SF Tidbits for 6/20/08

• Now that I’ve explained how Indiana Jones has gone SciFi, it’s completely within the realm of tidbittable items to point you towards this hilarious abridged script for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
• Interviews and profiles:
  • The latest episode of Cult Pop features Jim Hines and Cherie Priest.
  • The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog interviews PS Publishing editor Peter Crowther.
  • SmofCast podcast-interviews Robert J. Sawyer.
  • At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Alan Campbell, author of Iron Angel, a sequel Scar Night.
• Free Speculative Fiction Online posts new additions to their ever-growing list of free fiction.
• John Scalzi talks about Nerdgassing About Science Fiction Movies.
• John C. Wright offers the final, complete and exhaustive definition of science fiction. There will be mention of space babes…
• Solar Flare asks: Can Hollywood Make a Good Hard SF Movie?
• Ellen Datlow has posted photos from June 18th’s KGB reading with Terri Windling and Howard Gayton. The July 16th KGB reading will feature John Kessel and JoSelle Vanderhooft.
• Wired :Tron Guy Takes Flight in Custom-Designed Aircraft.
• Rainn Wilson (The Office) apparently likes to dress up as Jean-Luc Picard, MacGyver, and…Xena.

Related posts:

1. Indiana Jones and the Migration Towards Science Fiction
2. SF Tidbits for 12/24/07
3. SF Tidbits for 6/14/07
4. February 14th To Be Renamed ‘IJ 4′ Day
5. SF Tidbits for 6/3/08

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