SF Tidbits for 10/10/08
By John DeNardo |
Friday, October 10th, 2008 at
12:07 am
- Interviews:
- @Adventures in Reading: Elizabeth Bear (All the Windwracked Stars).
- @Discover Magazine: Elisabeth Sladen (The Sarah Jane Adventures).
- Over at Fear.net, John Picacio interviews Sanford Allen. (With a Flash Fiction bonus!)
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
- @Tor.com: “Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory” by Rudy Rucker.
- @Manybooks:
- The Blue Germ by Maurice Nicoll (1917).
- “The Dope on Mars” by John Michael Sharkey (1960).
- @Feedbooks:
- “The Lanson Screen” by Arthur Leo Zagat (1936).
- “Tomorrow” by Arthur Leo Zagat (1939).
- Audio Fiction:
- @PodCastle: “The Tanuki-Kettle” by Eugie Foster, read by Tina Connolly.
- @The Cthulhu Podcast: “Northern Faerie Ring” by William A La Fleur. [via Free Listens]
- Cynical-C Blog points us a discussion of possible Female Writers Similar to Neal Stephenson.
- Mike Brotherton is talking about Subtle Science Fiction and points to an article on why we don’t have new Einsteins (PDF link).
- Solaris shows off the simple-but-effective cover of Keith Brooke’s The Accord.
- Bob Eggleton shares two Heinlein covers.
- More steampunk Star Wars sketches: Steampunk Yoda. Check out more in this series.
- John Scalzi asks: Do “American” Science Fiction Movies Actually Exist?
- Here’s a motivational poster in which Superman sticks it to the Dark Knight.
- Finally, an answer to the question: “Is there a weekly web comic dedicated to the fusion of science fiction and bread? Behold: Robot Martini.
- Lists:
- io9 lists The Best Collaborative Novels in Science Fiction and SciFi’s Fiercest Sibling Rivalries.
- @Omnivoracious: 10 Good Reasons to Read David Wellington’s Vampire Zero.
- @Not a Planet Anymore: Top 5 SF Books We Never Want To Read Again.
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Thanks for the link, John!
I really don’t get why the sex of an author matters.