• Transition by Iain M. Banks gets a September 2009 simul-release in book & serialized podcast formats.


• Apex Publishing announces plans to publish An Occupation of Angels by Lavie Tidhar in February 2010.
• Paul McAuley shows off the wraparound art for his book The Quiet War.


• As part of the ongoing serialization of Makers by Cory Doctorow, Tor.com has a Flash game that lets you arrange the 81 interlocking tiles that accompany each part.


• Patrick at Stomping on Yeti continues his profiles of Tomorrow's Big Genre Stars, this time with David Moles.


• Justine Larbalestier on book covers.


• Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Freelancer's Survival Guide: Money, Part 7.


• Peter Watts (Blindsight is working on a super-secret project for Crytek, a computer-game company. [Thanks, Pawel!]


• John Anealio has posted Sci-Fi Songs Podcast #13.


• Zombie mag Revenant makes the jump from online to print. [via David Moody]


• The online comic Stan Lee's Time Jumpers "blends old-fashioned storytelling with technology that extends well beyond dialog and thought bubbles. In its digital form, it'll include music, voices and fast-paced story-boards." [via Axiom's Edge]


• Over at Tor.com, SF Signal Irregular John Ottinger III looks at Famous Last Lines of Speculative Fiction.


• Another SF Scope chart: SFWA Grand Masters, by Longevity.


• FAQ: The Google Books settlement and privacy.


• Lists:
  • At AMC, Mary Robinette Kowal lists The 10 Chickiest Fantasy Flicks.
  • Several genre titles make this list of 50+ Kick-butt Book Cover Designs.
  • @Hide Your Arms: 202 Star Wars T-Shirts.

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