SF Tidbits for 8/4/07
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at
12:19 am
- Here’s a very thoughtful essay on why E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Lensmen series was the anything but cliché. [via John C. Wright]
- Two more marvelous pieces of artwork from the folks over at Avalanche Software, both Star Wars-related: Padme’s Hair and The Battle of Endor.
- At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Brian Francis Slattery, author of Spaceman Blues.
- The Sci-Fi Catholic offers a list of science fiction-style kissing. “The Christopher Paolini Kiss: More-or-less a combination of the Anne McCaffrey Kiss, the J. R. R. Tolkien Kiss, and the George Lucas Kiss”
- SF Scope has stats about the stories in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois (which I just finished reading – review soon).
- Humor: The Top 9 Differences in a 21st-Century Underdog. “7. Sweet Polly Purebred is now Sweet Polly Panera Bread.”
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