SF Tidbits for 12/23/08

• Eos is ending their “10 weeks, 10 giveaways” promotion with a bang: head on over and see how to win a complete Eos 2009 library.
• Interviews & Profiles:
  • SciFi Scanner interviews Battlestar Galactica‘s Ronald D. Moore, who says the big Cylon reveal will be before the final episode.
  • Bibliophile Stalker interviews James A. Owen (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series).
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @Strange Horizons: “Engines of Survival” by Larissa Kelly.
  • @MindFlights: “Santa Is My Homeboy” by Rachel V. Olivier.
  • Part two of the weekly web serial “Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire” is up.
• There’s a great conversation going on at Bowing to the Future regarding what the fantasy genre does that science fiction does not. Go forth and share your opinions!
• Strange Horizons asks: Where is My Favorite Martian Hiding? “There was a time not long ago when the solar system was full of life.”
• At the group blog SF Novelists, author Marie Brennan (Midnight Never Come) looks at Monarchies in Fantasy: “I love my genre dearly, but I’m willing to grant that laziness and inertia are undeniable factors here; since many fantasies are set in monarchies, many fantasy writers will think of stories taking place in such settings, because that’s the model in front of them.” [via The Genre Files]
• Jeff Carlson shares funny hate mail for writers.
• Tor.com is posting The 12 Days of Zombie Christmas.
• The mid-December issue of SF Site has been posted and contains at least 4 reviews of books I wish I had read.
• Orbit Books has a cool Christmas card for genre fans.
• At Pyr-o-Mania, Managing Editor Lou Anders gives us a sneak peek at some upcoming Pyr titles.
• Ellen Datlow has posted pictures from the December 17th Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading.
• SciFi Scanner sez: Move Over Arnold! Dennis Quaid Is SciFi’s Favorite Action Hero. I don’t know that I’d go that far…
• Bored? try your hand at this Millennium Falcon Paper Craft. [via The Official Star Wars Blog]
• Topless Robot names The Stupidest Lack of Tech in Sci-Fi.
• Lists:
  • Mike Brotherton lists 3 Simple Rules to Save Heroes. It’s too late, in my opinion.
  • J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings makes the Times Online list of 10 Books Not To Read Before You Die. [via MobileRead]
  • io9 lists 8 Science Fiction Marathons To Get You Through The Holidays.
  • The good folks over at Discover Magazine are naming The 5 Best Science Fiction Movies on Hulu.

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