SF Tidbits for 8/17/08

• Free Fiction:
  • “A Brief Guide To Other Histories” by Paul McAuley, a Cowboy Angels story.
  • @Escape Pod: “Fenneman’s Mouth” by Andy Duncan.
  • SFF Audio lists Five Free Audio Favorites.
  • See also; Futurismic’s Weekly Free Fiction listing.
• Interviews and Profiles:
  • Tor podcast-interviews recent Hugo-winner Mary Robinette Kowal.
  • @Neth Space: John Scalzi Answers 5 Questions.
  • Gail Martin podcast-interviews Mike Lee.
• Here’s David G. Hartwell on his Hugo win for best Editor.
• James Nicoll rounds up the TOC’s for some upcoming Poul Anderson collections.
• Cover Pr0n: David Marusek (Counting Heads) shares the nice Paul Youll artwork for his 2nd novel, Mind Over Ship.
• Locus Online lists Locus Online News: 2008 Prometheus Awards winners
• The Art of Reading.
• The Cordwainer Smith website gets a face lift and an accompanying blog. [via The Crotchety Old Fan. Thanks, Fred!]
• Christopher Paul Carey has pictures from Farmercon 90, a convention for Philip José Farmer fans.
• Best Science Fiction Stories continues their posts of favorite favorite short stories with entries by Tinkoo and Greg Wickenhofer?
• Timecop Illustrates the Pitfalls of Time Travel.
• Lists:
  • James Van Pelt lists Convention Dos and Don’ts.
  • Artist Romina Espinosa lists her top 30 Sci-fi movies, with some hardline criteria about what makes the cut.
  • @Mental Floss: Wacky Sci-Fi “Laws”.
  • @Discover Magazine: The 10 Best Science Fiction Planets.
  • @Topless Robot: The 10 Most Blatant Star Wars Rip-Offs.
  • Kathryn Cramer lists 100+ writers who have never won a Hugo.

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