SF Tidbits for 7/17/07
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 at
12:18 am
- Arrrrr! Andrew Wheeler reviews Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe.
- Neil Walsh’s latest Books I’ve Been Avoiding: Overlooked or Over-hyped? column is up at SF Site: “Can there be such a thing as too many books? Lately I’ve been feeling I do indeed have too many books I haven’t read yet. But is that really too many books, or simply not enough time?”
- Gail Martin shows off the cover of the next book in her Summoner series, The Blood King.
- Washington Technology interviews John Scalzi. “One of the frequent complaints we hear about technology is that technology is isolating. I would argue the opposite. We are so connected now sometimes it’s hard to get away from each other.”
- Scalzi, by the way, is giving free e-book copies of The Android’s Dream to overseas service people.
- Tuesday YouTube: The original, pre-production trailer for Alien 3, which reflects the original William Gibson version (aliens on Earth). [via SciFi Scanner]
- Here’s the transcript for NASA administrator Mike Griffin’s talk at the Heinlein Centennial. “So, a question that has often been asked and that I’ve asked myself is, ‘Was the growth of science fiction as a genre and hard science fiction in particular, a response to the cultural zeitgeist or was it a cause of it?’”
- File under Things I Don’t Need But Want Anyway: An Alien Abduction Lamp.
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On the trailer for the Alien 3,
that line made me howl in laughter and also at the same time cringe with dread. On Earth everyone can hear you scream, Indeed.