SF Tidbits for 9/12/08
By John DeNardo |
Friday, September 12th, 2008 at
12:08 am
- 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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Sigmund and the Sea Monsters on the big screen? Yes! Yes! Yes! Sid & Marty Krofft forever!
Thanks for the link–it made my day!