• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @The Classic Tales Podcast: Part One of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (part 1).
    • @PodCastle: "The Voices of Snakes" by Karina Sumner-Smith, read by Rachel Swirsky.
    • @Maria Lectrix: Part Seven (the conclusion) of "Code Three" by Rick Raphael, read by Maureen O'Brien.
  • @Manybooks: "The Rat Racket" by David Henry Keller (1956).
  • @Manybooks: "The Jameson Satellite" by Neil Ronald Jones (1956).
  • @Strange Horizons: "The Lion and the Mouse" by Kaolin Imago Fire.


• Interviews and Profiles:
  • SciFi Scanner interviews J. Michael Straczynski (The Changeling).
  • Bibliophile Stalker interviews Greg van Eekhout (Norse Code).
  • Orbit blog has authors talking about their books. Here's Kelley Armstrong on Personal Demon and Shaun Hutson on Unmarked Graves and Body Count.


• Ian McDonald on science fiction's relevance (in response to a quote by Paolo Bacigalupi that appears in the introduction to Paolo's story in Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders): "Those who argue [the death of science fiction] understand little about what SF, as a division of fantastic literature is about. Technological projection and future prediction is one of the least of its strengths; at it's best it's a visionary literature. It's all about our hopes and our fears."


• Karen Burnham, Michael DeLuca and Lane Bowen have been named Editorial Assistants of the award-nomination-generating Fiction Department of Strange Horizons! Congratulations!


• One for the writers: Paul Chitlik lists The 8 Things to Remember When Writing Science Fiction.


• Photo essay: Jeff Patterson conquers the Solar System. "Conquering the Solar System is difficult work. There's no convenient place to get coffee."


• Joe R. Lansdale, Kage Baker and Rudy Rucker participated in a Steampunk-themed SF in SF reading event. Pics on Flickr. [via Enter the Octopus]


• Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and the Science Fiction Research Association will now be working together.


• The World in the Satin Bag lists Top Ten Science Fiction Shows (Ever).


• Have some spare time? How about turning a '78 Corvette into a DIY Batmobile? [via Neatorama]


• John Anealio's rendition of "Summer Glau" is featured on episode #18 (at the 52:28 minute mark) of The Signal podcast. And if you listen closely, you can hear the size of my head getting even bigger...

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