SF Tidbits for 2/25/09
- Cory Doctorow says Bruce Sterling’s new book The Caryatids is the best book of 2009.
- Lou Anders continues his profile of Chris Roberson’s Myriad Universe at Tor.com.
- Catherynne M. Valente News:
- John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Catherynne Valente, author of Palimpsest.
- Speaking of whom, Omnivoracious interviews Catherynne M. Valente and points us to an excerpt of Palimpest.
- Fantasy author Terry Pratchett has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature. [via Book Blog]
- Charles Stross responds to George R.R. Martin’s detractors and talks a bit about writing a series.
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
- @Strange Horizons: “Sometimes We Arrive Home” by K. Bird Lincoln.
- @Manybooks: “Minor Detail” by John Michael Sharkey (1959).
- @Kat and Mouse: Chapter eight of “Easy Money” by Abner Senires.
- @Subterranean: “A Four-Sided Triangle: A Lucifer Jones story” by Mike Resnick.
- Free Excerpts:
- Chapter 1 of “Knight Terrors: The (Mis)Adventures of Smoke the Dragon” is up at its homepage.
- Chapter 1 of Spell Games by T.A. Pratt.
- The Shirley Jackson Awards has announced their Lottery Winners.
- SciFi Wire reports that Alex Proyas’ Tripods movie will be the first of a trilogy of films.
- Which Science Fiction Stories Would Make Good Films? Rusty at Best Science Fiction Stories received a request from someone is looking for a good sf short story on which to base a short film. Head on over to see the details and offer your suggestions…
