SF Tidbits for 7/15/08

• Interviews:
  • Pyr-o-mania interviews Robert Silverberg (Son of Man).
  • Bibliophile Stalker interviews Vera Nazarian (The Duke In His Castle).
  • Rescued By Nerds interviews Rob Rogers (Devil’s Cape).
  • ComicMix interviews Wil Wheaton.
• Free Fiction:
  • @Strange Horizons: “The Magician’s House” by Meghan McCarron.
  • @Munsey’s [via QuasarDragon]:
    • “Cum Grano Salis” by Gordon Randall Garrett.
    • “When Super-Apes Plot” by Wilder Anthony
  • Audio Fiction: Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper [via SFFaudio]
• The winners of the Uplift computer graphics challenge have been announced in the video and animated categories. [via David Brin]
• Megan McArdle offers some thoughts on women and science fiction. “The feminists are mad because I said SF isn’t girly…”
• Fantasy Magazine‘s website gets a facelift.
• The web is abuzz ith reactions from Buzz Aldrin’s statement that Science Fiction is partly responsible for the lack of interest in real-life space exploration among young people. Here’s one from Mike Brotherton, one from Biology in Science Fiction which looks at SF Stories that Inspire and Hinder Real Science, and one from io9, which looks at science fiction stories that inspire and hinder real science.
• Cover Pr0n from:
  • Charles Strosss for The Jennifer Morgue.
  • Keith R.A. DeCandido for A Singular Destiny and Mere Anarchy.
• Joe Abercrombie offers Advice for Budding Fantasists.
• Steven Schofield photographs British sci-fi fans dressed in character in their homes. [via MetaFilter]
• Kunochan begins listing The 10 Worst Sci-Fi Films of All Time with everyone’s favorite easy target…Battlefield Earth.
• Cinema blend lists 5 Reasons The Dark Knight Is Better Than Batman Begins
• Symantec/Norton have downloadable papercraft bots for you to cut, fold and glue. (Launch the Flash feature.) [via Boing Boing]

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