The latest BookBanter podcast features Seanan McGuire (Rosemary and Rue).
AWARDS NEWS: Pawel Dembowski writes in to tell us that the Polish Janusz A. Zajdel Award for 2008 was awarded on Saturday at Polcon in Lodz. The winners are: Kameleon (Chameleon) by Rafal Kosik (novel), and "Swiaty Dantego" ("Dante's Worlds") by Anna Kantoch (Short story).
Over at Dear Author, Heather Massey makes the case for Steampunk Romance.
@Centauri Dreams: Science Fiction and Interstellar Thinking: "...science fiction's clout doesn't come so much from prediction as much as from the ability to try out new ideas by remodeling the world so as to accommodate them."
David Langford has posted Ansible 266 for September 2009.
Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) lands the last major part in HBO's Game of Thrones pilot.
It's back to school time. And what better way to celebrate your inner geekness than with these Star Wars Text Book Covers. Of course, doing so means it's no longer "inner" but "outer" which may subject you to extended periods of time inside a locker. Cover you books at your own risk!