SF Tidbits for 4/30/08

• Free Fiction:
  • Del Rey is offering a free download of first book in Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series: Betrayal by Aaron Allston until midnight on 13 May. (PDF Link) [via SFScope]
  • All Issues of the Escape Velocity Magazine are now offered in the eBook version as free downloads in PDF format.
  • Alan Baxter is serializing his novel A ‘Verse Full of Scum, the story of “a galactic Bounty Hunter…and his efforts to track down a rogue magic user who seems to be running as far away as he can, killing anyone that gets in his way.
• At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Jack O’Connell, author of The Resurrectionist.
• Sci-Fi Talk has a 1996 podcast-interview with Timothy Zahn.
• Total Dick-Head has the scoop on the litigation (and hilarious decision) surrounding the missing robot head of Philip K. Dick. [via Alex Irvine]
• Lou Anders’ Thoughts on Science Fiction Film & Television has been generating some great discussion on the state of the sf.
• USA Today has an image of the Sleestaks from the upcoming remake of Land of the Lost starring…Will Ferrell.
• Karen @ Spiral Galaxy Reviews finally got to use a Robert Jordan book for the purpose God intended.
• Universal Day of the Jedi lists The Top 10 Sexually Suggestive Lines in the Original Star Wars Trilogy. (Star Wars / A New Hope #9: “Luke, at that speed do you think you’ll be able to pull out in time?”)

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