SF Tidbits for 5/6/09
By John DeNardo |
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at
12:08 am
- Interviews & Profiles:
- John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Edward Willett, author of Terra Insegura.
- The Nebula Awards website interviews Lisa Goldstein.
- Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Panel Discussion with Terry Bisson, Richard Lupoff and Peter Beagle.
- Nathan E. Lilly, Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi were interviewed for the Computer World article “Digital lit: How technology is changing what we read“.
- Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
- The New Yorker has published the J.G. Ballard story: “The Autobiography of J.G.B.“, about “a man named “B” who wakes up one morning to find that all of England, France, and possibly the whole world, have disappeared without a trace.” [via Quill & Quire]
- @Tor.com: “Last Son of Tomorrow” by Greg Van Eekhout
- @ManyBooks: “The Pool of the Black One” by Robert E. Howard. (1931)
- @ManyBooks: “Year of the Big Thaw” by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1954)
- Episode #22 of Contagious by Scott Sigler is available for download in PDF and MP3 formats.
- Video:@The Internet Archive: The Woman Eater (1958)
- Graphic Fiction:@The Bronze Age of Blogs: “Arena“
- This is what happens when you mash together Doctor Who and the Muppets. [via Roberson's Interminable Ramble]
- Which list of Cool Star Trek Moments is better? Cinematical’s or IGN’s?
- io9 has a gallery of Trek magazine covers, including my favorite from TV Guide: Crazy-Eyed Shatner!
- Too bad winter is over. I’d love an excuse to wear this knitted Cthulhu mask. [via Rose Fox]
- For all the times we remind ourselves that science fiction is not a predictor of the future, Neatorama reminds us of 10 Things Science Fiction Got Right.
Related posts:
- SF Tidbits for 6/18/06
- SF Tidbits for 5/26/08
- SF Tidbits for 1/23/08
- SF Tidbits for 7/4/08
- SF Tidbits for 4/21/08
Filed under: Tidbits
Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!







‘J.G. Ballard’s final story: “The Autobiography of J.G.B.”‘: Final? This was published in 1981/82 in French; ’84 in English.
Well, a pox on Quill and Quire for wordsmithing a headline that could be read two ways! (And not on me for reading it wrong…:)) Thanks, Tinkoo!