SF Tidbits for 4/4/09

• Tor profiles artist Bob Eggleton.
• Timothy Zahn will return to the Star Wars universe in 2011 with a new yet-to-be-titled novel set in the time of classic Star Wars trilogy, not long after the events of his previous novel, Allegiance. Making appearances will be Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, as well as characters from his Thrawn books: Thrawn, Mara Jade and the Hand of Judgment stormtroopers.
• Sam Jordison of the Guardian Books Blog asks: Why on earth did Fritz Leiber win the Hugo? “Boring characters, sludgy writing, sex scenes with alien cats … Fritz Leiber’s The Wanderer is not just bad, it’s dire.”
• Omnivoracious takes a look at the intriguing Genesis by Bernard Beckett.
• Adam @ Visions of Paradise talks about The Four Qualities of Great SF.
• Free fiction: Jayme Lynn Blaschke has posted chapter 36 of “Memory“
• Tony Ballantyne has been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog.
• Robert A. Heinlein’s house in Colorado Springs is up for sale for $650K. [via Locus Online]
• Newt Gingrich sneaks in a plug for co-author William Forstchen’s latest apocalyptic thriller, One Second After.
• @SciFi Scanner, Mary Robinette Kowal lists The Top Ten Evil Queens of Fantasy.
• The Top 9 Things Overheard at Obi-Wan’s 95th Birthday Party . (“That’s not the birthday present I was looking for.”)

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