• Karen Traviss talks about Order 66, the final book of her Star Wars: Republic Commando series. [via TheForce.Net]


• Edward M. Lerner talks about his latest release, Juggler of Worlds, a Known Space book and his 2nd collaboration with Larry Niven.


• Stargate: Atlantis executive producer Joseph Mallozzi is open for questions for this month's selection in his book discussion group, Justina Robson's Keeping It Real.


• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @CBC Radio: Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku (Physics of the Impossible). [via Fred K.]
  • @The Fix: Gregory Frost (Lord Tophet).
  • @SciFi Weekly: Thomas Ligotti (The Nightmare Factory).
  • @SciFi Wire: John Scalzi (Zoe's Tale).
  • @Genreville: Jason B. Sizemore of Apex Publications.
  • @Tor's MySpace page: a video interviews with Kevin J. Anderson (Paul of Dune).
  • @Tor: Matthew Kalamidas, Senior Art Director for The Science Fiction Book Club.


• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • The new issue of Flurb features fiction (and articles) by Rudy Rucker, Madeline Ashby, Michael Blumlein, Brian Garrison, Charles Platt, Brendan Byrne, Jetse de Vries and Bruce Sterling. [via Boing Boing]
  • @Strange Horizons: "Cowboy Angel (part 1 of 2)" by Samantha Cope.
  • @F&SF: "Nine Whispered Opinions Regarding the Alaskan Secession" by George Guthridge.
  • @Fantasy Magazine: "Nora" by Becca De La Rosa.
  • @Feedbooks: "Portrait of Ari" by Mary Robinette Kowal (2006).
  • Free Speculative Fiction Online has added five more speculative fiction stories to their large database
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @The Classic Tales Podcast: "The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft, read by B. J. Harrison. [via Monster Rally]
    • @LibriVox: Horror Story Collection 005 by many authors and readers.


• Wired previews Marvel's upcoming Ender's Game comic. [via Topless Robot]


• @B&N, Jeff VanderMeer reviews Anathem by Neal Stephenson.


• @B&N Tagged has an inside look at Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. Surprise! There is going to be a 4th book.


• SF Scope has the scoop on two dead online magazines: Helix and Oddlands.


• From the SFWA Press release: Janis Ian will be Toastmistress at the 2009 Nebula Awards Weekend.


• Norilana Books has acquired the rights to reprint The Captain's Witch, an erotic dark epic fantasy masterpiece by Rosemary Hawley Jarman.


• Spectrum shows a behind-the-scenes look at the Call For Entries poster for Spectrum 16. [via The Art Department]


• More great artwork from Gorilla Artfare: L'il Frankenstein.


• George Takei is a newlywed. [via Wil Wheaton]


• Pawel D. writes in to tell us that "Stanislaw Lem's family gave Lem's car, which he used for 27 years, to the Mam Marzenie Foundation (Polish Make-A-Wish Foundation), who auctioned it at the Allegro Polish auction website.


• Wil McCarthy discovers what drives the physics of Death Race.


• I don't think the Daleks would take kindly to the use of their image on these Dalek Coasters.


• Lists:
  • @io9: The 12 Weakest Deaths In Science Fiction History.
  • @Crotchety Old Fan: The Top 10 (Pre-1950) Coolest SF Pulp Magazine Spaceships.
  • @RevolutionSF: Sci-Fi Hunks (Part 3).
  • @Slice of SciFi: 5 things the producers of Heroes need to address to keep the fanboys and the public tuning in.

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