• Today's Best Artist Hugo nominee sample at Tor.com: this beautiful free wallpaper from John Picacio, the illustration from A Thousand Deaths by George Alec Effinger.


• Interviews & Profiles:
  • Paul Levinson interviews Stan Schmidt, Editor of Analog in his latest podcast.
  • The Nebula Awards website interviews James Patrick Kelly.
  • @The Future And You podcast: Tom Atwood, Editor-in-Chief of Robot Magazine.


• Jacek Dukaj's alternate history/science fiction novel Lód ("Ice") won a poll by the Polityka weekly news magazine that asked
  about the most important Polish novel of the last 20 years. The novel also won the juried genre Zulawski Award. [Thanks, Pawel]


• eBooks:
  • Yin: E-Book sales continue to climb.
  • Yang: E-books are a step backwards.


• Jo Walton looks at the short stories of Lord Dunsany.


• At Adventures in Reading, Joe Sherry reprints Nicola Griffith's 1992 Author's Note to Ammonite.


• Kathryn Cramer responds to Hal Duncan's recent post about "Ethics and Enthusiasm".


• Hub Magazine is about to publish its 100th issue.


• Steampulp Publishing LLC Releases First Ever, Original Pulp Fiction Magazine eBook, Steampunk Tales, Exclusively on iPhone


• Patrick at Stomping on Yeti looks at Star Wars media tie-ins and Essential Book Titles from the current decade.


• Worlds in a Grain of Sand looks at Exploration vs. Scientific Modes of Spaceflight: "I came across a realization about the space program that I hadn't realized or considered before - the current Space program will never, ever be as successful as the Mercury - Apollo era, for one simple reason - there is no certain, end all goal for the current plans for space travel."


• EVENT: James Lovegrove and Mark Chadbourn will be signing at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London on July 9th.


• The Daily Galaxy addresses The Risks Of Sharing Genetic Information Online, in their post GATTACA's Facebook.


• Congratulations to new grandparents Spider and Jeannie Robinson! [via File 770]


• John Anealio's latest SciFi Song is the BSG-themed "Cylon #6".


• Lists:
  • @TotalFilm.com: When Movie Robots Fight TV Robots.
  • Can you guess the names on io9's list of 4 Authors They Wish Would Return To Science Fiction?
  • @Tor.com: 10 Movies to Watch Instead of Star Trek.

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Posted by John DeNardo at Thursday June 11, 2009 at 12:08 AM
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