SF Tidbits for 2/9/07
By John DeNardo |
Friday, February 9th, 2007 at
12:02 am
- Ripley, the hairless, feline mascot of genre bookstore Borderlands Books, has won the Stuff on my Cat contest.
- A timely read in light of The Great Pratchett Reading Project…ABC.net.au interviews Terry Pratchett. [via Locus Online]
- LabLit interviews Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the upcoming book Sixty Days and Counting. [via Confessions of a Science Librarian]
- SCI FI Wire got a chance to peruse the set of The Golden Compass.
- Firefly-related news: Summer Glau (River) has joined the cast of The Sarah Conner Chronicles, and Joss Whedon will be directing an episode of The Office.
- Someone has set up a LiveJournal for Hugo Award Nominee Recommendations. [via James Nicoll]
- Reason Online offers insight into the convoluted politics of zombie cinema. [via Backwards City]
- Escape Pod podcasts a Mike Resnick young adult story “The Boy Who Yelled ‘Dragon’“.
- Here’s S. Andrew Swann’s definition of science fiction.
- Nethermore looks at cover designs. [via Tobias Buckell]
- SF Bookworm has A Baker’s Dozen of Collectable Genre Artists.
- Friday video: Burning Safari, a short animated film with robots and monkeys. [via Chris Roberson]
- Believe it or Not: BBT Mag has An Open Letter to William Katt.
- Ladies and Gentlemen…well, mostly gentlemen…Nudity in Science Fiction.
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That book cover post was great.
Am excited about a Whedon episode of The Office, should be very sharp and witty.
Nice Cat!