SF Tidbits for 9/1/08

• Retrospace sez: “…if I had to pick a superhero with the lamest, worst power it would have to be Zan of the Wonder Twins.” True, but let’s not forget, Aquaman is an idiot and Green Lantern sucks.
• The Agony Column podcast-interviews Clive Barker, author of Mr. B Gone. (Part 1).
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • Subterranean Press has another installment of “Kilimanjaro” by Mike Resnick.
  • @FeedBooks: “The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce.
  • @Apex: “The American Dead” by Jay Lake.
  • Audio fiction @Beam Me Up: Part two of “Bodies in the Water” by Jack Mangan, read by Paul Cole.
  • Concept Sci-fi #2 features fiction by Lee Gimenez, Andrew Males, Susan Murray, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Ben O’ Neill, Michael Kechula and Walter Jon Williams. [via Variety SF]
• Locus Online has posted the contents of the September 2008 issue of Locus Magazine.
• Asimov’s and Analog will be getting a slightly new format. [via Jason Sanford]
• Over at Apex, Lavie Tidhar talks about book collectors and collecting.
• From 2007: J.G. Ballard’s Experiment in Chemical Living.
• Chris Roberson shares some Gremlins Fan Films.
• Casual Game of the Day: Zombie in My Pocket. And yes, I am happy to see you.
• Darth Vader explains the Pythagorean Theorem. [via Neatorama]
• Lists (From lowbrow to highbrow):
  • Crotchety Old Fan lists The Top Science Fiction Sex Slaves.
  • The Galaxy Express lists The 15 Hottest Couples in Science Fiction (Romance).
  • Helen Merrick lists Women scientists in fiction. [via Jed Hartman]

Related posts:

1. SF Tidbits for 4/27/08
2. SF Tidbits for 9/25/06
3. SF Tidbits for 5/5/08
4. SF Tidbits Part LIX
5. SF Tidbits for 2/12/08

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