SF Tidbits for 7/1/08
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 at
12:07 am
- Interviews and Profiles:
- SCI FI Weekly has posted a never-before-seen 2001 interview with Arthur C. Clarke.
- Adventures in Reading interviews Nancy Kress, author of Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other Stories and Dogs.
- The World in the Satin Bag interviews John Varley, author of Rolling Thunder.
- Bibliophile Stalker interviews Paolo Bacigalupi, author of Pump Six and Other Stories.
- Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review interviews Jaine Fenn, author of Principles of Angels (a sf novel).
- Omnivoracious interviews David J. Williams, author of Mirrored Heavens.
- Free Fiction (much of it via Quasar Dragon)
- @ FeedBooks:
- Richard Kadrey has a load of new titles: “Iron Wit“, “Mouse Lights,” “Pleasure Cruise,” “What Goes Around,” “Confessions of a Mnemonist,” “The Götterdämmerung Show,” “Hall of the Phoenix Machines,” “The Birth of Athena,” and “Ice House“.
- “The Men in the Back Room at the Country Club” by Rudy Rucker.
- “Reborn Again” by Robert Sheckley.
- @Manybooks.net: “Champ of the Forecastle” by Robert E. Howard
- @Fantasy Magazine: “Marrying the Sun” by Rachel Swirsky.
- @Strange Horizons: “Jimmy’s Roadside Cafe” by Ramsey Shehadeh.
- @ FeedBooks:
- The latest issue of Clarkesworld contains written fiction from Margaret Ronald and Sergey Gerasimov; audio fiction from Margaret Ronald read by Cat Rambo; and non-fiction by Lisa Morton, Jeff VanderMeer, and Neil Clarke; and cover art by Patipat Asavasena.
- David Langford has posted the new Ansible for July 2008.
- Jayme Lynn Blaschke is following his non-fiction book Voices of Vision with Voices of Wonder.
- Joseph Mallozzi reviews In the Garden of Iden, the first novel in Kage Baker’s Company series and initiates a lively discussion.
- The Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) is seeking guest bloggers for the new Nebula Awards website.
- Speaking of the SFWA, John Scalzi offers a note of appreciation for Michael Capobianco, exiting SFWA President.
- My Star Trek Year chronicles one Star Trek fan’s efforts to watch all 700+ TV episodes and 11 films within 1 year.
- Solar Flare offers us The History of Science Fiction – Origins of SF.
- Feminist SF points us to a poll to vote for Top Ten Obscure Books.
- The Science Fiction Fix lists 5 places for a good science fiction short story.
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Alas, another chance to ask the ultimate Varley question missed: “So, Mr. Varley, are you ever going to finish that third book in the ‘Metals’ trilogy that your fans have been waiting for?”
Re: The Arthur C. Clarke interview,
Excuse me, did I miss something? What special edition?
Hmmm…there were two edition released in 2001 (a basic disc and boxed set — both part of the Stanley Kubrick Collection). But one labeled “Special Edition” did not appear until later, in October 2007. (Mouse over image and clikum linkum.)
I guess Clarke was talking about the version released in 2001. Wikipedia says
I suppose I can believe Kubrick spent 5 years just on tweaking the picture and sound of the film to his satisfaction. He had that reputation for obsessiveness; even so that’s kinda extreme.
But if that’s what he wanted to do — I’m happy to enjoy the fruits of his labor!