SF Tidbits for 1/1/09
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, January 1st, 2009 at
12:08 am
I hope everyone had a happy New Year’s Eve!
- Snowbooks shows off the cover for George Mann’s upcoming “steampunk superhero” story, Ghosts of Manhattan.
- Interviews & Profiles:
- Green Man Review goes on an Elizabeth Bear-a-thon. [via The Swivet]
- Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin’ Blog talks with Justin Gustainis (Evil Ways).
- The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas discuss Harry Harrison’s The Stainless Steel Rat.
- Locus Online has an interview excerpt with CaitlĂn R. Kiernan.
- Amazon is now offering “Author Stores“…single pages that feature all books from a particular author, plus possible author extras (bio, pic, video). For example, here are some Author Stores for John Scalzi and Cory Doctorow. [via PW]
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
- @Project Gutenberg: “Junior Achievement” by William Lee (1962).
- Audio Fiction:
- @the author’s website: Part four of “Contagious” by Scott Sigler.
- @StarShipSofa: fiction and poetry Mark Rich, Jetes de Vries, Geoff Ryman, and David Brin
- Albedo One (Ireland’s premiere magazine of speculative fiction) has now launched the International Aeon Award 2009 short fiction contest. Check the site for details.
- At Deep Genre, Kevin Andrew Murphy knows how to do (and not do) an adaptation.
- Here are some Best of 2008 lists from Paul Kincaid and io9, A Progressive on the Prairie, Walker of Worlds and finally Big Dumb Object’s Dumbies Winners.
- Meanwhile, Wired offers a great 2009 Movie Guide.
- John Scalzi also has his eyes on a few films.
- The Website at the End of the Universe is once again offering a free downloadable calendar with pulp cover favorites.
- The List Universe lists 12 Great Science Fiction Movies From The 1960s.
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