SF Tidbits for 11/22/08
- Interviews & Profiles:
- @SCI FI Wire: Joe Abercrombie (Last Argument of Kings).
- @Tor: Lou Anders profiles Sean Williams.
- Speaking of Sean Williams, Concept Sci-fi has posted some Sean Williams excerpts from Saturn Returns, Earth Ascendant and The Grand Conjunction.
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
- @Manybooks: “The Last American” by J.A. Mitchell. (1889)
- Audio Fiction:
- @The Classic Tales Podcast: Part 2 of 2 of “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster, read by B.J.
- @Pseudopod: “Deep Red” by Floris M. Kleijne, read by Ben Phillips.
- @Well Told Tales: “I Used To Love Her” by Theodore Carter, read by Steve Anderson.
- Tobias Buckell health update: Thankfully, the issue seems to much less severe and he’ll go home in the morning. Excellent news! [via Jason Sanford]
- Lynn Viehl offers writers this handy Devil’s Writing Dictionary, Parts One and Two.
- Jay Garmon has tweaked his formula for rescuing short fiction based on feedback from SF Signal’s posting of his original idea.
- File 770 Sez: “John King Tarpinian is helping Ray Bradbury invite people to wish Forry Ackerman a happy birthday on camera at Mystery and Imagination Bookshop on November 22.”
- Craig Freudenrich, Ph.D. examines science fiction’s faulty science in his article How Sci-fi Doesn’t Work.
- Attention Buffy fans: Great White Snark informs us that Amazon is selling Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Collector’s DVD Set (all 7 season) for $70.
- Lists:
- Robert J. Sawyer lists Major Multiple-Book SF/F Authors Living in or Near Toronto.
- Mary Robinette Kowal lists 4 Fantastic Films That Aren’t Quite Fantasy.
- Topless Robot lists The 5 Reasons Padmé Amidala Is a Complete Idiot.
Looks like a day late and a dollar short on the Buffy DVDs, was only available on the 21st.
Whoops! Sorry ’bout that.
If it helps anyone, DeepDiscount currently has the set for under $82. That’s still $118 off it’s $200 list price. I’ve bought DVDs in the past from them with no problem and they have a free (but slower) shipping option.