SF Tidbits for 9/23/08
- Cover Pr0n: Snowbooks shares the awesome cover of The Osiris Ritual by George Mann, the sequel to the steampunky The Affinity Bridge (also awesomely be-covered).
- Speaking of steampunk, check out The Galaxy Express who proclaims that Steampunk Is The New Black. Lots of steampunk titles to explore…(Bonus: features an interview with The Swivet’s Colleen Lindsay!)
- The World in the Satin Bag interviews Tobias S. Buckell (author of Sly Mongoose, which now has a MySpace page).
- Strange Horizons asks: “Who Killed Thomas M. Disch?“
- Meanwhile, Texas Best Grok asks: What’s Wrong with Greg Egan?
- Michael Cassutt develops the Delta Quotient which lets you know what kind of sci-fi you’re watching or reading: “Being able to measure the DQ isn’t just a writer’s tool or an academic exercise. It’s a way of gauging your own reaction to something that looks like sci-fi (it’s got robots and spaceships), but somehow doesn’t feel like it.”
- One for the scientists (…Looks at Peggy…): The Anthropology of Star Trek.
- Free Fiction:
- Subterranean Press has just posted the last chapter of Mike Resnick’s ‘Kilimanjaro“, the follow-up to his award-winning Kirinyaga stories
- @Strange Horizons: “Cowboy Angel” by Samantha Cope (Part 2).
- Audio fiction @PodCastle: “The Fable of the Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Peter S. Beagle, Read by Stephen Eley.
- Free Excerpts @ Pyr: The Stormcaller: Book One of the Twilight Reign by Tom Lloyd and Going Under by Justina Robson.
- Lists:
- Several sf/f characters make The Telegraph‘s list of The 50 greatest villains in literature. [via Lit Lists]
- @Weird Photo Reports: 10 Amazing Old Pics from Science Fiction World. (Mostly pulp covers.)
- Lynn Viehl lists 25 reasons to keep writing.
- @Tor: 5 Things I Don’t Want to See in the New Season of Heroes.
- @Topless Robot: The 10 Villains Who Deserved Better
- @Digital Spy: Top 10 Star Wars Games.
Thanks for the tip 🙂
Thanks for the linkage, John! This invaluable site is a great resource. Glad you enjoyed the interview–Colleen’s a doll.