SF Tidbits for 12/10/08
By John DeNardo |
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 at
12:09 am
- Interviews & Profiles:
- @Blogging the Muse: Tobias Buckell (Halo: The Cole Protocol).
- @SciFi Wire: Charlaine Harris (the Southern Vampire Mysteries series).
- @Enter the Octopus: Marie Brennan (Midnight Never Come) on the gentle madness of writing.
- @Penguin Blog: Jessica Andersen, author of Nightkeepers, blogs about her new Novel of the Final Prophecy.
- @The Nebula Awards site: Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (The Shadow Speaker).
- @The Galaxy Express, Heather Massey profiles Samhain Publishing and interviews Executive Editor Angela James: “I’ve often said I’d do bad things to see a great science fiction romance in the vein of Firefly, with that Old West feel, amazing characters, romance and action.”
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
- @Manybooks:
- “The Last Evolution” by John W. Campbell, Jr. (1932)
- Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease. (1919)
- Audio Fiction:
- @Zombie Astronaut: The Steve Gallagher Trilogy by Piccadilly Radio.
- @Maria Lectrix: parts two and three of “The Ultimate Weapon” by John W. Campbell, read by Maureen O’Brien.
- @Manybooks:
- Jo Walton looks at C.J. Cherryh’s Merchanter novels.
- Tor.com is offering new book cover art wallpapers from Gregory Manchess (In the Courts of the Crimson King by S.M. Stirling) and Dan Dos Santos (Brandon Sanderson’s Warbreaker).
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is one of the LA Times‘ Five Best Young Adult Books OF 2008.
- B. Brandon Barker has a two part “Fantasy of Football” quiz: “Damon Aromashondu: Wide Receiver for the Indianapolis Colts or Leader of the Muad’Dib Death Commandos?”
- Space Art Pron “void” at Gorilla Artfare.
- “Fans of the 1960s series The Prisoner are getting more than the AMC remake: Real-life Rovers are also in the works.” An all-terrain robot? Cool!
- Google has added magazines to their book search feature.
- Jane Espenson has said just about everything she has to say about writing for television. [via Whedonesque]
- Kathie Huddleston offers this Open Letter To Television: “I’m afraid I’m going to be seeing other media. I know how much this will hurt you, but I have to do what’s right for me. You just haven’t grown and evolved the way I have.”
- Stuff for Firefly fanboys at The Samurai Gunslinger: Summer Glau and Morena Baccarin galleries. (And if Pete Y. is still reading…here’s a Kate Beckinsale Gallery.) [Insert rolling tongue noise here]
- Lists:
- B&N Review has Paul Di Filippo’s Top “New Weird” Picks.
- Bibliophile Stalker lists Holiday Gift Suggestions for the Ultimate SF Bibliophile.
- @Coffee And Heroes: 5 Reasons to Write Science Fiction.
- @MovieFone: Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time.
- @Mental Floss: 5 Comic Superheroes Who Made a Real-World Difference.
- @Dumb Little Man: 6 Can’t-Miss Ways To Get Books Free/Cheap.
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John, thanks so much for linking to my Samhain feature!