• John Picacio shows off his awesome cover art for Are You There and Other Stories by Jack Skillingstead. (Also at Missions Unknown)


• Pyr SF shows off the full jacket design for Paul McAuley's The Quiet War. Meanwhile Paul McAuley pimps his own covers for his numerous current reprints.


• Great news of the Week: Solaris Books has been picked up by Rebellion and will continue to produce great science fiction and fantasy.


• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @Mad Hatter's Bookshelf: Mark Teppo (Lightbreaker).
  • Over at Joseph Mallozzi's blog, Jasper Fforde answers reader questions. (And a reminder for those folowing in his book club: discussion starts soon on the next book, Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover.)
  • Agony Column continues with part 2 of their podcast interviews celebrating Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine's 60 Years, featuring Jeffrey Ford, John Kessel and Delia Sherman
  • Ideology of Madness interviews Matt Sturges.
  • @The British Science Fiction Association: Andy Remic
  • Genreville TV interviewed Kaaron Warren and Robert Freeman Wexler at KGB Fantastic Fiction.


• Jess Nevins on The Zeppelin Pulps.


• Scott Edelman shares another installment of the 2000 Nebula Awards Weekend.


• Hal Duncan has a new BSC column. In the first installment, he talks about the definition of science fiction.


• NK Jemisin asks Who's Afraid of Urban Fantasy? [via Bibliophile Stalker]


• Serialized Excerpts:
  • Sciencefictionandfantasy.co.uk is is serializing the first 5 chapters of Kells Legend by Andy Remic.
  • Barbara Martin is is serializing the first 5 chapters of Angel of Death by J. Robert King.


• Cheryl Morgan has posted her thoughts on Thoughts on Hugo Nominations.


• Norilana Books announces that Warrior Wisewoman 3 edited by Roby James, their annual anthology of science fiction featuring powerful and remarkable women, is now open to submissions.


• Empire Online asks: Is sci-fi better when it's low budget? [via Whedonesque]


• Tom Baker says...er...I mean stars in Doctor Who: Hornet's Nest, a five-part adventure series for BBC audio dramas. [via Big Dumb Object via Wired]


• Dave Franzese has posted a fun set of ray gun drawings. [via Drawn!]


• Blow Your Circuits With AMC's SciFi Robots Quiz.


• Lists:
  • @SFX: The Top 10 Greatest Superheroes Ever Revealed. (Realted: The Daily P.O.P. looks at Captain Britain.)
  • @ScifiSquad: The Top Ten Sci-Fi Mind Control Movies.
  • Mike Brotherton lists The Ten Scariest Science Fiction Movies.
  • @Movie Moron: Top 10 Best Graphic Novels - Being Turned Into Movies. [via Raymond Thornton, an excellent illustrator.]

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