• John Scalzi shows off the cool cover of Metatropolis, an audio fiction compilation featuring Elizabeth Bear, Toby Buckell, Jay Lake, Karl Schroeder, and Scalzi himself.


• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @Rocky Mountain News: Connie Willis.
  • @Joe Mallozzi's blog: Robert Picardo (Stargate: Atlantis).
  • @Biology in Science Fiction: Ben Bova.


• Free Excerpts:
  • Sly Mongoose, Chapter Three by Tobias Buckell.
  • Lilith Saintcrow is serializing her novel Selene, here's Part 17.
  • Free Excerpt: All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear, Chapters one, two, three.


• SciFi Scanner asks: What Weapon Is the Deadliest in SciFi? (No, Waterworld is not a valid choice. Hi-yo!)


• Tor.com debuts the web comic Better Zombies Through Physics.


• Quip-of-the-Week award goes to John Brownlee: "A long time ago, in a bathtub far, far away...." in reference to these Star Wars ducks. (Not to be confused with My Little Star Wars Ponies.)

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