SF Tidbits for 6/3/09

• Cool Art Finds (Boba and Yoda and Toto, oh my!):
  • Gorilla Artfare is showing Björn Hurri’s latest Steampunk Star Wars designs, in this case Boba Fett and Yoda
  • Over at Avalanche Software Art Blog, David Malan shows off his mad skillz with this awesome Wizard of Oz movie poster that’s much cooler than the original.
  • If I had the time, I’d point out all the cool artwork of Thomas Perkins, but instead, I’ll rely on the profile done by Chris Roberson. Two words: Kid Kthulhu!
  • Golden Age Comic Book Stories continues its week of Science Fiction Art with a large gallery of covers from Ace Doubles. [via QuasarDragon]
• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @Whatever: John Joseph Adams (Editor of Federations).
  • A Flight and a Crash interviews Jeffrey Ford.
  • @Strange Horizons: Robert J. Sawyer
  • John C. Wright and Robert J. Sawyerhave been interviewed for a television Canadian Christian news program.
  • @Reality Break Podcast: William Shunn.
• Jane Yolen comes to Dark Horse with her upcoming graphic novel, The Last Dragon.
• Louise Marley talks about Three New Approaches to Publishing.
• Alexander Jablokov is a fan of Jack Vance.
• BookViewCafe is holding their 2nd twitter fic contest June 3-5.
• Orbit’s latest $1 E-book: Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan
• Tor.com asks you to name books you couldn’t finish.
• Charles Tan offers author/publicist advice for Leveraging Book Review Blogs and Interviews for Promotion.
• Barry Sonnenfeld is Adapting the Tom Swift Novels. [via Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine]
• I usually don’t do puns, but come on…it’s Boba Fettucini!
• Lists:
  • @Eerie Books: 42 Frankenstein Movies to See Before You Die
  • @io9: The 5 Science Fiction Tales That Made Us Love Virtual Reality
  • @Total Sci Fi: The 25 Women Who Shook Sci-Fi.
  • @SCI FI Wire: 7 ‘unfilmable’ sci-fi books–and the filmmakers who could adapt them.

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1. SF Tidbits for 7/3/07
2. SF Tidbits for 10/16/07
3. SF Tidbits for 10/20/06
4. SF Tidbits for 1/27/09
5. SF Tidbits for 10/7/08

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