SF Tidbits for 11/12/08

• Artist Robert Hunt has posted a comprehensive step-by-step diary of his creation of the cover for Dragon in Chains. [via Irene Gallo]
• Interviews and Profiles:
  • The Science of Fiction interviews Gordon Van Gelder
  • Baen has part 11 of a video interview with David Weber. [via Fred K.]
  • @The Nebula Awards: Delia Sherman.
  • Seth Godin discusses free content and the publishing industry: “Authors don’t care about units sold. They care about ideas spread.” [via Andrew Wheeler]
  • A Night in the Life of John Jude Palencar. [via The Art Department]
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @Manybooks “He’ll Always Have Paris” by Joseph Devon (2007).
  • The November issue of Aphelion is up featuring fiction by T. Richard Williams, Scott T. Barnes, Joshua L. Hamilton, E. S. Strout, Mary Brunini McArdle, Jeani Rector, Casey Callaghan, Ash Hibbert, K. A. Masters, Joel Doonan, and Kim Rush.
  • @Byzarium:
    • “Fists of Felt” by Nathan Crowder.
    • “Never on a Birthday” by Patty Jansen.
    • “Puppet Strings” by Terry Ollila.
  • Audio Fiction @Chatterbox Audio:
    • Part One and Part Two of their 2008 Halloween Show featuring horror stories by Robert Arnold, Tony Isbell, Marques Brown, Kyle Hatley, and Chris Davis, performed by a full cast
    • “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, performed by a full cast.
• L.E. Modesitt, Jr. on the future of fiction.
• Jason Sanford informs us that David G. Hartwell’s New York Review of Science Fiction could use your support by way of subscription dollars.
• Pyr’s Spring/Summer 2009 Catalog (or in glorious PDF) includes titles by Tom Lloyd, Matthew Sturges, Ian McDonald, James Enge, Joel Shepherd, Sean Williams, Mark Chadbourn, Mike Resnick, and Justina Robson.
• Say hello to Tor.com’s newest blogger: Lou Anders. Lou’s inaugural post is an insightful (and brutally honest) review of the graphic novel Batman: The Resurrection of Ra’s al Ghul.
• Paul Witcover shares his Locus Magazine review of Gene wolfe’s An Evil Guest.
• Jo Walton reviews Ellen Kushner’s The Privilege of the Sword.
• James Reese guest-blogs at Eos Books.
• James Enge guest-blogs at DeepGenre.
• Neil Gaiman and Penn Jillette are adapting The Road to Endor, the 1920 by E.H. Jones.
• By the time you read this, Tron Guy will have made another Jimmy Kimmel appearance.
• Screen Rant has screen shots of the New USS Enterprise, which is way cooler than the ho-hum new photos of Kirk and Spock. Also noteworthy: Empire Onlone’s detailed and spoilery description of the new Star Trek trailer.
• J. Michael Straczynski’s “remake” of Forbidden Planet is more of a continuation. [via Fred K.]
• Real Science: After working nearly two months longer than anticipated, the Mars Phoenix Lander is kaput.
• Mike Brotherton lists Ten Great Science Fiction Novels that Would Make Terrible Movies. Shhh! Nobody tell JP that Startide Rising and Hyperion are on the list.

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