• ComicMix rounds up all the different Iron Man DVD Exclusive Editions. That Costco one - with 3 Iron Man bobble heads each with one of the 3 suits from the film -- looks sweet.
• Time magazine named Kim Stanley Robinson as a "Hero of the Environment 2008". [via Biology in Science Fiction]


• Bleak SF? Pfft! Jason Stoddard shares his Positive Science Fiction Manifesto. [via Big Dumb Object]


• Web comic XKCD puts its finger on The Fiction Rule of Thumb.


• IEEE Spectrum serves up a Steampunk Sensation Slideshow. [via Boing Boing]


• Travel the solar system with these retro posters by Steve Thomas.


• For writers: Getting Remaindered: "Seeing your book flagged up among the bin-ends can't be much fun, but bleaker things can happen."


• For readers:
  • Upcoming books in the Classic Sci-Fi reading group are Way Station by Clifford D. Simak and Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
  • For more recent science fiction, the Far Horizons reading group will be tackling The Etched City by K. J. Baker, Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card, and Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell.


• The opening of this Simpsons episode features Boba Fett. [via The Official Star Wars Blog]


• Seriously? $100 Star Wars hoodies? [via Neatorama]


• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @Sci Fi Wire: Terry Pratchett (Nation).
  • Gaslight Grimoire, a website for a book of Sherlock Holmes genre mash-up stories, asks Chris Roberson (one of the books contributors) 5 questions.
  • @The Nebula Awards: David Levine (Space Magic).
  • @Omnivoracious: Alex Irvine (The Vertigo Encyclopedia).
  • Blackfive continues its series of interviews with Military SF writers with a two part interview with David Drake.


• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @SpaceWesterns:
    • "Old Habits" by Amanda Spikol.
    • Parts Two and Three of "The Mound" by H.P.Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop.
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @A Bite of Stars, a Slug of Time, and Thou: [via SFFaudio]
      • "Zirn Left Unguarded, The Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead" by Robert Sheckley, read by Elisha Sessions.
      • "Track 12" by J.G. Ballard, read by Elisha Sessions.
      • "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany, read by Elisha Sessions.
    • @Maria Lectrix: Part 5 of "Code Three" by Rick Raphael, read by Maureen O'Brien.
  • @ PodCastle: "Red Riding-Hood's Child" by N. K. Jemisin, read by Rajan Khanna (Adults only! Helloooo, nurse!).


• Lists:
  • Over at Fear.net, artist John Picacio lists his 5 Best Horror Covers + Plus Five Tips for Budding Professional Illustrators.
  • @From a SciFi Standpoint: Banned SF&F.
  • @io9: Trviagasm: Science Fiction's Most Surprising Family Ties. Luke...I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate..."
  • @SciFi Scanner: Top 5 Comic Book Movies That Outdo Their Origins.
  • @SpoutBlog: 5 Doomsday Movies That Could Actually Happen. Finally...a list that Waterworld shouldn't feel embarrassed to be on...

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Posted by John DeNardo at Wednesday October 01, 2008 at 12:10 AM
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