SF Tidbits for 3/28/09

• Cover Pr0n Post Award of the Day goes to…Neal Asher, for sharing the stunning Jon Sullivan covers of some reissues of his books. (Bonus points to Karen Burnham for noting that the person riding the giant insect on the Cowl cover looks like Neil Gaiman.)
• Jo Walton reviews Bellwether by Connie Willis: “This is a comedy about the process of scientific discovery, and a comedy in the [Shakespearean] sense as well.”
• Free Fiction Sample: Chapter 1 of Bar None by Tim Lebbon. [via Night Shade Books]
• The fine folks over at Book View Cafe are now offering electronic versions of their work.
• The Dragon Page Cover to Cover features a podcast-interview with Tim Holman, VP and Publishing Director of Orbit Books.
• SF Author Matt Jarpe is hanging up his blogging hat.
• Locus Online has posted the Table of Contents to the March issue of Locus Magazine.
• Lists:
  • Several genre films make SciFi Watch’s list of The Top Ten Product Placements in Recent Film History. They also list 5 Reasons Why the Star Trek Trailer Doesn’t Live Up to the Franchise.
  • SFX lists The 25 Best and 25 Worst TV Episode Titles. My favorite: “Motorcycle Boogie” from The Bionic Woman.
  • @Best Week Ever: 6 Slightly Less Catchy Movie Posters. The Dark Knight: “Why are you being so serious, Batman?”

Tidbits, Neal Asher, Jon Sullivan , Jo Walton, Connie Willis, Tim Lebbon, Book View Café, Tim Holman, Matt Jarpe, Star Trek, The Bionic Woman, The Dark Knight,

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