SF Tidbits for 8/25/08

• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @The Agony Column: Joe Lansdale (Leather Maiden)
  • Justine Larbalestier answers reader questions.
  • The Galaxy Express briefly profiles Linnea Sinclair.
  • @Apex Books: Mary Doria Russell (Dreamers of the Day).
• Free Fiction:
  • Free serialized novel: Lilith Saintcrow’s Saint City novel, Selene (Part 2).
  • @ManyBooks.net: “The Sound of His Horn” by Sarban (John William Wall).
  • @Apex Books:
    • “Play Time” by Adrienne Jones.
    • “ Scenting the Dark” by Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Jim C. Hines has more thoughts on genre bias.
• Love ‘em and Leave ‘em – Confessions of a Serial Short Story Writer, by Jennifer Pelland.
• A Design Observer article looks at Steampunk: “Steampunking, with its commerce driven, faddish re-skinning of their own history, is closer to Disney than punk or sci-fi.”
• Matthew Jarpe lists 5 Writing Lessons He Wishes He’d Learned the Easy Way.
• io9 responds by asking: What’s Wrong With Steampunk?
• Cool: Own Your Very Own 1960s Era Red Flashing Bat-Phone! [via Look At This]
• Bizarre: My Little Pony decked out as Dr. Horrible characters. [via Whedonesque]
• Bizarre II: Lethal Star Trek blade seized in knives amnesty. [via Boing Boing]
• Optical Poptitude points us to this I Am Legend/Home Alone mashup: I Am Home Alone Legend.

Related posts:

1. SF Tidbits for 4/12/08
2. SF Tidbits for 6/8/08
3. Fingerprinting Customers Who Sell DVDs/Games/Books
4. SF Tidbits for 8/11/08
5. SF Tidbits for 2/20/08

Filed under: Tidbits

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