SF Tidbits for 9/12/08

• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @SciFi Wire: Warren Hammond (Ex-KOP).
  • @The Living Dead website: Adam-Troy Castro.
  • @Premium Hollywood: Naoko Mori (Torchwood).
  • @PopMatters: Ann and Jeff VanderMeer on The Second Coming of Steampunk. [via Marooned]
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @Tor.com: “The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder” by Elizabeth Bear.
  • @Feedbooks: “Rocket Ride! A Short Day’s Journey into Space” by Jeffery A. Carver (2004)
  • @Manybooks: “Monkey On His Back” by Charles V. de Vet (1960).
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @Escape Pod: “Reparations” by Merrie Haskell, read by Mary Robinette Kowal.
    • @Transmissions From Beyond: “Bury the Carnival” by Simon Avery, read by the author.
    • @LibriVox: The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells, read by many readers [via SFFaudio].
• According to their latest newsletter, Tor.com plans on resuming their free eBook giveaway, at least one title per month
• Subterranean Press previews the Jon Foster’s cover art for Barry Hughart’s The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox.
• Ellen Datlow has posted her summation of the 1987 Horror scene, from the first year she edited The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror anthology.
• The Guardian talks about free publicity: “Here’s a novel plan for bypassing the usual obstacles facing publishers – simply handing them out for nothing.”
• The Straight Dope tells us how would the U.S. military fight a zombie army. [via Tim]
• Mike Brotherton looks at The Stupidest Clothes in Science Fiction.
• @io9 lists The Best Skin Melting Scenes From Scifi.
• Speaking of melting faces…are you ready for a big screen version of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters? Didn’t think so.

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