SF Tidbits for 6/26/09

[Note: Tidbit posts are going on sabbatical for at least a week, so get your fill!]

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @SciFi Wire: Robert Charles Wilson explains why he destroyed America in Julian Comstock and Neil Gaiman reveals what killed the Sandman 20th-anniversary comic.
  • @Whatever: Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon’s Lexicon).
  • The Babylon Podcast interviews Babylon 5 creator/writer J. Michael Straczynski. [via SFFaudio]
• Tim Pratt’s “Bone Shop” is a serialized, donation-funded urban fantasy novella.
• Angry Robot has posted free excerpts from Book of Secrets by Chris Roberson and Nekropolis by Tim Waggoner.
• Planet Stories changes format, frequency, and offers new subscription benefits.
• Joseph Mallozzi reveals his Book of the Month Club Selection for August: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon.
• Cover Pr0n: David Herter previews the cover to his forthcoming PS Publishing book, One Who Disappeared, the final installment of his Czech trilogy:
• SF author Mike Brotherton reveals his Path to science fiction.
• Alastair Reynolds gets his rocket on.
• Heather at Galaxy Express looks at the intersection of Japanese SF & Science Fiction Romance.
• SF Awards Watch has the scoop on the nominnes for the Zajdel Award, which honors the best in Polish SF.
• Apex Magazine returns from hiatus.
• USA Today sez: Science fiction predictions resemble reality 36 years later.
• Sci-Fi Song #19: “The Transformers Theme” by John Anealio.
• Real Old Science: NASA space shuttle solves mystery 1908 Tunguska Event in Siberia: “The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering Earth’s atmosphere”
• At AMC, John Scalzi says: Relax! Transformers Is Not the End of Cinema as We Know It.
• For our UK readers, BBC has posted a trailer for the five-part series Torchwood: Children of Earth.
• Lists:
  • Bloginhood lists Top 5 Rejected Ideas for Transformers.
  • OUPblog lists “Set Phasers on…” Tweets.
  • Scifi Watch lists 15 Ways Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money, and Promote Publicity.
  • At AMC, Mary Robinette Kowal lists 10 Films That Feature Portals to Another World.
  • Several genre films make the Film School Rejects lists of 10 Most Awesome Movie Explosions Of All Time Ever.
  • Mike brotherton lists 10 of the Dumbest Things in Science Fiction Film.

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2. SF Tidbits for 5/18/07
3. SF Tidbits for 7/22/07
4. SF Tidbits for 12/21/06
5. SF Tidbits for 7/1/06

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