SF Tidbits for 6/19/09
By John DeNardo |
Friday, June 19th, 2009 at
12:08 am
- Interviews & Profiles:
- @Fantasy Book Critic: Mark Chadbourn, author of Age of Misrule.
- @At Tachyon, Michael Moorcock answers Boing Boing reader questions.
- @Enter the Octopus: Alexander C. Irvine (Buyout).
- @The Prague Post: Iain Banks (Transition).
- @Talking with Tim: Kevin J. Anderson.
- @SciFiDimensions: Kevin J. Anderson again!
- The latest Agony Column Podcasts feature:
- Michael Boatman (The Revenant Road)
- Jeff VanderMeer at Shared Worlds, the Speculative Fiction Camp for Teens.
- Two for the writers:
- Cory Doctorow’s awesome book, Little Brother, has been optioned for film to Don Murphy (Natural Born Killers).
- Jason Sanford announces the winners of the Million Writers Award.
- Tor.com announces the opening of the Tor.com Store.
- Author Gail Z. Martin is launching her 2009 Hawthorn Moon promotion. We’ll be participating in the form of a giveaway. Watch for it in the next few days.
- Check out this awesome photography gallery by Kyle Cassidy of SF/F Authors and Where They Write. [via Patrick Hester]
- A long time ago, in a magazine far away…Fantastic Flashbacks posts a scan of a 1977 Time magazine Star Wars article. [via Science Fiction Brewed Fresh Daily]
- Posthuman Blues point us to this massive gallery of Women in Tubes, mostly from the covers of pulp sf. Natch! [via Gerry Canavan]
- John Anealio has posted a new Sci-Fi Songs Podcast. Learn the story behind “Cylon #6“.
- Scifi.co.uk. has developed a game (based on Adobe Air) called Desktop Blaster which converts your computer desktop into a game of Asteroids.
- Lists:
- @AMC: Mary Robinette Kowal lists Ten Fantasy Fathers Who Really Do Know Best.
- @bloginhood: Top 10 Dads of SF. JP will love #1.
- @Scifi Watch: 5 Movies About Writers that Inspire Me to Write.
- @SF Universe: Torchwood Fun Facts.
- Lots of genre films on Unreality’s list of 10 Most Polarizing Movies of the Last Decade.
- Patrick at Stomping on Yeti lists Notable works of Theopunk. Add to his list!
- @Obsessed With Film: 50 reasons why Ghostbusters might be the greatest film of all Time. Ray Parker Jr’s Theme Song? Really?
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