SF Tidbits for 11/22/07
- Free fiction: The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison (1922), “A Wind is Rising” by Robert Sheckley (1957, writing as Finn O’Donnevan) and “Viewpoint” by Randall Garrett (1960). [via Quasar Dragon ]
- SciFi Scanner has an Ultimate Blade Runner Fan Quiz. First person with all the correct answers wins…(no, not the recent suitcase-version of Blade Runner)….Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition).
- Tor Podcasts latest episode is part 1 of the Blogging in SF panel from WorldCon.
- Vector magazine interviews Richard K. Morgan. (Altered Carbon and Thirteen. “…there’s a lot of eloquent bollocks talked about what literature is (or should be) for, and I don’t have much patience with any of it.”
- Seibertron interviews Alan Dean Foster. “…I developed quite a reputation as an adaptation writer. I do two or three a year, if it’s something that seems interesting. And I turn some down, sometimes I do spin-off books, too. But don’t do those often because, I didn’t really want to write about Han Solo’s second cousin in Correlia.”
- The Alcove has a video-interview with Paul Levinson about the state and future of old and new media.
- The Reelz Channel blog lists The 10 Most Unfortunate Movie Titles Ever. Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Blade Runner, Zathura and Serenity make the list.
Not sure I agree with all, or any, of the unfortunate titles. I certainly agree with the ones listed for this year, but the top ten list seemed a bit off to me.