SF Tidbits for 1/16/09

• Cover pr0n:
  • Lou Anders shows off the Todd Lockwood cover for The Twilight Herald by Tom Lloyd.
  • Mark Chadbourn shows off the cover for his Hellboy novel, The Ice Wolves.
• Interviews and Profiles:
  • @The Fix: Pat Cadigan (Tea From An Empty Cup).
  • @Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist: R. Scott Bakker (The Judging Eye). [via The Wertzone]
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
  • @Tor.com: “Errata” by Jeff VanderMeer.
  • @No Fear of the Future: “Memory” (Part 31) by Jayme Lynn Blaschke.
  • @Author’s website: “Sleight of Hand” by A.R.Yngve.
  • @Beneath Ceaseless Skies:
    • “Beneath the Mask” by Aliette de Bodard.
    • “Winterblood” by Megan Arkenberg.
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @Forgotten Classics: part two of “The Alien” by Murray Leinster, read by Julie Davis.
    • @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Precious Meat” by Catherine S. Perdue
• Awards News: The SFWA has changed the Nebula rules. Science Fiction Awards Watch rounds up responses from ’round the blogosphere.
• The group blog Ripping Ozzie Reads (including contributions from Margo Lanagan, Marianne dePierres, Cory Daniells, Richard Harland, Trent Jamieson, Dirk Flinthart, and Tansy Rayner-Roberts) has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog.
• Fantasy author David Anthony Durham tells us why he may never be able to write science fiction.
• Fred Kiesche reminds us about James Gunn article The Protocols of Science Fiction.
• The Mars blog Marooned is running a poll: Should Oprah’s Book Club read the classic Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars?
• John Scalzi talks about SciFi TV Series Become Movies That Fail.
• SciFi Songster John Anealio has re-remixed his song “Summer Glau“, this time giving it a bit of an ethereal quality.
• Would you believe there is an entire blog devoted to superuseless superpowers?
• There’s more Fantasy or Football quizzery by Brandon Barker: “Iakin Nefud: Strong Safety for the Washington Redskins or Guard Captain for the House of Harkonnen?”
• Topless Robot lists The 7 Sci-Fi Shows That Deserved Better Endings.

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