SF Tidbits for 11/21/08

• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @Zombie Astronaut: Golden Apples of The Sun by Ray Bradbury and Out Of The Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis.
    • @Mister Ron’s Basement [via SFFaudio]:
      • “A Journey to the Sun” by Stanley Huntley.
      • “The Ghost-Extinguisher” by Gellet Burgess.
  • @Beneath Ceaseless Skies:
    • “The Crystal Stair, Pt. II” by Charles Coleman Finlay & Rae Carson Finlay.
    • “The Last Devil” by Sarah L. Edwards.
  • @QD2: “Cradle of the World” by Lin Davies (1940).
• Science Fiction Awards Watch lists The Chesleys Award Winners for art.
• @Dead of the Day: Illustrator E. M. Gist interviews Lou Anders, editor of Fast Forward 2, about art direction.
• John C. Wright has posted his speech notes for Null-A and SF, relating some of the back story of how he came to write the authorized sequel of A.E. van Vogt’s Null-A novels — The Null-A Continuum.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about Reader Expectations: “In the beginning of every story, the writer makes a promise to the reader. The writer must deliver on that promise by the end of the story. It’s what the reader expects-and it’s what the reader deserves.”
• Tobias Buckell has an update on his health.
• Matt Staggs writes in to let us know that Jemiah Jefferson‘s new horror novel, Firstworld is out.
• Gordon Van Gelder, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction notes that the URL for the magazines website is changing to http://www.fandsf.com.
• Quarterly e-zine Aeon Speculative Fiction is suspending publication. [via Locus Online]
• Ellen Datlow has posted photos from this month’s KGB reading.
• November signings at Forbidden Planet in London include Art Spiegelman (Breakdowns), Neal Asher (The Gabble), and Cory Doctorow (Little Brother). For those who already purchased a day planner for 2009, mark down March for a signing with Brian Lumley (The Taint And Other Novellas).
• Real Science: Nasa Scientist Jennifer Heldmann explains where the moon came from. I like James Hogan’s explanation in Inherit the Stars better. [via Geeks are Sexy]
• Lists:
  • A couple of genre titles make AMC’s Future of Classic’s list of 10 Greatest Anti-Heroes.
  • The Spill lists 10 Vampires Who Will Turn Your Skin White.
  • B&N’s Paul Goat Allen lists Top 10 Paranormal Releases of 2008.

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4. SF Tidbits for 9/1/07
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