SF Tidbits for 5/6/09

• 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.

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