SF Tidbits for 10/15/08

• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @Omnivoracious: Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Jeffrey Ford (Well-Built City Trilogy).
  • @Ingram Library: Alethea Kontis sits down with dynamic publishing duo Ann and Jeff Vandermeer
  • @Whatever: Matthew Stover (Caine Black Knife).
  • @Iain-Banks.net: The latest Q&A session with Iain Banks. [via Orbit Books blog]
  • @The Nebula Awards: Mary Turzillo (“Mars is No Place for Children” and “Pride”).
  • B&N Review interviews Neal Stephenson (Anathem).
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @SpaceWesterns:
    • “Kin” by Bruce McAllister (2006). (Their 100th article! Congratulations! Nathan Lily also sends word that they have doubled their rates for fiction, articles, illustrations, and comics, and are still actively seeking audio and video content.)
    • Part Five of “The Mound” by H.P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop.
  • @Manybooks:
    • “The Lanson Screen” by Arthur Leo Zagat (1936).
    • “Jewels of Gwahlur” by Robert Howard (1935).
  • @Fantasy Magazine: “The Banyan Tree” by Jeanette Westwood.
  • Ray Gun Revival has a new issue up featuring fiction, serials,art, and reviews.
  • Audio Fiction @Transmissions From Beyond: “Must See to Appreciate” by Scott Nicholson, read by the author.
• Fantasy & Science Fiction has posted the article Fantasy and Science Fiction: Women Writing Science Fiction: Some Voices from the Trenches by Susan Elizabeth Lyons. “How is it that, in our modern world, which claims to believe in gender equality, a young boy of eight could feel it might be inappropriate for a boy to read a novel about a girl?” The article asks a series of questions of Anne McCaffrey, Kage Baker, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nancy Kress, Kate Wilhelm, Elizabeth Bear, Sheila Finch, Judith Moffett, Suzette Haden Elgin, Carolyn Ives Gillman, Michaela Roessner, Justina Robson, Kathleen Goonan, and Pamela Sargent. [Charles Coleman Finlay]
• Over at B&N Review, Paul Di Filippo remembers Thomas M. Disch.
• Paul Levinson shares his 1979 postcard from Isaac Asimov in his Daily Kos article Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman Cites Asimov’s Foundation Series as Inspiration.
• The Forbidden Planet tells us that you can win a complete set of Penguin’s re-issued John Wyndham books (The Kraken Wakes, Midwich Cuckoos, Chrysalids, Day of the Triffids and The Trouble With Lichen).
• Art: Sci-Fi-o-Rama posts Frank Franzetta’s conceptual painting for the original Battlestar Galatica.
• AskMen.com has posted a Jedi Workout: “…if you implement certain training principles into your workout, you too could harness the Force in your muscular fitness.” I’m not sure how accurate this article could be as it makes no mention of midi-chlorians. [via TheForce.Net]
• Geeky or Geek Chic? This $65 R2-D2 Backpack. I vote Geek.
• Lists:
  • @SciFi Scanner: The Dos and Don’ts Of Bringing Wonder Woman to the Big Screen
  • @MSNBC: Top 10 strangest things in space.
  • @Topless Robot: The 10 Least Competent Time Travelers. Bravo for mentioning The Terminators and their Keystone Kop ineptitude — especially as seen in the The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

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