• At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Kevin J. Anderson, author of Metal Swarm, the latest book of The Saga of Seven Suns.


• ActuSF interviews Stephen Baxter: "I consider a lot of my work to be hard science fiction, that is sf based on ideas drawn from serious science, and restricted to 'plausible' extrapolation of those ideas."


• Bibliophile Stalker interviews J.M. McDermott (Last Dragon), whose blog has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog: "...I really don't like the literary magazines outside of the genre very much. Literary short fiction has become so stale, in the magazines."


• John Picacio previews some of the interior illustrations for Elric: The Stealer of Souls.


• Sean Wallace shows off the cover of Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition by Prime Books.


• Orson Scott Card has won the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association for "his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens" for his novels Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. [via One Minute Book Reviews]


• Solaris Books has two more books on the way, from Gail Z. Martin and James Maxey. [via UKSF Book News]


• Clarkesworld is now a "qualifying market" for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. [via Jason Sanford]


• Wil Wheaton reprises his role as Wesley Crusher, now a Lieutenant Commander of the USS Titan, for a video shot for Star Trek: The Tour. [via Show Me SciFi]


• io9 reveals New Proof That Every Scifi Epic Is Based On Joseph Campbell. [via Eat Or Brains]


• Star Wars tidbits via SciFi Scanner:
  • What do fanboys do when they remodel their kitchen? They get a Darth Vader kitchen island, of course!
  • Check out this Lucasfilm want ad featuring Chewie the Temp.

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