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SF Tidbits for 2/6/10
Interviews & Profiles
- Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews James Knapp (State of Decay).
- Wizards interviews Elaine Cunningham, Ed Greenwood, Erin Evans, Mark Sehestedt, Richard Lee Byers, Christopher Rowe and more.
News
- David S. Goyer steps down as FlashForward showrunner. [via Robert J. Sawyer]
- The Father of Steampunk, K.W. Jeter, signs with Angry Robot.
- New Hubble Images of Pluto! [via Michael A. Burstein]
- Amazon vs. Macmillan updates and related:
- Authors Guild Launches Amazon Buy Button-Tracking Program: WhoMovedMyBuyButton.com.
- Third major publisher (Hachette) dumps Amazon $9.99 e-books model. [via Nick Mamatas]
- HarperCollins and Hachette Join Macmillan.
- Teleread: Maybe we should be hurting the authors.
- Tobias Buckell asks Why do people want more expensive backlist books?
- Michael A. Stackpole on Authors Can Be Stupid: Entitlement? Really?
- Charlie Stross' Amazonfail round-up.
- Finally: Amazon begins re-listing Macmillan books.
- @Fandomania: Vote for The 100 Greatest Books of All Time.
- The 40th annual Locus Poll & Survey is live! The deadline for voting is April 1, 2010. Oh look! There'sa write-in for best fanzine! [Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
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Articles
- Louise Marley on Making a story work.
- Rich Horton's 2009 summary for Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.
- N.K. Jemisin on Why I Think RaceFail Was The Bestest Thing Evar for SFF
- Psychohistory: Was Hari Seldon pulling our leg?
- The Fan History Project documents the history of science fiction fandom. [via MetaFilter]
- Brenda Clough on Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: Surrender, Dorothy!
- J.M. McDermott on The Collectors' Narrative.
- Justine Larbalestier on Zombies versus Unicorns Cover.
- MTV asks: : Which Oscar Sci-Fi Snub is the Most Offensive?
- Fanboy on Why George Lucas is More Original Than James Cameron.
- Check out John Anealio's Interstellar Jukebox!
Fun Stuff
- Art:
- Cover Pr0n: Todd Lockwood's shows off his awesome skillz with the cover art for Tom Lloyd's The Ragged Man.
- 3 awesome reasons to attend John Picacio's Guest of Honor Slideshow at Boskone.
- @Robots & Vamps: A small gallery of Paul Youll covers.
- @Sci-Fi Heaven: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movie Quotes.
- @IGN: Top 10 Sci-Fi Shows That Deserve A Remake. Voyagers? Really?
- @SciFi Wire: 10 insane sci-fi sports that make the Super Bowl look tame.
- @TopFive: The Top 9 Funniest Scenes We'd Like to See in Sci-Fi.
- @BBC: Dr Who Quiz - New Earth. [via Look At This...]
- @SciFi Scanner: Mary Robinette Kowal lists The 10 Best Fantasy Movie Sequels.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Saturday February 06, 2010 at 12:05 AM
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