SF Tidbits for 10/3/08

• Did you watch the VP debate last night? Forget those clowns! Vote Shatner/Hasselhoff! [via Eric Nylund]
• Charles Stross clarifies his definition of near-future SF: “In my view, near-future SF isn’t SF set n years in the future. Rather, it’s SF that connects to the reader’s life: SF about times we, personally, can conceive of living through (barring illness or old age). It’s SF that delivers a powerful message — this is where you are going.”
• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @SciFi Wire: John Joseph Adams (editor of Seeds of Change).
  • @Enter the Octopus: Daryl Gregory (Pandemonium).
  • @Wired: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the writers behind the upcoming J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot.
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • John Joseph Adams has posted two more stories from his zombie anthology, The Living Dead:
    • “The Dead Kid” by Darrell Schweitzer
    • “Beautiful Stuff” by Susan Palwick.
  • Tales of the Zombie War is a website devoted to zombie fiction.
  • War Games by KS Augustin, a science fiction romance novel
  • Audio Fiction @A Bite of Stars, A Slug of Time, and Thou: “Such Is Fate” by Arsen Darnay, read by Elisha Sessions.
  • @Feedbooks: “The Putnam Tradition” by Sonya Dorman (1963).
  • @Manybooks:
    • Seven Out of Time by Arthur Leo Zagat (1939).
    • “I’m a Stranger Here Myself” by Mack Reynolds (1960).
• Locus Online has posted the table of contents for the October 2008 issue of Locus Magazine.
• New Scientist is devoting their 15 November issue to the future of science fiction. Vote for your favorites! [via Michael A. Burstein and Tor]
• Over at the Asimov’s forum, they’re talking about sf/f classics they didn’t care for.
• Now through November, A Slug of Time, a Bite of Stars, and Thou, broadcast on London’s Resonance FM 104.4 on tuesdays, focuses on pulp and avant-garde science fiction classics written between 1935 and 1975 each week.
• Space Westerns is seeking submissions for the 22nd Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction.
• How UncleBear would re-imagine Star Trek: “I also wanted to retain Roddenberry’s optimistic outlook of mankind, rather than going all grim-and-gritty. Here’s what I came up with.”
• Superman’s house is saved! [via SFScope]
• John Scalzi says that For SciFi Sequels, Taking a Chance Makes All the Difference.
• Kevin Maher of SciFi Scanner’s SciFi Dept looks at SciFi Comedies That Worked (and Some That Didn’t)
• Over at Gorilla Artfare, there’s a sketch of a Steampunk Storm Trooper.
• Robin at Bloginhood has stared another blog: Not a Planet Anymore.
• John Anealio serves up another Sci Fi Song: “Beautiful Vampire“, inspired by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Gothic novella “Carmilla“.
• Lists:
  • io9 lists 12 SciFi Movie Sequels That Must Never Get Made.
  • @ReadWriteWeb: 5 Great Science Books to Expand Your Mind.
  • Stephen King, J.K. Rowling and Dean Koontz make Forbes‘ list of The World’s Best Paid Authors. [via GalleyCat]

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