SF Tidbits for 9/29/09

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • Self-Publishing Review interviews Tessa Dick, the widow of Philip K. Dick, who has reworked the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1982: The Owl in Daylight.
  • Agony Column podcast-interviews Karen Armstrong.
  • @Bibliophile Stalker: Kate Baker.
  • ActuSF interviews James Lovegrove (The Age Of Ra).
  • Locus Online has Locus Magazine interview excerpts with John Clute.
• Ben Bova talks about the recent loss of his wife, Barbara.
• Frederik Pohl on fandom.
• Last week, the Indian science fiction writers met in Varanasi to discuss the future and perils of science fiction writing in India.
• Cory Doctorow’s book Little Brother wins the Sunburst Award.
• Ross Bradshaw considers: Small presses are often based on one individual. Is that a bad thing? [via Damien G. Walter]
• At Juno books, Paula Guran talks about Women, Horror, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Other Things I Should Not Say… [via Bibliophile Stalker]
• Never underestimate the determination of a sf fan: The SF Team, an informal group of fans and enthusiasts from Serbia, has translated Michael Swanwick‘s Periodic Table of Science Fiction into Serbian.
• Free sample from Pyr: The first 5 Chapters of Paul McAuley’s The Quiet War.
• Neatorama directs us to this Interactive Map of Banned and Challenged Books.
• Writerly Bits:
  • Steven Harper Piziks on how to find a writers group.
  • Marty Halpern rounds up a bunch of good links for writers.
• ScFi Wire asks: Is mysticism overtaking science in sci-fi?
• For those musically-inclined (or reclined as the case may be): Buzzgrinder is hosting an Admiral Ackbar song contest.
• ABC will only be running a measly 4 episodes of V this year, with the rest of the season appearing in the Spring of 2010. Yeah — only if the rating were good, I’m thinking. [via SciFi Scanner]
• Also at SciFi Scanner: Are You a Replicant? Take the Blade Runner Ultimate Fan Quiz and find out!
• Slice of SciFi on the upcoming Stargate Universe premiere: “this isn’t your daddy’s ‘Stargate’ series”.

Related posts:

1. SF Tidbits for 8/25/09
2. SF Tidbits for 7/25/09
3. SF Tidbits for 9/3/09
4. SF Tidbits for 8/7/09
5. SF Tidbits for 9/5/09

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