SF Tidbits for 8/28/08

• Free Fiction:
  • The first year of Astounding has been scanned for your cumbersome online reading pleasure. [via QuasarDragon]
  • @FeedBooks: “A Prize for Edie” by Jesse Franklin Bone.
  • @Fantasy Magazine: “Gravity” by Peter Higgins. [via QuasarDragon]
  • @Stuart Clark’s website: “Digitall” and “The Curator“. [PDF files]
  • Behind the Wainscot #15 features flash fiction from Paul Abbamondi, Forrest Aguirre, Jacquelyn Benson, Hal Duncan, Paul Jessup, Jay Lake, J.M. Mcdermott, Cat Rambo, Ekaterina Sedia, Rachel Swirsky, Mark Teppo, and Catherynne M. Valente.
  • The latest StarShipSofa features fiction by Elizabeth Bear and G. David Nordley.
  • Lilith Saintcrow is serializing her novel Selene. Here’s Part 4.
• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @Tor Podcasts, Tobias S. Buckell discusses the origin of his new novel, Sly Mongoose.
  • @Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist: David Louis Edelman (Infoquake and Multireal).
  • NPR podcast-interviews Mur Lafferty.
• Cover Pr0n:
  • Tobias Buckell & Todd Lockwood are featured in a bunch of videos at Suvudu, where they talk about Lockwood’s awesome cover art for Buckell’s books.
  • S. Andrew Swann’s Prophets.
  • Pablo Defendini looks at the cover art for Austin Grossman’s Soon I Will Be Invincible.
  • Spidey graces the cover of Marvels 2.
• Lou Anders says Science Fiction Belongs to the World and asks: “…do people feel they have to agree with an author to enjoy them?”
• A Collectors’ Edition of SFX focuses on CGI and special effects.
• Sean Williams shows us what it’s like releasing a Star Wars novel.
• The LA Times sidles up to media tie-ins and asks: “Does a real writer accept a gig doing books spun off from films or TV shows?” [via SlushPile.net]
• Serendipitous finds for readers: Deciding Whether to Read a Book / How to Read.
• The September 17th edition of the KGB reading series features Holly Black and Lauren McLaughlin.
• John Scalzi tells us Why Tim Burton’s Recurring Nightmare Remains So Popular.
• Cool gear: Keep your beer cold with this R2-D2 Fridge.
• Lists:
  • @VideoHound: 10 Truly Underrated Sci-Fi Movies. [via Wil Wheaton]
  • SciFi Scanner interviews Time senior writer Jeffrey Kluger (co-author of the book on which the film Apollo 13 was based) and lists Five Things You Didn’t Know About Apollo 13.
  • @Code of Contact: Science Fiction Books Worth Reading Twice.
• Farkers photoshop Star Wars characters into other movies. Funny stuff…

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