• Jo Walton reviews the classic The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers.


• Interviews & Profiles:
  • Genreville interviews Tom Lloyd (The Twilight Herald).
  • Bookgeeks asks P.C. Hodgell and Kate Elliot, among others, about how they create non-human protagonists. [Thanks, Fred!]
  • Articulate interviews Jennifer Fallon.


• Stargate producer Joseph Mallozzi guest-blogs at Apex.


• Since when did superheroes need a public relations manager? Since "comic book giant Marvel said it was forming an international advisory board to boost the profile of its superheroes overseas."


• Free Fiction: The latest issue of Concatenation has been posted and includes the story "The Invisible Hand" by Allan M. Rees. (PDF; Click 'What's New" for the link.)


• In Paul Levinson's latest Light On, Light Through podcast, he shares lifelong lessons learned from Frank Herbert's Dune and Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogies.


• Mike Brotherton talks about using movies to teach science.


• Chris Howard, author of Seaborn, has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog.


• Cover Pr0n: Jim C. Hines shares the cool Scott Fischer artwork for Hines' upcoming book The Mermaid's Madness.


• Camblr looks at Star Wars names originated in the Star Wars marketing universe. [Thanks, Tim!]


• Over at SciFi Scanner, Mary Robinette Kowal looks at the evolution of creating creatures in film.


• Lists:
  • Discover Magazine lists 10 Things You Don't Know About Pluto
  • Topless Robot lists The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Futurama Episodes

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