SF Tidbits for 2/16/10

Interviews & Profiles

• Neal Asher (The Gabble and Other Stories) answers reader questions (video).

News

• EVENT: William F. Nolan (Logan’s Run, Seven for Space) will be signing at the Hollywood Things From Another World Wednesday, February 17 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. to promote his new comic book series, Logan’s Run: Last Day.
• @Science Fiction Awards Watch: SF/F Cybil Winners.
• @Dark Scribe Magazine : Winners of the 3rd Annual Black Quill Awards. [via Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews: ]

Articles

• @Publishers Weekly: Cory Doctorow on eBook Prices.
• Jay Lake’s Handy Guide to Genre Distinctions.
• BookNinja on Terry Pratchett on coming to terms with the end.
• Matthew Cheney on Revisiting Hitchcock.
• Rich Horton continues his 2009 summaries with Talebones, Baen anthologies, and Non-US/Non-UK anthologies.
• Galaxy Express on Oh, Those Nutty Space Operas!
• World SF Blog on Bulgarian Science Fiction Between the East and the West.
• Matthew Sanborn Smith on A Hugo For StarShipSofa.
• @YetiStomper: 25 Authors Worth Watching in 2010 and Beyond.
• Nick Nadel on The Best and Worst Comic Book Movie Couples.
• GFR lists 11

  Sci-Fi Properties Which Need A Movie Right Now.

• Can you guess the genre titles that make Bookstove’s list of The Longest Novels Ever Written?

Fun Stuff

• @SciFi Scanner: Dinosaurs In the Movies Photo Quiz. (I got 80%)
• @/Film: an infographic: How 3D Works.
• I agree with Fandomania: The Wizard of Oz Should Never, Ever Be Remade.
• Star Wars links:
  • @Distracted by Star Wars: Flavors of Yoda, including Young Yoda, Astonished Yoda, and Angry Yoda
  • Cover art for fan edits of The Force Unleashed and A New Hope.
  • Lightsaber chopsticks.
  • The Largest Lightsaber Fight Ever (not using chopsticks).

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