SF Tidbits for 1/8/09

• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
  • Chris Roberson has posted his story “Death on the Crosstime Express“, originally published in Sideways in Crime edited by Lou Anders.
  • Chiaroscuro has a new issue out with Dark fiction and poetry by Kurt Dinan, Shira Lipkin, Daniel A. Rabuzzi, Jonathan Wood, M. Frost, Maurice Oliver, and Jacqueline West.
  • @Weird Tales: “The Last Great Clown Hunt” by Chris Furst.
  • @Planet Magazine: “The Tears of Lakshmi” by Ian James.
  • @St. Martin’s Griffin: “Countdown” by Jonathan Maberry (Patient Zero) available in PDF download, but a signup is required.
  • @MindFlights: “Quanruzaman’s Gateway” by Peter Simon.
  • @At Manybooks: Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes. Ghost Stories by Various Authors (1920).
  • @Grantbridge Street and other misadventures: A comic book version of William Nolan’s “… And Before I Go to Sleep” drawn by Al Williamson.
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @StarShipSofa: audio fiction and poetry by O G Clark, Ian Watson,and David Brin.
    • @Transmissions from Beyond: “Knowledge” by Grace Dugan, read by the author.
    • Author Scott Sigler reads part five of his book Contagious.
    • Cory Doctorow reads part one of his book Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town.
• Interviews & Profiles:
  • The Wall Street Journal (!) interviews Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, Kirk and Spock from the New Star Trek movie. [via Slice of SciFi]
  • The Nebula Awards site interviews Karen Joy Fowler.
  • @BookSpot Central: Eric Nylund (Mortal Coils).
  • @Post-Weird Thoughts: Jeff Carlson (Plague War).
• Harper Collins will publish a new book by author J.R.R. Tolkien. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, edited and introduced by Tolkien’s son Christopher, will be published in hardback in May 2009 and was written in the 1920s, before The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. [via File 770]
• The latest issue of Internet Review of SF has been posted
• Nick Mamatas reviews why authors shouldn’t write their own promotional copy.
• Ellen Datlow has posted photos of the recent Poe celebration in New York City.
• Over at the Guardian, Steampunk: The Future of the Past: “Forget spaceships and laser guns – steampunk says it’s the Industrial Revolution that shows us what we’ve got to look forward to. Dress code: polished brass.”
• Christian filmographers will take a detailed look at the widespread cultural impact that Science Fiction has had through film during the Fourth Annual Christian Filmmakers Academy (CFA) held January 5-7 in San Antonio, Texas. The “Symposium on Science Fiction and Christian Filmmaking” will focus on the theology of Science Fiction, analyzing how the worldview conveyed through Sci-Fi films has shaped cultural priorities.
• Over at Futurismic, Jonathan McCalmont compares the rhetoric of American foreign and domestic policy with the thematic underpinnings of the super hero movie genre, and explains why he’ll be as glad to see the back of costumed crusaders as he will the back of Bush.
• James at Big Dumb Object has posted video for the upcoming Terminator Salvation Rollercoaster ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
• Joss Whedon promises more Dr. Horrible but is vague on details.
• SciFi Wire lists 9 Reasons George Lucas Should Just Retire Already.
• Neil Gaiman is not too fond of io9.

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2. SF Tidbits for 7/7/07
3. SF Tidbits for 3/21/06
4. SF Tidbits for 7/8/06
5. SF Tidbits for 5/29/06

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