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SF Tidbits for 5/12/09
- Interviews & Profiles:
- @Time: Ursula K. Le Guin (Lavinia).
- @Bibliophile Stalker: Martin Millar, author of The Good Fairies of New York.
- @G4tv: Bear McCreary, Musical Composer for Battlestar Galactica and Capcom's action game Dark Void.
- @Agony Column Podcast: Ginjer Buchanan, editor for Ace books.
- @The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog: Conrad Williams.
- Free Fiction: Marie Brennan is offering (in multiple formats) the free novella "Deeds of Men"...a story that takes place between Midnight Never Come and her upcoming novel In Ashes Lie.
- The story behind the posthumous publication of Roger Zelazny's The Dead Man's Brother. (Thanks, Tom!)
- The battle over the rights to Andre Norton's past and future works is over for good.
- Jo Walton asks: Is Alternate History SF?
- Juliet McKenna asks: Is publishing sexist?
- Tim Powers latest, Powers: Secret Histories, includes outtakes from his classic The Anubis Gates.
- James Wallace Harris: Slower Than Light Imagination: "Two recent literary novels using fantasy and science fiction techniques, The Life of Pi by Yann Martel and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, absolutely kicked our genre's ass when it came to plotting outside of the traditional genre box."
- Writing advice from Anna Tambour: It's impossible to beat an adverb.
- Biology in Science Fiction looks at Ursula Le Guin and Anthropology.
- NYT Article: Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web with quotes from Doctorow, Le Guin. [via SFWA]
- Locus Online got a facelift.
- Trek Bits:
- Star Trek scribes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman dish on the scene they wrote for William Shatner that didn't make it into the film.
- Wired offers a military analysis of Star Trek and a Star Trek: Then & Now photo gallery. [via Walter Jon Williams]
- Gary Westfahl reviews Star Trek.
- Cool Tech: Stretchable Displays.
- Lists:
- Several genre films make The guardian's list of Memorable Movie Misquotes. (Thanks, Dean!)
- @Galxy Express: 7 Unnecessary Science Fiction Worldbuilding Details
- @Topless Robot: The 8 Most Underrated Doctors from Doctor Who.
- RevolutionSF lists more Sci Fi Moms.
- More Trek lists:
- At Project Mayhem: 10 Reasons Star Wars Is Better Than Star Trek. [via TheForce.Net]
- @Premium Hollywood: 5 non-Khan alternatives for the Star Trek sequel (and 5 to avoid).
- @Cinematical: Seven franchises J.J. Abrams should reboot. [via Whedonesque]
- @CNet: 10 hilarious Star Trek spoofs.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 12:08 AM
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Unfortunately, the last time I posted on a thread on tor.com, I got into trouble with a segment of the readers there, who followed me back to my blog. So I will resist the urge to give my opinion there.
Pity, the AH thread looks interesting.
Posted by Paul on Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 4:38 AM
Thanks for the linkage, John! And now that I've finally seen STAR TREK, I can follow up on all of your yummy links!
Posted by Heather Massey on Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM