SF Tidbits for 5/23/09

By John DeNardo | Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 am

@John Scalzi’s Whatever: C.C. Finlay, author of A Spell for the Revolution.
Lou Anders is quoted in B&N Book Club on Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Shhhh! Chris Roberson has a secret…
Free Book Samples:
- Angry Robot offers a free sample chapters Slights by Kaaron Warren.
- “The Variant” by author/screenwriter John August. [Thanks, Tim!]
SCI FI Wire’s got some pics of M. Night Shyamalan’s Last Airbender.
A feature film based on the 1970s British TV series UFO is in the works. [Thanks, Fred!]
Lists:
- @Save the Semiprozine: 5 of the best new writers appearing in semiprozines.
- @Little Fivers: 9 Reasons Why Machines Won’t Take Over the Planet.
- @io9: 13 Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots. Great list. I so want to read Ekaterina Sedia’s Alchemy of Stone.
- @Popular Mechaics: The 5 Geekiest Sci-Fi Movies at Sundance 2009. [via Space Time Stories]
- @SciFi Scanner: 10 actors who manage to make doomsday look like fun.
- Hero Complex lists Top 10 vintage Batman toys…including a somewhat lewd Batman watergun. [Also check out Hero Complex's shared video: Batman's game addiction.]
John Scalzi vs. a Bidet. I’ve got $5 on the bidet.

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