SF Tidbits for 3/11/09
By John DeNardo |
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 at
12:05 am
- Interviews & Profiles:
- The Nebula Awards website interviews Nebula nominee Jack McDevitt (Cauldron).
- @49 Writers: David Marusek (Mind Over Ship).
- John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
- SFFaudio reminds people that Ursula K. Le Guin will soon be featured on BBC Radio 4 in Ursula Le Guin At 80, airing Tuesday March 17th 2009 @ 11:30-12:00 on BBC R4.
- Realms of Fantasy is now undead! Warren Lapine and Tir Na Nog Press have purchased fiction magazine Realms of Fantasy from Sovereign Media. [via Locus Online]
- Great news from Suvudu! They are now offering their recently-released free books in multiple formats!
- Reader Mark Vadnais writes in to tell us (via TotalDickhead) that BBC is streaming Bring Me The Head of Philip K. Dick, Gregory Whitehead’s surreal drama about a deadly futuristic weapon in the shape of the android head of science-fiction writer Philip K Dick. Hurry! It’s only available for a limited time…
- Jay Lake reveals the title of the book that follows Mainspring and Escapement: it’s Pinion.
- Free Fiction Sample: Pyr is now offering a sizable excerpt Midwinter by Matthew Sturges on the free excerpts page.
- Editor John Joseph Adams show off the final cover for his upcoming anthology Federations.
- Good news from PS Publishing: they’ve just announced publication of The Very Best of Gene Wolfe, and they are also offering deals on fiction bundles.
- For the writers:
- Jeff VanderMeer offers writers advice on how to write sex scenes.
- Tobias Buckell offers Joe Blow Neopro, a series of articles written for Speculations.
- Scott Laming from Abe Books tells us that a measly $116,530 can get you first editions of all the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels. Darn…my budget for collectible sf stops at $116,525. So close…
- Lucius Sheppard has a brutally honest review of Watchmen. [via Rebecca Ore]
- Photographer Nick Drummond offers up a cool Flickr photoset of ATilla, his “pet” AT-AT. [via Neatorama]
- Quiz: Name that robot!
- Geek trivia: What iconic sci-fi writer accidentally coined the term “robotics?”
- Lists:
- While our own Pete Tzinski was defending the Star Wars prequels, SpoutBlog lists 10 Defenses for Howard the Duck. Who stands on more solid ground?
- @SFX: Top 20 Best CGI Movie Moments.
- @Tor: The 10 Most Influential Science Fiction & Fantasy Anthologies/Anthology Series. I’m glad to see The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1 edited by Robert Silverberg.
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What iconic sci-fi writer accidentally coined the term “robotics?”
My guess would be Asimov.