SF Tidbits for 1/21/08
- Variety SF looks at Key elements in the stories of Hal Clement.
- Mike Brotherton (Spider Star) keeps the good posts coming. This time he takes a look at Tom Godwin’s masterpiece of short fiction “The Cold Equations”.
- Some may already know that fanfiction.net is a huge repository of (what else?) fan fiction. But did you know that there is fan fiction out there for properties such as , K-PAX, and The Stepford Wives? There are also fiction categories for authors, including Arthur C. Clarke (Rama stories abound), Robert A. Heinlein (Puppet Masters and Starship Troopers), Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park and Timeline), Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game universe, natch), H.G. Wells (The Time Machine and War of the Worlds fan fiction is plentiful). [via Hub Magazine issue #42]
- Scott Smith writes in to tell us about the Con-News blog, which covers all convention news (including weekly con listings) and cosplay Thursday.
- Techropolis tries to pin down what makes a good SciFi movie.
- Some interesting reviews of Cloverfield from Wil Wheaton (Just a Geek) and Gabriel Mckee (The Gospel According to Science Fiction: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier).
- Cynical-C rounds up a ton of classic Star Wars television commercials YouTube links.