SF Tidbits for 1/23/10

Interviews & Profiles

• @LA Times: Philip K. Dick
• @Tor: Cory Doctorow.
• Robert E. Howard:
  • @Clockwork Storybook: Happy 104th, Robert E. Howard.
  • @Black Gate: Robert E. Howard’s Thriller and Encountering Howard.
  • Profiles of Conan the O’Brien Barbarian by USA Today and Cinerati.

News

• The first Tweet ever…from spaaace!

Articles

• Jo Walton on Neglected Books.
• @Michael Swanwick’s blog: Tom Purdom on the Google Settlement: “the crux of the matter came down to this: the settlement would give Google a dominant, smothering position in electronic publication.”
• Dan Abnett on Writing in a Shared World vs. an Original One.
• William Gillis on Random SF Asides: “For all the talk of impenetrable singularity, it occurs to me that the modern milieu of SF writers is almost entirely preoccupied with futurism and future-shock, in contrast to yestergeneration’s focus on allegory / thought experiment.” [via Futurismic]
• io9 asks: Is The Golden Age Of YA Science Fiction Already Over?
• Graveyard Book Movie Not Happening.
• @NY Times: You Saw What in Avatar?
• Biology in Science Fiction on More Pandoran Biology.
• Cool Sci-Fi Songs “CD” extra: John Anealio’s Video Commentary on his song “Cylon #6″ – Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on Stop Motion’s Pioneers Make Fantasy History One Frame at a Time.

Fun Stuff

• @Little Fivers: The Top 9 Signs You’re Reading a Bad Dystopia Novel
• @SciFi Wire: 2 great sci-fi quotes from (yes, really) Criminal Minds.
• @CurveHouse: The 20 Sci-Fi Movies To See This Year.

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