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SF Tidbits for 11/11/08
- Interviews & Profiles:
- Pat's Fantasy Hotlist interviews Tom Lloyd, author of The Stormcaller. [via Locus Online]
- The Forbidden Planet has a nice video interview with Mark Millar.
- @Bibliophile Stalker: Mike Allen, editor of the anthology Clockwork Phoenix.
- @The Journal News: Kelly Link.
- @Fantastic Reviews: Daryl Gregory (Pandemonium).
- @MilSciFi: Andy Remic (War Machine an BioHell)
- Coming Up: Joseph Mallozzi has put out a call for questions for his upcoming interview with Brian Lumley. (He also reviews Lumley's Necroscope.)
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
- @Fantasy Magazine: "Scatter and Return, the Eyes of the Princess" by Willow Fagan.
- @Strange Horizons: Part Two of "Return" by Eric Vogt.
- Audio Fiction:
- @Spider on the Web: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley, read by Spider Robinson.
- @Beam Me Up: Part One of "Nine Sundays in a Row" by Kris Dikeman, read by Paul Cole.
- @PodCastle: "Okra, Sorghum, Yam" by Bruce Holland Rogers, read by An Owomoyela.
- Jayme Lynn Blaschke has posted a video trailer for Fast Ships, Black Sails, the Ann & Jeff VanderMeer pirate anthology in which he appears. See a cavalcade of the book's writers made up like pirates! Arrr!
- Cory Doctorow reviews Saturn's Children by Charles Stross.
- Geeks of Doom have posted A Beginner's Guide to Neil Gaiman
- SciFiChick offers a 5-Page preview of The Dresden Files: Storm Front #1 graphic novel.
- Matt Hughes has posted Jay Lake's introduction to Hughes' novel Template . [via Locus Online]
- This week, Grasping for the Wind's Inside the Blogosphere feature talks about Religion and SF.
- io9 looks at Science Fiction Romance novels.
- Good Blog talks about a method for socially responsible book-buying: "Many laud the virtues of buying books from independent bookstores, and I'm all for that. I focus, however, on what I buy, not where I buy it..." [via Bookninja]
- Ellen Datlow (via Gordon Van Gelder) compiles a list of choice quotes about science fiction from The New York Times' Dave Itzkoff. My favorite: "I sometimes wonder how any self-respecting author of speculative fiction can find fulfillment in writing novels for young readers."
- Strange Horizons asks: What Killed the Robot Soldier? "Did the Army finally decide that it would be prudent to wait until something more lethal was developed?"
- SciFi Scanner points out the existence of this awesome Bruce Campbell Doll...er...I mean action figure
- Lists:
- @Topless Robot: The 8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Which Most Desperately Need Movies.
- @Mental Floss: 5 TV Shows that Predicted the Future.
- @Tor: Top 10 Superhero Love Spats.
- 5 Things John Scalzi Wants.
- @Discover Magazine: 10 Best Post-Apocalypses.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 12:05 AM
© Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 12:05 AM SF Signal
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John, science fiction romance lovers everywhere salute you. Thanks for the linkage to my Tor piece and for mentioning the io9 article.
Posted by Heather Massey on Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 7:44 AM at 7:44 AM