SF Tidbits for 5/21/08
- At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, editors of the Steampunk anthology.
- SFX interviews Liz Williams, author of the Detective Inspector Chen novels.
- BBC’s Listen Again feature makes radio shows available for 1 week after their original broadcast. So hurry on over an listen to some of the these goodies [via SFFaudio]:
- At BBC Radio 4’s On The Ropes, which features interviews with successful people who have weathered storms in their careers, John Humphrys talks to best-selling author Terry Pratchett, who talks about being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and its effect on his life and work.
- BBC Radio 7’s The 7th Dimension has begun a 17-part unabridged reading of John Wyndham’s awesome cozy catastrophe, The Day Of The Triffids. The book was way, WAY better than the film.
- StarShipSofa podcast #89 features John Scalzi.
- Speaking of Scalzi – and when don’t we? – he turns the Whatever mike over to Walter Jon Williams, author of Implied Spaces.
- Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book has a web site.
- The Art Department interviews Patrick Arrasmith.
- Subterranean Press shares Michael Komarck’s incredible artwork for Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon.
- More from Subterranean…the latest Subterranean Online has been updated with some free reads: Read “Road Dogs”, part 1 of a novella by Norman Partridge, and catch Joe R. Lansdale talking about Henry Kuttner in the reprinted introduction from Elak from Atlantis published by Planet Stories.
- Excited about Christian Bale’s appearance in the next Terminator movie? Well, are you ready for 3 more Terminator sequels?
- Remember that superb “Blink” episode of Doctor Who? The genius writer behind that show, Steven Moffat, has just become the Lead Writer and Executive Producer.
- The Inter-Galactic Playground lists books about computer gaming.
- SlipperyBrick lists 54 memorable sci-fi robots. A great list!
- Biology in Science Fiction examines H.P. Lovecraft and the science of resuscitation. Helloooo Reanimator! This was the movie where Fritz Weaver’s career went south…if you know what I mean.
- Boing Boing points us to this Star Wars sand sculpture. Cool-looking, yes…but I think it would take an extraordinary amount of control of the Force to get Yoda to sit on Darth Vader’s lap.
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