SF Tidbits for 8/6/08

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @io9: Ekaterina Sedia (Alchemy of Stone).
  • Also @io9: A profile of William Barton (When Heaven Fell), the great unsung space opera writer.
  • @Adventures in SciFi Publishing.: Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman.
  • @Cult Pop: John Scalzi (Zoe’s War).
  • @Wyrdsmiths: Kat Richardson, author of the parnormal detective novel Underground.
  • @Death + Taxes: Jonathan Lethem. [via Enter the Octopus]
  • @Barnes & Noble: Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl).
• Free Fiction:
  • @FeedBooks:
    • “Citadel” by Algis Budrys.
    • “A Choice of Miracles” by James A. Cox.
    • “The Machine That Saved The World” by Murray Leinster.
    • “The Success Machine” by Henry Slesar.
  • @Futurismic: “Dry Frugal with Death Rays” by Alex Wilson
  • @Rimworlds: Chapter 6 of Steve Davidson’s Pulp Comic Story has been posted.
  • @F&SF: “Tales from the Net: Coming of Age Day” by Rand B. Lee.
  • @PodCastle: “Galatea” by Vylar Kaftan, read by Rachel Swirsky, first featured in Heliotrope.
• The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has posted the the contents of the September 2008 issue.
• Holly Lisle has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog.
• Jo Walton looks at The Dystopic Earths of Heinlein’s Juveniles.
• “Stephen King thinks he has found a new means to ‘deliver’ his work to the world“.
• Tor.com continues their Hugo nominee book cover reviews with Halting State by Charles Stross.
• I Remember the Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein gets a cover redesign.
• Liz Batty makes her 2008 Hugo Awards Predictions.
• Tor.com has posted videos of artist Jon Foster doing his thing.
• There’s a “We Love Doctor Who” playlist going on at YouTube. [via Fantasy Magazine]
• @SciFi Scanner: Batman Is Everything and Other Lessons Learned From the Summer of the Superhero.
• The Mashup-of-the-day, The Dark Black Knight, mixes The Dark Knight with the Black Knight scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. [via OpticalPoptitude]
• Lists:
  • Mike Brotherton lists Online Astronomy Resources for Writers.
  • 15 Blade Runner-like Buildings. [via Boing Boing Gadgets]
  • io9 lists The Best And Worst Fake American Accents From Scifi’s Army Of Brits.
  • Jay Tomio lists his 10 Favorite Pre-Hip(ster) Fantasy Movies. Big Trouble in Little China…right on.
• Finally: File this under “If I could embed it, I would”…Hulu has gone HD and has the full video from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Suh-weet!

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