SF Tidbits for 9/19/07

• Jonathan Lethem on Philip K. Dick: “In some quarters Dick is already one of the defining voices of the second half of the twentieth century and in other quarters he is obviously disreputable forever.” [via BoingBoing]
• The Art Department shows off two new covers from artist John Harris…for John Scalzi’s Zoe’s Tale (set in the Old Man’s War universe) and Ben Bova’s Mars Life
• Adam Roberts considers Cory Doctorw’s eBooks article from Locus: “The reason I don’t [convert to digital reading] is that such devices, though pretty, are expensive in themselves, and more to the point that downloading a DRM-hobbled title to one costs about the same as buying a hardcopy of the same title from the bookshop. That’s a disincentive.” [via The Publishing Spot]
• Adventures in Reading points us to an excerpt from The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
• Rick Kleffel at the Agony Column chats with Charlie Huston (The Shotgun Rule).
• Jeff VanderMeer interviews Christopher Barzak.
• Capclave lists 11 things one should know about Ellen Datlow.
• Blast-from-the-past science fiction photo: Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison shake hands at the second British Worldcon in 1965.
• Superfans Vic Wertz and Lisa Stevens have created a Death Star home theater with the help of Doug Chiang, the lead designer on Star Wars episodes I and II.
• An official Star Wars Lightsaber simulation is coming to the Wii. [via BoingBoing Gadgets]
• IGN is streaming scenes from the upcoming Family Guy/Star Wars special. [via Club Jade ]
• Random Good Stuff shares a space war cartoon in which King Neptune kicks some alien a$$.
• Miniature Brainwave shows us this cool Steampunk Bart Simpson that is part of a larger Bart Simpson art exhibit held earlier this year. My favorite: Bart Simpson trapped in carbonite a la Han Solo. [via Neatorama]
• Calls for Cthulhu scares up some Cthulhu jewelry. If you’re gonna have your soul swallowed, you might as well look your best.

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