SF Tidbits for 3/13/07
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 at
12:06 am
- John Scalzi has posted the first chapter of his book The Android’s Dream online. You know…the chapter… [see SF Signal review] [via Big Dumb Object]
- The list of Top 10 put-downable books includes Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. [via Big Blog of Cheese]
- SF Author Smackdown! Justin has created an sf writer daily bracket. And so has Fantasy Book Spot! But wait! There’s more!
- SCI FI Wire profiles John Birmingham, author of Final Impact.
- Sci-Fi Foddder summarizes the difference between Hugo and Nebula Awards.
- Comic Book Resources interviews Richard K. Morgan, author of Woken Furies), mostly about his comics-writing work. [via SFBC Blog]
- The March 2007 issue of The Internet Review of Science Fiction is out.
- For your visual enjoyment: Zoom Quilt II!
- SFF World’s Andrew Smith details how to write a derivative fantasy novel. [via SFBC Blog]
- Cinematical is reporting another DVD release of Serenity with a bunch of shiny extras.
- James Patrick Kelly is podcasting his novel Look Into the Sun. Here’s Part 5.
- Mindhacks offers a critical view of transhumanism
- New/Updated on Gutenberg: The Colors of Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
- Howard Waldrop & Lawrence Person review 300.
- Check out the cool artwork of Daniel Conway. (Cookies required, but worth it)
- The A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science.
- Centauri Dreams weighs in on the lifespan of science fiction magazines.
- How science fiction influences the imaginations of technologists: “Fans decry any emphasis on their favored genre’s predictive power (science fiction, they say, is really about the present day); but nonetheless, the accurate predictions of many science fiction writers are justly famous.”
- Free fiction from MIT Technology Review: “Osama Phone Home” by David Marusek.
- Memoirs of a Skepchick asks: Where are the women in SFBC’s list of Most Significant SF/F Books? [via uDreamOfJanie]
- Everything I need to know I learned from Cthulhu! [via Raincoaster]
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“Comic Book Resources interviews Richard K. Morgan, author of Woken Furies), mostly about his comics-writing work.”
If by “mostly” you mean the first two paragraphs and then the next 20 are the most in-depth reflections on his books that I’ve seen published.
Hey, thanks for the link love! I’m glad you linked, I’d never been here before, but you can be sure I’ll be back!
Kisses,
Janie