SF Tidbits for 12/12/09

News

• R.I.P. Gene Barry (War of the Worlds, 1953)
• HarperCollins now also thumbing nose at e-book industry with digital delay.
• Vincent Docherty Discusses Online Hugo Eligibility.
• Rich Horton’s Summary: H. P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror, 2009.
• James Cameron is producing Fantastic Voyage.
• Battlestar Galactica is the top timeshifted program of 2009. Other genre shows making the list: True Blood, Stargate Universe, Sanctuary, Heroes, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Dollhouse.
• Natalie Portman will produce and star in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel that mashed up Jane Austen’s original text with zombies.
• Speaking of classic mashups, for a limited time, Norilana Books is offering a free PDF review copy of Mansfield Park and Mummies to anyone who is willing to review it.
• The deceased Bruce Wayne is coming back to the DC Universe after traveling through time. [via SciFi Scanner]
• The December issue of The Internet Review of Science Fiction is up.
• Subscriptions to Kaleidotrope are currently half-price!
• The U.K. is getting its own space agency. [via Locus Online]

Interveiws and Profiles

• The Agony Column interviews publisher/editor/author Lou Anders.
• The Man Who Painted Agnieszka’s Shoes interviews Sue Lange.
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Kelly Gay.

Articles

• John Joseph Adams on Holmes vs. Batman.
• Shannon Dyck on The Death of Paperbound Books.
• Kelly Diels on How to Get a Book Deal: Part 2 – Get Thee A Blog (a Big One).
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden wishes SF fandom a Happy 80th anniversary.
• Marty Halpern on Charles Stross: On Her Majesty’s Occult Service.

Other Fun Stuff

• A Star Trek Menorah. [via John Anealio]
• For film poster lovers: The Clash of the Titans poster.
• SFX shares The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Daleks mashup video.
• THX 1138 Improbable Movie Trading Cards!
• Lists
  • @ScifiSquad: The Best Science Fiction Films of the Decade. Some good choices — (except for maybe Donnie Darko, which left me feeling Meh.
  • @Kiplinger: 8 Technologies To Change Your Future.
  • @Next Day Flyers: 30 Apocalyptically Awesome Poster Designs for 2012
  • @Top Five: The Top 8 Ways Santa Could Conquer the Martians.
  • Mary Robinette Kowal lists The 10 Best Fantasy Movies of the Decade.

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