SF Tidbits for 10/9/08

• SciFi Wire profiles Gene Wolfe who talks about his latest book, An Evil Guest.
• Tobias Buckell (Sly Mongoose) is podcast-interviewed at SciFiDimensions and Reality Break. Stay tuned today when we ask Tobias 5 questions!
• What does it take to get out of the slush pile and into the table of contents? To find out, John Joseph Adams interviewed the editors of three of the top markets in short science fiction: Gordon Van Gelder, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction; Sheila Williams, editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction, and Susan Marie Groppi, editor of Strange Horizons. (Originally from 2009 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market).
• Free Fiction: The latest StarShipSofa includes fiction from Paolo Bacigalupi, Mack Reynolds, and Ian Creasy.
• Over at Fantasy Magazine, Naamen Gobert Tilahun is Deconstructing Black Superheroes: “All too often black heroes are based on harmful and offensive stereotypes cleaned up just enough that the majority of people won’t object.”
• Think Geek has some Halloween fun with Dismember-Me Plush Zombie.
• Eleanor Arnason is writing another Lydia Duluth story and is also working a sequel to Ring of Swords.
• Jeff VanderMeer looks at Political Fiction on Economic Crisis.
• Over at Geekend, Jay Garmon lists Geek Movies he can’t resist.
• Topless Robot lists The 10 Greatest Evil Robot Dopplegangers.
• Mental Floss lists 5 Ways Doctor Who Made a Difference.

Note: Tidbit posting may be light over the next several days as I trying to squeeze in some vacation time. Rest assured I’ll be thinking of you when I’m riding those cursed teacups at Disney World.

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