SF Tidbits for 12/5/08

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @SciFi Wire: Jeffrey A. Carver (Sunborn) and Benjamin Parzybok (Couch).
  • @Fantasy Magazine: Tobias Buckell (Sly Mongoose)
  • Author Gail Z. Martin podcast-interviews Faith Hunter (The Rogue Mage series).
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @The Internet Archive: “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow, a sample from the current anthology Fast Forward 2. [via OldMiser in our comments section]
  • @Beneath Ceaseless Skies:
    • “The God-Death of Halla” by Tina Connolly.
    • “Precious Meat” by Catherine S. Perdue.
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @LibriVox: The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Mark F. Smith
    • Zombie Astronaut has large selection of Christopher Lee reading Edgar Allan Poe.
    • @Clonepod: “How to Deal With Your Daughter and Her Crabs” by Brian Salyards, read by Leslie Ann Moore.
    • @Escape Pod: “The Way Before” by Anna Schwind, read by Ann Leckie.
    • @LibriVox: Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, read by many readers.
• Andrew Wheeler summarizes recent publishing industry woes. Correspondingly, John Scalzi and Lou Anders want you to buy books. More analysis at Booksquare.
• The Imperial War Museum has J.R.R. Tolkien’s Revolver on display. [via File 770]
• John “Sci Fi Songs” Anealio has remixed his song “Rachel Rosen“, which was inspired by Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
• Warner Bros is re-releasing The Dark Knight in movie theaters starting on Janaury 23rd, 2009.
• Khan, Mad Max and Superman make Yahoo’s list of 25 Overlooked Great Movie Characters.

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