• Sweet! Frederik Pohl has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog. His first post recounts a first meeting with Arthur C. Clarke, his co-author for The Last Theorem. [via Locus Online]


• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @Comic Book Resources: Wil Wheaton, who voices Blue Beetle in Batman: The Brave & The Bold.
  • @Blogging the Muse: Joe Haldeman (Marsbound).


• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @Space Westerns: "Semantica" by Fredrick Obermeyer.
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @Maria Lectrix: chapter eight of The Ultimate Weapon by John W. Campbell, Jr., read by Maureen O'Brien.
    • @Zombie Astronaut: "The Adventures of Herbert Daring Dashwood," several Edgar Allan Poe stories, and twenty episodes of "Vanishing Point."
    • LibriVox:
      • Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 009 featuring short stories by many authors and many readers.
      • The Creature from Beyond Infinity by Henry Kuttner, read by Mark Nelson.
      • Operation Terror by Murray Leinster, read by Mark Nelson.
      • Animal Ghosts by Elliott O'Donnell, read by Hester.


• Guardian Books blog asks: Is Neil Gaiman your cup of cup of novelty coffee?


• At Books & Authors, Don D'Ammassa offers the essay 2008: The Year in Science Fiction Literature: "Although the return of space opera to a prominent place in science fiction is a welcome sign, the pendulum should not swing too far in the other direction."


• Cinefantastique looks ahead to 2009 Fantasy and Science Fiction Films.


• The Crotchety Old Fan is guest-blogging at the Cordwainer Smith site.


• Nathan Fillion says that the seeds of a proposed sequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog were planted in the original's DVD.


• Topless Robot lists 5 Reasons Why the Fringe Team Is the Worst Department in the FBI. Ouch!

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