SF Tidbits for 10/13/09
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at
12:05 am
- Interviews and Profiles:
- @PopCultureShock: Mike Mignola Talks About 15 Years of Hellboy, B.P.R.D. & More |
- @Tor.com: Artist Keith Thompson.
- @Agony Column Podcast: Margaret Atwood.
- Frederik Pohl on fandom (part 5).
- Ellen Datlow reports on the The Funeral (that should have been) for Edgar Allan Poe.
- @Tor.com: Erika Nelson reviews Octavia Butler’s Adulthood Rites.
- Neil Gaiman and BBC will let you Twitter a story for them.
- BenBella Books has posted Chris Roberson’s essay “An Angel on His Shoulder, A Devil on Hers“, one of the essay in Say We All: Collected Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica edited by Richard Hatch.
- Three Words: Zombie Marvel Superheroes
- John Anealio has written a cool song for Jeff VanderMeer’s Last Drink Bird Head. [via Ecstatic Days]
- EVENT: Forbidden Planet hosts a signing by horror legend Clive Barker Thursday 15th October 6:30 – 7:30pm. Clive will be signing his new DVD The Midnight Meat Train at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR.
- Lists:
- Bibliophile Stalker is maintaining a List of Speculative Fiction Anthologies for 2010 to which you can contribute.
- @Tor.com: Top Steampunk Media.
- @io9: Top 10 Greatest Space Zombies Of All Time.
- @AbeBooks: The Top 10 Most Depressing Reads. A couple of genre titles make the list. [via Lit Lists]
- @Mental FLoss: B-Movie Monsters
- Kevin Maher lists 5 Music Videos About Werewolves.
- @SciFi Scanner: The Best and Worst Comic Book Movie Lairs.
Note:: The arrival of relatives is imminent! Posting (especially Tidbit posting) may be light for the next 10 days or so.)
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Tagged with: Battlestar Galactica • Chris Roberson • Clive Barker • Edgar Allan Poe • Ellen Datlow • Fandom • FlashForward • Frederik Pohl • Hellboy • Jeff VanderMeer • Jo Walton • John Anealio • Keith Thompson • Last Drink Bird Head • Margaret Atwood • Mike Mignola • Neil Gaiman • Octavia Butler • steampunk • Tidbits • Werewolves • zombies
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Just to be nitpicky, but the Adulthood Rites on Tor.com was from Erika Nelson, not Jo Walton.
Whoops! If I had a nickel. Fixed. Thanks, Joe.
“Three Words: Zombie Marvel Superheroes“
Not following the point here, given the huge sales over the years of Marvel Zombies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Zombies_%28series%29
Not saying it’s new, just cool.