SF Tidbits for 8/23/08

• Free Fiction:
  • @Gutenberg: Anthem by Ayn Rand. (Not new, just new to me.)
  • Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty [via Escape Pod]
  • Audio fiction @Escape Pod: “Union Dues – Tabula Rasa” by Jeffrey R. DeRego.
  • @FeedBooks:
    • “Diamond Dust” by David Walton.
    • “The Other Side Of Silence” by Ruth Nestvold.
    • “The Star Hyacinths” by James H. Schmitz.
    • “Changing The Tune” by Jason Stoddard.
  • See also: Free fiction roundup at Futurismic.
• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @FearZone: Adam-Troy Castro ( Emissaries from the Dead). [via Eos Books]
  • @SciFi Wire: Michael F. Flynn.
  • @Major Spoilers: Matthew Sturges. [via Pyr-o-mania]
  • Upcoming at Mutant Chronicles talk radio show: Matt Forbeck discusses Blood Bowl, Mutant Chronicles, Brave New World.
• Futurismic says Nostalgia does science fiction a disservice.
• Some goodies from Neal Stephenson’s Anathem:
  • Neal’s video Introduction to Anathem.
  • Neal Stephenson Reads from Anathem.
• One for the writers: What genre do I write in?
• Over at Locus Online, Graham Sleight’s Yesterday’s Tomorrows column focuses on the work of Philip José Farmer.
• Business Week says that book publishers should learn From Digg, Yelp and Gawker and embrace Web 1.0 social networking platforms as a means of boosting business. [via Juno Books, who sees the article as under-informed]
• Matt Selman says enough with the Star Wars parodies already!
• Lists:
  • @Mental Floss: 7 Comic Book Superpowers the World Can Do Without.
  • @io9: The Worst Fake Accents of Science Fiction.
  • @Topless Robot: The 10 Most Unnecessary Movie Tie-In Comics

Related posts:

1. SF Tidbits Part XXVI
2. SF Tidbits for 6/30/06
3. SF Tidbits for 4/11/08
4. SF Tidbits for 8/22/06
5. SF Tidbits for 4/2/08

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