• Free fiction:
  • John Joseph Adams (who has posted a spooky book trailer from his zombie anthology, The Living Dead) has posted 5 more free zombie stories from the book [See also: the SF Signal review]:
    • "In Beauty, Like the Night" by Norman Partridge.
    • "Malthusian's Zombie" by Jeffrey Ford.
    • "Sparks Fly Upward" by Lisa Morton.
    • "Followed" by Will McIntosh.
    • "Passion Play" by Nancy Holder.
  • From Apex:
    • "Under the Dryer" by Fran Friel.
    • "A Place of Snow Angels" by Matt Wallace.
    • "Captive Girl" by Jennifer Pelland.
    • "Something Wet" by James F. Reilly.


• Interviews and Profiles:
  • Michael Cassutt profiles Michael Chricton.
  • @Bibliophile Stalker: Stephen Hunt (The Court of the Air).
  • The Dead Robots' Society podcast-interviews Tobias Buckell.
  • @The Dragon Page Cover to Cover: Lawrence Watt-Evans.


• Author reviews Author:
  • Paul Di Filippo reviews Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card.
  • Jo Walton re-examines Neal Stephenson's Anathem.


• From Locus Magazine: Why I Copyfight by Cory Doctorow.


• Gail Z. Martin is offering bonus items for folks who pre-order her book Dark Haven, Book Three in the bestselling Chronicles of the Necromancer.


• EOS is giving away bundles of books.


• Lists:
  • SciFi Wire lists South Park's 7 Awesomest Sci-Fi Moments.
  • @Den of Geek: 75 comics being made into films.
  • @Sci-Fi Fan Letter: 21 Overlooked Books About Superheroes.
  • @Topless Robot: The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) One-Shot TV Cartoons Ever Made.
  • @io9: 5 Ways That Sandman Changed The World.
  • The Guardian lists authors who did drugs. Without looking, name the genre authors that made the list.
  • @Cinematical: 10 Things You Should Know About Star Trek.
  • Axiom's Edge lists The Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Shows (Yay Firelfy!) and The Worst of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television (Boo Galactica 1980!)

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Posted by John DeNardo at Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 12:05 AM
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