SF Tidbits for 5/20/09
- Interviews & Profiles:
- @MilSciFi: Andy Remic, author of Biohell.
- John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Greg van Eekhout, author of Norse Code.
- @SciFi Scanner: Brandon Sanderson discusses the end of The Wheel of Time series.
- Search Engine podcast-interviews Cory Doctorow. [via Bibliophile Stalker]
- @Bibliophile Stalker: Jeff VanderMeer.
- The latest episode of Fast Forward features an interview with Catherine Asaro.
- @Lines and Colors: Artist John Harris.
- Attention Hugo Voters! The ballot for the 2008 Hugo Awards is now online. Also, the Hugo Voters Packet has been expanded. Get reading and voting!
- Over at The World SF News Blog: A Brief Introduction to Peruvian Science Fiction by Daniel Salvo.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Robert Silverberg: Other Spaces, Other Times.
- Orson Scott Card talks about Wolverine and Star Trek.
- Galaxy Express asks: Will Science Fiction Romance Ever Get Its Own Buffy?
- Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]
- @Feedbooks, Kai Lung’s Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah (1922).
- Audio Fiction:
- @Uvulu Audio: Several adult audiobooks The Standards of Creation by J.J. Campanella, “The Shadow Out of Time” by H.P. Lovecraft, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze by Lester Dent, Spacehounds of IPC by E.E. Doc Smith, “The Full Armor of God” by J.J. Campanella, and Justice Incorporated by Paul Ernst and children’s books including several by L. Frank Baum. [via SFFaudio]
- @Maria Lextrix: “Old Crompton’s Secret” by Harl Vincent, read by Maureen O’Brien.
- @Cthulhu: Part One of “Herbert West Reanimator” by H.P. Lovecraft.
- @Escape Pod:
- “Betting the Family Farm” by Wenonah Lyon, read by Elie Hirschman.
- “Off Base” by Stevens R. Miller, read by Steve Anderson.
- Robot 13, a quarterly comic written by Thomas Hall with art by Daniel Bradford, is described by its creator thusly: “On the surface, the comic is about a skull headed robot who fights giant monsters from Greek Mythology. From a storytelling standpoint, however, it’s somewhat a reworking of Frankenstein meeting Homer’s Odyssey- it’s the story of a thing created by Science who goes on a Hero’s journey of sorts to find out who he really is…” It looks cool. Check out ComicMix’s coverage as well.
- Gort sez: Take me to your Robot Art Challenge! [via io9]
- Lists:
- LiveScience lists 5 Reasons to Fear Robots.
- @SciFiCool: Sci-Fi’s Top 5 Toughest Gals.
- Listverse lists 15 Influential Early Works of Apocalyptic Fiction.
- @SciFi Scanner: Actors who got miniaturized.
John, I appreciate the linkage!
No problem, Heather. Keep up the good work.
Card is on my list. Ok, fine, he thought the science in the new Trek was ok, while it was laughable in the original series. That would be enough. But then he says that DeForest Kelley was the worst actor in the series! Shut your hole, Card.