SF Tidbits for 6/24/08

• Free Fiction:
  • Updated at Gutenberg:
    • A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • From FeedBooks:
    • “The Chamber of Life” by Green Peyton Wertenbaker (1929)
    • “Breaking Point” by James E. Gunn (1953)
    • “Breakaway” by Stanley Gimble (1955)
  • Coming Soon! XC Publishing will release of the epic fantasy novel The Gauntlet Thrown by Cheryl Dyson & Xina Marie Uhl as a free, serialized novel beginning July 1, 2008. To sign up for the online delivery of each chapter, join their free newsletter or friend their LiveJournal.
• Subterranean Press has updated the page for the Jack Vance tribute anthology, Songs of the Dying Earth, with a list of contributing authors (confirmed and tentative).
• News from Paizo: Planet Stories will be releasing Gary Gygax’s “Lost” Final Novel, Infernal Sorceress, in July. In August they will release Worlds of Their Own, a short story anthology of shared-world fiction edited by James Lowder that features many popular fantasy authors including R.A. Salvatore, Michael A. Stackpole, and Elaine Cunningham.
• Interviews:
  • A Dribble of Ink interviews Brian Ruckley, author of Bloodheir.
  • Strange Horizons interviews John Joseph Adams, Editor of Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse.
  • StarShipSofa has a video interview Michael Moorcock.
• Wanna ask a Iain M. Banks a question? Check out the Orbit Blog for details .
• Last Saturday was 2008 the Science Fiction Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Those honored this year are Betty and Ian Ballantine (Literature), William Gibson (Literature), Richard M. Powers (Art), and Rod Serling (Film, Television and Media).
• Over at File770, Mike Glyer looks closely to see if the Nebula and Locus Awards are good indicators of who will win the Hugo Award.
• Jeff VanderMeer sez: “Most of the short fiction I’ve read recently that I’ve been most passionate about has come from female writers…” and goes on to list newish or under-appreciated female writers of short fiction.
• Avalanche Software Art Blog continues to be a good source for cool art. Case in point: this armored shark.
• Hecklerspray lists Top 13 Sci-Fi Babes. The usual suspects.
• SyFy Portal lists The 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies Of Past Decade.
• Bright Lights After Dark lists AFI’s 10 Top 10 Genre Omissions

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