SF Tidbits for 4/5/08

• Interviews:
  • Fantasy Book Critic interviews Neal Asher and reviews his book Line War.
  • Out interviews Sean Williams about his transgender character in Saturn Returns. [via Sean Williams]
  • Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist interviews R. Scott Bakker (Neuropath).
  • Sci-Fi Talk podcast-interviews R.A. Salvatore (The Ancient).
• Free fiction:
  • “The Troll” by T.H. White (1935). [via Jeffrey Ford]
  • Tor’s latest freebie is Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold. (Freebie wallpaper this week includes Stanley Meltzoff’s painting for the 1952 edition of The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein and Gregory Manchess’ painting, Something Wicked, for the Spectrum 10 Call for Entries poster.)
  • The Ranch” by Gary Gibson, a vampire story. [via Peripheral Vision]
  • SFF Audio rounds up a slew of John Kessel audio-stories.
  • Escape Pod podcasts Mike Resnick’s “The Big Guy“.
• Check out the first comment in James Wallace Harris’ post on audiobooks and you’ll see a comment by Audible’s content director talking about how Audible is recording Hugo Award winning books.
• In innovative publishing news: Instead of giving authors advances, HarperCollins will be implementing a profit-sharing payment plan. [via GalleyCat]
• SciFi Scanner has some cool video of Nexus: The Animated Classic That Almost Was, with animation reminiscent of Space Ghost.
• Movie City Indie serves up a history of the film as 2001: A Space Odyssey turns 40. [via Boing Boing]
• I’m sure when Howie Mandel’s game show Deal or No Deal does their Star Wars-themed episode on APril 28, ratings will increase. But they would be in another galaxy altogether if we could see Chewbacca put a rubber glove over his head and blow it up with his nose. [via Star Wars Blog]
• Forward-and-Share serves up A Newbie’s Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Genre Conventions.
• SciFiRama offers the ultimate guide to sci-fi on the Internet, a collection of 56 links for science fiction fans.
• Real Science: Chris Gorski of the American Institute of Physics looks at The Science behind Fairy Tales. [via Gwenda Bond]
• OMG-Lists lists 7 Weird Superheros Who Won’t Ever Hit the Silver Screen (But Should). [via Neatorama]

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