• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @The Dragon Page Cover to Cover: Elizabeth Bear, author of All the Windwracked Stars.
  • @TV Guide: David Hewlett says goodbye to Stargate: Atlantis which has its series finale this week.


• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @Weird Tales: New fiction by Rachel Swirsky, Matthew Pridham, Karen Heuler, Micaela Morrissette, Ramsey Shehadeh, Chiles Samaniego, Karen Heuler, and Zoran Zivkovic.
  • @Sribd: Tobias Buckell has posted his short story "The People's Machine."
  • @Manybooks: Probability Angels by Joseph Devon (2008).
  • @Everyday Weirdness: "One Summer Night" by Ambrose Bierce (1893).
  • Free sample: Eric Nylund offers the first 9 chapters of Mortal Coils. (PDF) [via MobileRead]
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @PodCastle: "In the House of the Seven Librarians" by Ellen Klages, read by Rachel Swirsky.
    • @Well Told Tales: "Hear Not the Murmur on the Wind" by Steven J. Dines, read by J.B. Goodspeed.
    • @The Classic Tales Podcast: Part one of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, read by B. J. Harrison.
    • @LibriVox: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs, read by Ralph Snelson.
    • @Forgotten Classics: "The Aliens" by Murray Leinster, read by JulieDavis.
    • @Escape Pod: "Chrysalis" by Mary Robinette Kowal, read by Cunning Minx.


• Cover Pr0n Extravaganza!
  • @Stainless Steel Droppings , Carl looks at 2008 Sci Fi Book Covers. So much great stuff last year!
  • Finch: Third Book in the Ambergris Cycle by Jeff VanderMeer. (Artist: John Coulthart)
  • Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers. (Artist: Jon Foster)
  • Thirteen Orphans by Jane Linskold (Artists: Sam Weber)
  • Warhammer: Battle for Skull Pass by Nathan Long. (Artist: Dave Gallagher)


• Subterranean Press is coming out with a paper version of the audiobook Metatropolis.


• Matt Staggs asks the tough question: Is Orson Scott Card off your reading list or what?


• Mary Robinette Kowal offers this Tour Guide to the Fantastical Planet Earth: "...fantasy requires an escape from the laws of the natural world, so when a movie borrows from a real metropolis it has to in some way transform that city into something fantastic."


• Event: On Thursday, January 22nd, Joe Abercrombie, Alex Bell, Mark Chadbourn, David Devereux, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Tom Lloyd, Suzanne McLeod, Steven Savile, and James Swallow will be descending upon Forbidden Planet London.


• Real Science: The Age of the Cyborg: "...the combination of artificial systems within the human body...[is]...the next big thing in the world of biomedical engineering and healthcare."


• So you think your blog is all that, huh? Check out this wake up call to 98% of the blogoshpehere.


• Lists:
  • @The World in the Satin Bag: Five Reasons Fantasy Is Better Than Science Fiction.
  • @Fidgit: 10 video games that redefine science fiction.

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