SF Tidbits for 6/27/07
- David Louis Edelman (Infoquake) lists Introductory Science Fiction Books for Literary Readers.
- At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Liz Williams, author of Precious Dragon.
- SFF World interviews Ian McDonald, author of Brasyl.
- Lou Anders has sold a new themed anthology to Solaris, the theme being alternate history mysteries. The tentative roster of writers includes Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Tobias Buckell, Pat Cadigan, Paul Di Filippo, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Theodore Judson, Jack McDevitt, John Meaney, Paul Park, Mike Resnick & Eric Flint, Mary Rosenblum, Chris Roberson, Justina Robson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, SM Stirling and Liz Williams.
- Read-or-Die looks at The Rules of Reading.
- From Wired: Everything I Need to Know About (Real) Robots I Learned From Transformers.
- The Independent asks: “Is the search for aliens such a good idea?” [via Sentient Developments who offers his own take]
- One for Pete: A t-shirt showing a bikini-clad woman riding a giant, flying robot. You’re welcome. [via Big Dumb Object]
- And He said, “Let the SCI FICTION archive be archived…“
- Some stars of Battlestar Galactica are talking about their unhappiness with the directions their characters are taking.
- When I need to put the daily pressures of life in perspective, I fire up the ol’ Zombie Infection Simulation and realize things aren’t so bad after all. [via The Zombie Apocalypse]
