SF Tidbits for 1/3/08

• January Magazine‘s Best Books of 2007 include The Terror by Dan Simmons, Overclocked by Cory Doctorow,The Dark River by John Twelve Hawks, Blaze by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, and Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Omnivoracious has Ink/Vellum author Hal Duncan on Why SF is Really Fantasy. “If we’re ready, willing and able to play this fast and loose with science why should we draw the line at equivalent paradigm shifts that, for us, render a work fantasy rather than SF?”
• George R.R. Martin has posted an excerpt from A Dance with Dragons. [via Joe @ Adventures in Reading]
• Recently free fiction at ManyBooks.net: “The Aliens” by Murray Leinster and “Egocentric Orbit” by John Cory.
• Rick Kleffel podcast-interviews Jeremy Lassen of Nightshade Books.
• Eos Blog offers New Year’s resolutions from Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and Stan Nicholls.
• The Hugo nominations are open. I nominate John Picacio for Hugo Nomination Appeal with the Best Eye Candy.
• The 2007 Cybil Award nominations, celebrating children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and “kid appeal”, have been announced. [via Kids Lit]
• More Bests of 2007 from SciFi Chick and Bibliophile Stalker.
• The website for Q-Spec, a consortium of authors of queer speculative fiction, has been updated.
• Finally answer to the question: How can I smell like Neil Gaiman character? [via Kung Fu Rodeo]
• Hey look! Rope of Silicon didn’t like Blade Runner. (I’m just sayin’…)
• “Lose your luggage, they will”…unless your protect yourself with Star Wars luggage tags! [via Cynical-C]

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3. SF Tidbits for 12/31/07
4. Official Hugo and Retro Hugo Nominations
5. SF Tidbits for 4/7/07

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