SF Tidbits for 2/10/09
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 at
12:05 am
- SCI FI Wire profiles R. Scott Bakker (The Judging Eye).
- Science Fiction Memories: SciFi Wire columnist Michael Cassutt recalls the sci-fi moments that made him a writer.
- Dear Publishers: Girls Read Comics, Too: “Here’s the deal: Most girls love to read and would adore reading great comics–it’s just that sometimes they don’t even know it yet.”
- The Galaxy Express asks: “Who Should Publish Science Fiction Romance?” when considering that sf publishers don’t do the romance justice and romance publishers don’t get sf right.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews 4 genre anthologies for Barnes & Noble (Marvin Kaye’s The Ghost Quartet, Ellen Datlow’s Poe, Jack Dann’s Dreaming Again, and Lou Anders’s Fast Forward 2).
- Futurismic looks at Global science fiction and optimism (part 1): “…the big question here is whether a nation’s artistic output passively reflects its political and economic aspirations, or whether instead it can be used to influence and change those attitudes.”
- Adam Roberts is guest-blogging at the Pyr blog. His latest post tackles short-short fiction.
- Edward Willett sings!
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
- @Strange Horizons: “Obedience” by Brenna Yovanoff.
- @Fantasy Magazine: “The Men Burned All the Boats” by Patricia Russo.
- @Hub: “The Astronomer of Baghdad” by Matt Keefe.
- Abyss & Apex has a new issue out with fiction by Pauline J. Alama, Marie Brennan, Fraser Sherman, Richard Foss, Karl Bunker, and Samantha Henderson.
- @MindFlights: “A Native Soul” by Anne M. Pillsworth.
- The latest issue of Byzarium is out with fiction by Andrew Kaye, Andy Bolt, Elizabeth Hopkinson.
- @Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire: “Easy Money” part six by Abner Senires.
- @Manybooks:
- “Reluctant Genius” by Henry Slesar (1957).
- “Resurrection” by Robert J. Shea (1957).
- “The Spectre Bride” by William Harrison Ainsworth.
- “The Devil in Iron” by Robert E. Howard (1934).
- “The People of the Black Circle” by Robert E. Howard (1934).
- @Big Pulp:
- “To Know” by Amanda Walczesky.
- “Regrets Of A Conquistador” by Jonathan S. Pembrook.
- “The Other Job” by Stephanie Scarborough.
- Audio Fiction:
- @Free Reads: Part One of “Painting The Air” written and read by James Patrick Kelly
- Cool gallery of the day: Space Colony Art from the 1970s
- Hungry? Here’s a Flickr photo set on how to make Space Invader cookies. Mmmmm…space invaders…
- Neatorama lists 10 Things Science Fiction Got Wrong. The usual suspects (like sound in space) are represented…
- Finally…SF Signal makes SciFi Watch’s lists of 9 Science Fiction Blogs You Should Keep Track Of. Thanks, David!
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That Space Colony Art link rulez! And thanks for the double linkage to my posts–much appreciated.
What’s up with the truncated feed. I am not a fan of blogs that do this. I don’t have time to click through.
Just experimenting…nothing to see here…carry on…
thanks for the link to my story. I really appreciate it. It’s always nice to see fans of sci-fi spreading the word to others!