SF Tidbits for 1/29/07
- “Save The Teen Pop Singer, Save the World!” Everyone’s favorite cheerleader, Hayden Panettiere, has a life outside Heroes. She sings the song “I Still Believe” on the soundtrack of Disney’s straight-to-DVD release Cinderella III. Go, go, gadget YouTube!
- Jeff VanderMeer’s latest project is Strange Tales of Secret Lives.
- File under: I couldn’t Make This Up If I Wanted To. Here’s a website devoted the Tom Baker’s Doctor Who Scarf. Really.
- After recently proposing that SF Author Bios Should Be Moved from Wikipedia to the ISFDB Wiki, Kathryn Cramer offers How to Write an Author Bio: A Tutorial for Wikipedians & Others. BONUS: A link to author bios from The Ascent of Wonder, the anthology she co-edited with husband David G. Hartwell.
- David Bishop and S. L. Viehl have been added to the list of sf/f authors who blog.
- NPR Pop culture podcast: Dragons Get a Modern Image Makeover, discusses the recent movie Eragon, Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series and Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. [via Locus Online]
- A New Hampshire Public Radio podcast explores the sub-genres of science fiction with authors James Patrick Kelly and Maren Tirabassi. BONUS: James Patrick Kelly notes his latest project is recording audio versions of 52 of his stories for Audible.com.
- Time magazine has 10 Questions For William Shatner. [via Trek Today]
I want everyone to consider the implications of the title “Cinderella III.”
I think III is the one where Cinderella, tired of her loveless marriage to the philandering Prince, seeks the comfort of many other men. And with great frequency. Oh wait – I’m thinking of Sinderella III. My bad.
Ah yes, porn based on fairy tales. A lost art. PinNOOKIEo was my favorite.
Anne McCaffrey’s series? Man, I should start reading tha….oh wait, it says pErn? Oh, nevermind!