SF Tidbits for 4/7/09

• Interviews and Profiles:
  • Post-Weird Thoughts interviews Adam-Troy Castro, author of The Third Claw of God.
  • SciFi Scanner interviews John Zakour, author of Ballistic Babes.
  • @Bibliophile Stalker: P.N. Elrod (Dark Road Rising).
  • Apex interviews Ekaterina Sedia (The Alchemy of Stone) and Paul Jessup (Open Your Eyes).
  • Edward Champion has a nice write-up about Philip Jose Farmer in the latest Barnes & Noble Review.
  • Hey you! Wanna ask an author a question?
    • Big Dumb Object will be interviewing Cory Doctorow and is soliciting readers for questions.
    • Futurismic is also soliciting readers for questions…for Kim Stanley Robinson.
• Gary Westfahl reviews Alien Trespass: “…Alien Trespass is sending another important message to the contemporary creators of science fiction films….
• John Clute reviews Gene Wolfe.
• Pyr has an excerpt of Blood of Ambrose by James Enge.
• Angry Robot News
  • New genre imprint Angry Robot has just signed on J. Robert King and Andy Remic.
  • Angry Robot is also running a contest. Name their robot mascot an win free stuff!
• In 2010, Subterranean Press will be publishing “Best Of…” collections by Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, and Peter S. Beagle. [via Jonathan Strahan, who is editing the Larry Niven collection and wants your suggestions for Niven's best stories.]
• Black Gate is now selling downloadable PDF versions of the magazine for just $4.95 each.
• John Scalzi is compiling a Hugo Voter Packet which contains much of the Hugo-nominated fiction so voters can vote intelligently.
• For the writers:
  • Over at The Swivet (which all authors you should be reading), Colleen Lindsay tells us What Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse can teach novelists about hooking readers.
  • Kristine Kathryn Rusch is doing a series of posts called The Freelancer’s Survival Guide. See her Introduction and the first chapter, “Priorities“. New post should appear weekly. [via SFScope]
• Remakes, Adaptations and re-imaginings, oh my! NBC is planning “a modern-day take on The Wizard of Oz“. Why remake a timeless classic? [via SFX]
• io9 previews fanfilm Hunter Prey described as Predator meets ConAir.
• Jeff Patterson goes all Photoshoppery and remakes 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• SF Signal wishes writer and rpg designer Aaron Allston best wishes after recovering from a heart attack last week.
• Laughing Squid finds the cool I Love You Robot T-Shirt.
• The best part of being a Superfriend? The benefits. [via Great White Snark]
• Lists:
  • At Penguin Blog, Ann Aguirre lists Top 10 Reasons to Write Urban Fantasy.
  • Den of Geek lists Top 25 fictional ads in sci-fi movies.

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