SF Tidbits for 7/16/08

• More Cover Pr0n:
  • Lou Anders is sharing a very cool promo card from artist Dave Seely.
  • The British cover of Bad Monkeys. [via Torque Control]
• Interviews and Profiles:
  • Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews James Patrick Kelly and Matthew Wayne Selznick.
  • Concept Sci-fi interviews Walter Jon Williams (Implied Spaces).
  • At Omnivoracious, Jeff VanderMeer is talking about L. Timmel Duchamp
  • Agony Column podcast-interviews Susan Palwick and Jay Lake.
  • The latest episode of Cult Pop features interviews with Matt Arnold and Vernor Vinge.
  • SFX interviews Jeffrey Thomas (Blue War).
  • Wyrdsmiths interviews David Louis Edelman.
  • Articulate interviews artist Shaun Tan.
  • At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Jacqueline Carey, author of Kushiel’s Mercy.
  • SciFi Scanner interviews Kirk DeMicco, director of Space Chimps.
• Edward Campion‘s The Bat Segundo Show is going on indefinite hiatus, after the 9 shows already produced.
• Free Fiction:
  • Audio fiction @PodCastle: “Magnificent Pigs” by Cat Rambo, read by Matthew Wayne Selznick.
  • @Feedbooks:
    • “Arena” by Frederic Brown (1944)
    • Prince Zaleski by M.P. Shiel (1895)
• One for the writers: Making a Writing Group Work by James Van Pelt.
• The latest issue of Matrix Online, the news and media magazine of the British Science Fiction Association, has been posted and features:
  • Interviews with Bruce Sterling and Eric Brown.
  • A George Mann editorial on Steampunk.
  • A look at steampunk and its “soundtrack“.
  • A look at the return of three classic British heroes.
  • A look at 30 Days of Night
  • A survey of the social networking phenomenon.
  • A list of The Best 1950s SF Movies Ever!
• SF Diplomat decodes The Stross Formula. [also via Torque Control]
• Matt Staggs looks at Apocalyptic Literature and provides a nice reading list.
• Borders has added a new audiobook download service. [via Publishers Weekly]
• Discover Magazine lists the 10 Best Science Fiction Movie Endings. Good entries there…
• SF Humor: Asimov’s 30 Laws of Robotics.
• Something cool but not cool enough to own: this miniature Captain Kirk covered with Tribbles. [via Topless Robot]
• Wired grades Batman’s gear.
• I love these retro-sf-style posters to promote workplace safety. [via File 770]

Related posts:

1. SF Tidbits for 2/7/08
2. SF Tidbits Part XVI
3. SF Tidbits for 1/26/08
4. SF Tidbits for 11/10/07
5. SF Tidbits for 6/13/06

Filed under: Tidbits

Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!