SF Tidbits for 11/25/08
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at
12:05 am
- Interviews & Profiles:
- @SCI FI Weekly: Kim Newman (Anno Dracula, Secret Files of the Diogenes Club).
- @SciFi Scanner: Brian Slattery, author of Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America. (See also, Slattery reading from his book.)
- @SciFi Wire: Benjamin Rosenbaum (The Ant King and Other Stories).
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
- @Pyr: “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi, a free sample from Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders.
- @Strange Horizons: “Up In the Air” by Richard Larson
- @MindFlights: “The Second Fire” by TW Williams.
- Dragon Moon Press has several of its novels available for free PDF download. [via Grasping for the Wind]
- @The Dark Sublime: “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe, illustrated by Gustave Dore.[via Monster Rally]
- Online Novels links to countless free online Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction novels. [via Huw Langridge]
- Audio Fiction:
- @Terra Incognita: “The Devil in Mr Pussy (or How I Found God Inside my Wife)” by Paul Haines. [via SFFaudio]
- Your moment of surrealism for today: Zombie Astronaut has Burgess Meredith reading two Ray Bradbury short stories (“There Will Come Soft Rains” and “Marionettes, Inc.”) and other genre audio.
- John Clute reviews David Marusek’s Getting to Know You.
- Random House announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including 358 science fiction and fantasy titles (as of this posting). [via GalleyCat]
- Cover Pron @Pyr-o-mania: Blood of Ambrose by James Enge, cover art by Dominic Harman.
- File 770 reports on Forry Ackerman’s birthday party hosted by Ray Bradbury. [via Marooned]
- Grasping for the Wind asks a batch of bloggers: What 5 SF/F novels or anthologies from within the last year would you recommend?
- io9 lists The 45 Coolest Moments In Doctor Who‘s History.
- Message to Tim Kring: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin’ Blog offers advice on How to Build a Good Hero
- Space babes! Trixie’s Treats features a gallery of pulp art by Earle Bergey. [via QuasarDragon]
- For your brick-loving enjoyment: Dune sandworm…in Lego!
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- SF Tidbits Part XL
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- SF Tidbits for 6/25/08
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That’s the title of Clute’s review; Marusek’s collection is titled Getting to Know You.
Crminey, if I had a nickel for every mistake I’d made, I’d have me some serious nicklage. Wait — is that a word? Oh well, add another nickel!
Thanks for the correction.