SF Tidbits for 8/26/08

• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @Night Shade Books: Greg Egan on Incandescence (Read an excerpt! [via Free SF Reader]).
  • @Tor: A brief interview with artist Michael Whelan.
  • Writing Excuses podcast-interviews Lou Anders, Editorial Director of Pyr.
  • @The Daily Cross Hatch: Cory Doctorow, Part one and part two.
  • @SciFi Wire: Thomas Nevins (The Age of the Conglomerates).
  • @Blogging the Muse: John Scalzi (Zoe’s Tale).
• Free Fiction:
  • @Subterranean Online: “The Secret History of The Last Colony” by John Scalzi (an excised chapter).
  • @Strange Horizons: “The Secret Identity” by Richard Butner.
  • @FeedBooks (from Futurismic)
    • “Eyelid Movies” by Will McIntosh.
    • “The Baby Window” by Vincent Van Allen.
    • “Real City” by Carrie Vaughn.
  • Want some free audio stories? Check out Radio Tales of the Strange & Fantastic! [via QuasarDragon]
• John Scalzi on Writing For “Free”.
• Cover Pr0n: Steven Erikson’s Revolvo, based on artwork by Ben Baldwin.
• The preliminary list of Nebula Nominees for best novel has begun.
• Ellen Datlow posts photos from the recent KGB reading featuring James Patrick Kelly and Jeff Somers.
• One for the writers: Night Shade Books wants your zombie novel. [via Cherie Priest]
• How to draw Battle Droids from The Clone Wars.
• A flickr photo set: Star Wars Olympic Games.
• Cool Gear: Dark Knight Alarm Clock with Working Bat-Signal.
• Lists:
  • SF Gospel lists The 10 best (and 5 worst) science fiction theme tunes. Star Trek: Enterprise on the worst list…good call.
  • Lots of sf/f films in Rope of Silicon’s list of Top Ten Movie Sequels.
  • @The Outland Institute: 7 Popular Motifs of Cheap Science Fiction.
  • @Suvudu: Top Ten: Best Fashion in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Mmmm…Barbarella…

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