SF Tidbits for 5/2/08

• The latest issue of Clarkesworld Magazine features fiction from Catherynne M. Valente and Garth Upshaw; a non-fiction article about RPGs by Justin Howe and Jason S. Ridler; and Jeff VanderMeer’s interviews with John Picacio. I must also mention another stellar piece of artwork used for the cover, this one by Cuson.
• Recently-free fiction at ManyBooks.net: “Cum Grano Salis” by Randall Garrett (1959).
• Interviews and profiles:
  • The latest podcast of Adventures in Scifi Publishing features author David Keck (In a Time of Treason), Pyr Editor Lou Anders talking about the short fiction market, and Tobias Buckell answering a reader question.
  • The online Writing Workshop for SF/F/H interviews genre literary agent Colleen Lindsay who offers lots of great advice for writers. “An author shouldn’t post an incessant chronology of his or her rejections by agents and editors. Eventually an agent who sees this is going to wonder why you’re getting so many rejections.” [via The Swivet]
  • Grasping for the Wind interviews Karen Miller (Empress).
  • Lois McMaster Bujold guest blogs at the Eos blog, where she talks about her book The Sharing Knife.
  • At Deep Genre, Constance Ash and Kate Elliott discuss Shadow Gate.
  • At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Mark L. Van Name, author of One Jump Ahead, and Sandra McDonald, author of The Outback Stars.
• Tom Holt (The Better Mousetrap) guest-blogs at Orbit blog and talks about time travel.
• Locus Online has posted the contents of the May 2008 issue of Locus Magazine.
• According to Scott Sigler, Bruce Campbell Is the Reigning King of Horror. No argument here.
• New Scientist look at The science behind Iron Man. (And reminds us of their list of Top 10 Fictional Scientists.)
• This vinyl Geiger Alien doll look too cute to be scary. I still want one, though. [via SciFi Scanner]
• Robots can’t act, but that just makes this video of robots doing Pulp Fiction all the more hilarious.

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