SF Tidbits for 3/3/09
- Interviews & Profiles:
- @SciFi Scanner: Jerry Pournelle (co-author of Escape From Hell with Larry Niven).
- @Agony Column Podcast: A 2-part audio-interview with Dan Simmons (Drood).
- @Neth Space: Ken Scholes (Lamentation).
- Locus Online has posted interview excerpts with Jonathan Lethem ( Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s) and Lou Anders (Fast Forward 2).
- At the Locus Roundtable, Gary Wolfe is Tracking Philip José Farmer’s Influence.
- At Say It Backwards, Gabriel McKee discusses whether Superman is Clark Kent’s alter ego, or vide versa.
- David Langford has posted the new Ansible for March 2009.
- Free fiction @ Futurismic: “An Education of Scars by Philip Brewer.
- Free Excerpt @Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist: Midwinter by Matthew Sturges.
- The March issue of Apex Magazine contains new fiction from Theodora Goss and Ekaterina Sedia, a reprint from Lon Prater, essays from Lavie Tidhar and Sarah Brandel, and an interview with Sara M. Harvey.
- Lists:
- TV Tropes maintains a list of Tropes used in Iain M. Banks’ Culture Novels. [via Iain Banks FAQ]
- Super Punch found a cool R2-D2 boom box. I’m not a huge fan of mocked up anything, but that thing is retro-cool.
- Suite 101 lists Top 10 Science-Fiction Books for Non-Fans: The Best S-F Novels for the Unconverted.
- Best Science Fiction Stories culls results and lists .com » Post Topic » 10 Science Fiction Stories That Would Make Great Short Films.
