SF Tidbits for 5/15/08
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at
12:10 am
- Rescued By Nerds interviewed Jeff Somers, author of The Digital Plague.
- Newsarama interviews Jonathan Lethem, creator of the comic Omega the Unknown (which I blogged about at SciFi Scanner). [via Daily P.O.P.]
- At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Karen Joy Fowler, author of Nebula-winning “Always”
- The latest Adventures in Scifi Publishing podcast features Lois McMaster Bujold (The Sharing Knife).
- Guardian’s Book Blog reviews James A Blish’s classic, A Case of Conscience.
- Geekend has a podcast interview with io9 Editor, Annalee Newitz.
- Omnivoracious interviews steampunk Jake von Slatt.
- Meanwhile, here’s why Audrey Soffa hates Steampunk.
- The StarShipSofa Audio Science Fiction Magazine features fiction (Terry Bisson, Paul Di Filippo, Cory Doctorow) and articles (Amy Sturgis, Cory Doctorow), and music (XJ3).
- Ian Sales looks at Overlooked SF Classics.
- Ellen Datlow has posted photos from the recent book launch for her new anthology The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction & Fantasy.
- “Hulk like new movie poster. Make Hulk want forget first movie.”
- This just in: “A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence…”
- Larry Ketchersid looks at Marvel vs. DC in Film.
- “William Shatner desperately tried to avoid romancing obsessed Star Trek fans – because they wanted to enact their sci-fi fantasies with the actor.” Ewww! [via Mike Brotherton]
- Let this be a lesson to anyone bold enough to take on the hobby of Doctor Who knitting! [via Big Dumb Object]
- A couple of genre books make the list of 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library by The Art of Manliness.
- io9 lists 7 Reasons Why Scifi Book Series Outstay Their Welcomes.
- Topless Robot lists The Top 10 Brutally Annoying Comic Relief Characters and – surprise, surprise – Jar Jar makes the list.
- ComicMix lists The Worst Supervillain Names in Comics. tee-hee….Bushmaster…
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Just a clarification – the comic by Johnathan Lethem is Omega the Unknown, not Omega Man.
Er…that was just a test to see if you were reading. You passed. (H)
Johnathan Lethem did not create OMEGA THE UNKNOWN. The late Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes created the character for Marvel Comics in the 1970s.
Lethem is simply writing the latest incarnation.