SF Tidbits for 2/11/09

• Free Excerpt at Pyr: End of the Century by Chris Roberson.
• Interviews & Profiles:
  • The Dragon Page Cover to Cover interviews Matthew Stover, author of Star Wars: Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor and Caine Black Knife.
  • Newsarama has a 2-part interview with: Matthew Sturges (Midwinter, which he describes as “Dirty Dozen with elves”).
• Publishing News:
  • HarperCollins announced that it is merging its Collins imprint with the Harper division in the U.S.
  • Sean Wallace has acquired the Prime Books imprint from Wildside Press, LLC.
  • Marty Halpern has accepted a position as a freelance Acquisitions Editor for Wilder Publications genre imprint, Fantastic Books.
• Dark Roasted Blend offers a big-@$$ spreadsheet: The Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy. [via Jay Lake]
• Michael Chiklis (Thing from the Fantastic Four films) is to create a new comic book series called Olympus, about “ancient Greek gods who return to a ravaged, chaotic present-day Earth where they battle for the future of mankind against the Titans”.
• The Shirley Jackson Awards are hosting a fundraiser lottery from now through February 23rd to benefit the awards. [via Tor.com]
• Squidoo offers this interesting Guide to Science Fiction Roleplaying Games.
• EW has a slew of new Watchmen photos. [via Blog@Newsarama]
• Two words: Zombie car!
• Lists:
  • Metromix Chicago lists 10 horror remakes worth seeing.
  • Here’s a lits of the Funniest Unofficial Star Wars T-shirts.
  • SciFi Scanner lists The Top Ten Moments From New York Comic Con.
  • @The List Universe, The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged make the list of Top 10 Most Overrated Novels.
  • @Geekend, Jay Garmon lists The top 12 sci-fi plot devices geeks love to hate. (“#12: Computer programs with needless and instantaneous animations and graphics.” I see this in 24 a lot.)
• Two more words: Steampunk Cake! [via Boing Boing]

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