• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @SciFi Scanner: Jerry Pournelle (co-author of Escape From Hell with Larry Niven).
  • @Agony Column Podcast: A 2-part audio-interview with Dan Simmons (Drood).
  • @Neth Space: Ken Scholes (Lamentation).
  • Locus Online has posted interview excerpts with Jonathan Lethem ( Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s) and Lou Anders (Fast Forward 2).


• At the Locus Roundtable, Gary Wolfe is Tracking Philip José Farmer's Influence.


• At Say It Backwards, Gabriel McKee discusses whether Superman is Clark Kent's alter ego, or vide versa.


• David Langford has posted the new Ansible for March 2009.


• Free fiction @ Futurismic: "An Education of Scars by Philip Brewer.


• Free Excerpt @Pat's Fantasy Hotlist: Midwinter by Matthew Sturges.


• The March issue of Apex Magazine contains new fiction from Theodora Goss and Ekaterina Sedia, a reprint from Lon Prater, essays from Lavie Tidhar and Sarah Brandel, and an interview with Sara M. Harvey.


• Lists:
  • TV Tropes maintains a list of Tropes used in Iain M. Banks' Culture Novels. [via Iain Banks FAQ]
  • Super Punch found a cool R2-D2 boom box. I'm not a huge fan of mocked up anything, but that thing is retro-cool.
  • Suite 101 lists Top 10 Science-Fiction Books for Non-Fans: The Best S-F Novels for the Unconverted.
  • Best Science Fiction Stories culls results and lists .com » Post Topic » 10 Science Fiction Stories That Would Make Great Short Films.

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