SF Tidbits for 5/1/08

• The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas look at Invasion of the Body Snatchers, both the 1956 version starring Kevin McCarthy, and the 1978 remake starring Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. (the latter being the one that permanently burned Sutherland’s horrific scream into my impressionable brain.)
• The Long List for this year’s Million Writers Award for online short fiction has been announced. Many genre titles and venues make the list.
• Free Fiction: Subterranean Online has “Connoisseurs: A Lucifer Jones Story” by Mike Resnick.
• The Solaris blog (When Gravity Fails) has an audio advertisement for Lou Anders’ upcoming anthology Sideways in Crime.
• Fred K. sent us this PDF link to a list of entertainment items found in the International Space Station maintained for recreational and off-duty consumption. Items include: science fiction magazines; books by Greg Bear, Isaac Asimov, Robert Jordan, Catherine Asaro, Stephen R. Donaldson, David Weber and more; various films including Armageddon, Apollo 13, 2010, Men in Black, Star Wars, Stargate, Terminator, The Right Stuff, X-Men and…Caddyshack.
• Event: The May 13th launch party for The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction & Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow (to be held at South Street Seaport Museum’s Melville Gallery) features readings by Richard Bowes, Carol Emshwiller and Barry N. Malzberg.
• Gail Martin has video reports from Ravencon.
• Movie critic Rober Ebert is blogging and recently talked about Arthur C. Clarke.
• Ian McKellen confirms Gandalf’s return in The Hobbit.
• The latest SciFi Dept. video looks at
• The Richard Matheson Renaissance.
• ComicMix lists 10 Must-Read Stories Before You Watch Iron Man in Theaters.
• Entertainment Weekly lists 23 Disappointing Movie Adaptations.

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