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