SF Tidbits for 8/12/08
- Cool Site of the Day: Springfield Punx, which Simpsonizes superheroes and celebrities.
- Interviews & Profiles:
- SciFi Scanner interviews:
- Astronaut Buzz Aldrin about how SciFi can get real.
- Hugo winner John Scalzi. (In true Scalzi form, he also interviews himself at his own blog.)
- NPR talks with Michael Chabon about the Hugo Awards. [via Locus Online]
- SciFi Scanner interviews:
- @SciFi Wire: Patricia Briggs, author of Cry Wolf.
- @Blogging the Muse: Catherine Asaro
- @Strange Horizons: “The Emerald King” by J. Kenneth Sargeant.
- @Feedbooks:
- “Peace In Our Time” by Carrie Vaughn.
- “Art’s Appreciation” by Tom Doyle.
- “Consensus Building” by Tom Doyle.
- “Is You Is/Is You Ain’t?” by Michael Canfield.
- Why Star Wars: The Clone Wars Won’t Sound Familiar. Sez Lucas: “To be very honest with you, I don’t really think I need to hire a big movie star to publicize my movie.”
- Besides the Clone Wars, the Star Wars Comics Introduced Us to Talking Bunnies and the Dark Lady of the Sith.
- Mental Floss lists 7 Reasons Clone Wars Will Be Worth Seeing. Personally, I’m still “meh.”
- @Marc and Angel Hack Life: 30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday, which includes 1984 by George Orwell, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- @Discover Magazine: Best Classic Science Fiction TV Show Themes. [via The Website at the End of the Universe]
i guess George Lucas finally got to make (or a least approve of) a whole Star Wars movie after his love for CGI, looks fun though