SF Tidbits for 8/9/08
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at
12:33 am
- Interviews and Profiles:
- @A.E. van Vogt Information site: John C. Wright (Null-A Continuum).
- @Rescued By Nerds: Richard Morgan (The Steel Remains).
- @F&SF: Marc Laidlaw (“Childrun”).
- Free Fiction:
- @Escape Pod: “Pervert” by Charles Coleman Finlay. [via QuasarDragon]
- Best Science Fiction Stories has added a Science Fiction Library.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction, a monthly journal about speculative fiction with reviews, celebrates it’s 20th anniversary. [via SF Scope]
- Jason Ellis wraps up the Science Fiction Research Association’s 2008 Conference.
- Jeff VanderMeer reports on this year’s Shared Worlds program at Wofford College.
- Tor completes their Hugo finalist book cover review with John Scalzi’s The Last Colony.
- Kat Goodwin examines, from a publishing perspective, the state of SF and the “Is SF literature Dying?” debate in the article Science Fiction: Alive and Kicking
- Keith R.A. DeCandido is fed up with discussions about “canon”.
- Solar Flare continues with The History of Science Fiction, this time looking at The Pulps.
- WorldCon reports are appearing from Karen Burnham, Fast Forward, Edward Willett, and a host of others.
- In honor of WorldCon, a nearby club was holding a “Sci Fi Strip Off“. I’m just sayin’…
- Changes to the Hugo Award are coming, most notably the removal of Semiprozine Category.
- Lists:
- @Bam! Kapow! 11 Superheroes That Look Like Supervillains
- @Little Fivers: Top 10 Sci-Fi Urban Legends
- @Great White Snark: The Top Ten Most Annoying Voices in Geek Movies.
Related posts:
- WorldCon 64
- Final 2006 WorldCon Updates…Part 4
- SF Tidbits for 9/4/07
- SF Tidbits for 9/5/07
- Final 2006 WorldCon Updates…Part 3
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“Kat Goodwin examines, from a publishing perspective, the state of SF and the “Is SF literature Dying?”
Yeesh …8o|