SF Tidbits for 1/19/09

• Interviews:
  • The SF Site: Michael A. Burstein (I Remember the Future).
  • Joseph Mallozzi interviews Stargate Producer Robert C. Cooper
• Award News: An online Hugo ballot is available to voters. (Insert “SF Signal for Best Fanzine” plea here. ) [via Science Fiction Awards Watch]
• Over at Fantasy Magazine, Randy Henderson talks about The Future Of Speculative Fiction Magazines: “…how can both print and online magazines stand out and prevail in this crazy wired world of information overload and multimedia mania?”
• Why I Write Science Fiction: An Apology by Alan DeNiro: “If science fiction is a choice that one makes before writing a story, then dismissing it part and parcel simply can’t make sense, especially if particular writers are trying their darndest to reinvigorate the usual, even shopworn tropes-or invent new ones altogether.”
• Sarah Zettel gets her zombie on.
• Brandon Sanderson is auctioning off two different characters to be seen in Memory of Light, his sanctioned continuation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga.
• Joe Haldeman has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog. (Thanks, Christopher!)
• 1000 novels everyone must read: Over seven days, the Guardian is recommending the best books to read about crime, war, fantasy, travel, science fiction, family and love. (Trivia: Harry Potter makes the list of most stolen books.)
• Blood, Blade & Thruster Magazine is under new ownership. Long live BBT!
• SF Zen of the Day: Robert Silverberg on a Segway. No, really! (Also: That’s SciFi Wire Editor Scott Edelman as the road kill.)
• Soundtrack Geek lists The Top 5 Fantasy/Science Fiction Film Scores of 2008. Finally…some good news for The Day the Earth Stood Still remake…

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