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