SF Tidbits for 5/22/09
- Interviews and Profiles:
- Angry Robot shares a video that has Dan Abnett talking about stuff. I’ve heard great things about Dan Abnett’s work from several people…I really need to check out his work. He’s made quite a name for himself in the Warhammer 40K world, of course, and Angry Robot will be publishing Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero (October 2009) and Embedded (Summer 2010).
- @SCI FI Wire: J.C. Hutchins (Personal Effects: Dark Art).
- Lou Anders time travels back to 1996 and his interview with Leonard Nimoy.
- Paul Melko Won Compton Crook Award. Congratulations!
- Catherynne M. Valente has put together a “ReadMix” story reading/song based on her story in the anthology Federations edited by John Joseph Adams.
- The conclusion to Sean Williams’ Astropolis series, The Grand Conjunction is out this month. Here’s an extract.
- Frederik Pohl continues his discussion of the lecture circuit.
- One for the writers: Kristine Kathryn Rusch has posted more of The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Staying Positive.
- Dark Worlds shares a mini-gallery of Heavy Metal Covers.
- Ellen Datlow has posted pictures from last month’s KGB reading.
- Real Pretty Science: Pictures of Hubble’s final servicing mission. [via Candlelight Stories]
- Michael A. Burstein reviews Terminator: Salvation.
- John Scalzi sez SciFi Movies Made Money Before Star Wars, Too.
- Groknard has a A Retrospective of Star Trek RPGs.
- Dan Aykroyd says the entire cast is returning for a third Ghostbusters movie. Bonus: Eliza Dushku as a new ‘buster.
- Lists:
- Design Moves Me lists 20 Stellar Websites with Robots. [via Smashing Magazine]
- @VideoHound: 10 Star Trek Movie Moments That Make Us Proud to Be Trekkies.
- @Topless Robot: The 10 Most Blatant Terminator Rip-Offs.
- @bloginhood: Top 10 Ugliest Ships of SF TV and Movies.
Thanks for the linkage!