• Patrick at Stomping on Yeti thinks the contents of Eclipse 3 look suspicious: "To me the ToC says 'I got in trouble for not having enough women authors last year, this ought to shut them up' instead of 'Hey here are some really good SF&F stories, enjoy.'"


• Soyka at Black Gate in wondering why the Strange Horizons fund drive succeeded while Baen's Universe is closing.


• For the writers: Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Freelancer's Survival Guide: Deadlines.


• Interviews and Profiles:
  • The Agony Column podcast-interviews Lou Anders who talks about the pros and cons of WorldCon and ComicCon.
  • Fast Forward talks with Nalo Hopkinson.
  • Cult-Pop has a video interview with Jeff Carlson (Plague Year and Plague War).


• Multiple award winning science fiction author Mike Resnick named as judge for Writers of the Future Contest.


• Ellen Datlow has posted photos from August 19 KGB reading.


• Sf Song-Meister John Anealio has posted Sci-Fi Songs Podcast #15.


• At AMC, John Scalzi's Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design. Slashdotters are nerdgassing. Scalzi photoshops a return volley.


• The Daily P.O.P. takes a detailed look at one of the cartoons I grew up on: The 1967 version of Spider-Man.


• Calling Guy Montag...This Ewok comic looks too damn cute for its own good.


• Lists:
  • S. Andrew Swann lists The Top 5 Lazy-ass SF Clichés.
  • Aidan Moher lists his 7 Essential Second-step Fantasies.
  • The International Society of Supervillains has an awesome list of the most common Supervillain blunders! [via BBT Magazine]
  • Avatar Trailer backlash already? SpoutBlog lists 10 Movies Avatar Unfortunately Resembles.

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Posted by John DeNardo at Friday August 21, 2009 at 12:08 AM
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