SF Tidbits for 6/25/08

By John DeNardo | Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 12:11 am

Interviews and Profiles:
- At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Jay Lake, author of Escapement.
- John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Marjorie M. Liu, author of The Iron Hunt.
- Matt Staggs, taking a cue from Jeff VanderMeer’s list of current favorite fantasists, interviews Kate Bernheimer.
- The latest The Future And You podcast, hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, features author/physicist Catherine Asaro (Saga of the Skolian Empire).
HarperCollins just released the first two books of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series in graphic novel form, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. [via Eos Books]
A first edition of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles sold for $3,900.
Peter Hodges gives a thoughtful look at Escapism vs. Art in Fiction: “Escapism has always been one of the more attractive aspects of reading, but our recognition of literature as “art” has been slipping lately…”
Steven Francis Murphy talks about writing novels vs. writing short stories.
Marginal Revolution offers Survival tips for when you time travel back to 1000 A.D. [via Dolenni Diddorol]
Well Told Tales shares the new poster the Keanu Reeves version of The Day the Earth Stood Still and wonders about remake overload.
SciFi Scanner offers some sagely advice on How DC Can Use Superman: The Man of Steel to Catch Up to Marvel.
io9 lists 12 Books You Should Read at the Beach This Summer which contains both new books and classics.

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