SF Tidbits for 8/7/09
By John DeNardo |
Friday, August 7th, 2009 at
12:08 am
- The controversy over Justine Larbalestier’s cover for Liar results in a new cover. [via Bibliophile Stalker]
- RainTaxi interviews Catherynne M. Valente.
- Fantasy Book Critic interviews: Jennifer Fallon.
- As of today, urban fantasy author, Seanan McGuire (Rosemary and Rue), joins Book View Cafe.
- For the next two weeks Karen Miller will be guest-posting at the Babel Clash blog. [via Orbit]
- Adam Roberts wants you to pick the best cover for Jack Vance’s Lyonesse. [via Pyr-o-mania]
- John Clute reviews George Zebrowski’s Empties. [via Locus Online]
- Omnivoracious looks at a few Young Adult titles.
- There’s an interesting discussion going on at Asimov’s forums about SF Masterpieces Ruined by the Ending.
- Norilana Books has acquired the Jane Austen mashup Mansfield Mark and Mummies by by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian.
- Locus Online has posted the contents of the August 2009 issue, which features the obituary of the Magazines longtime Editor-in-Chief, Charles N. Brown.
- File 770 #156 has been posted at eFanzines.
- @TeleRead: Why print books are like zombies.
- John Anealio posts his latest Sci-Fi Song regarding the recent flap over George R.R. Martin getting fan backlash over his Game of Thrones delays.
- John Scalzi talks about the chances of this year’s Hugo nominees making it to the big screen.
- Terry Gilliam wants to adapt Philip K. Dick’s The World Jones Made.
- Can someone explain to me why Ridley Scott, the man who said SciFi film is dead, is not only directing an Alien prequel, but no an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World? What, is he done with Monopoly already?
- Wikipedia features this handy List of science fiction film and television series by lengths.
- Geekend asks: Which characters do you want to see in the Star Trek sequel? I think seeing Chief Wiggum would be cool, but only if it could realistically explained by a wormhole to another dimension where people are yellow.
- Mary Robinette Kowal lists Iconic Fantasy Weapons. Bouns points for including Jackie Chan. (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.)
- In response to the table of contents of The Mammoth book of Mindblowing SF, Marooned has posted the TOC for the imaginary The Mammoth e-Book of Mindblowing Mars SF.
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“SF masterpieces ruined by the ending” opens with The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick.
I have to note that this story doesn’t actually end. From the beginning, Dick intended a sequel that would complete the tale (it essentially just stops in the middle). He tried a couple of times. The Ganymede Takeover began as such a sequel, as did Radio Free Albemuth.
The overall problem was that Dick found it extraordinarily painful to put himself back into the minds of Nazis, especially Heydrich.
The Wikipedia article has more on this point.
Actually, it’s The World Jones Made that Gilliam wants to adapt.
Ack! Thanks, Chris. Correction made.