SF Tidbits for 7/28/09
- There’s a new King Kong prequel film coming, based on the book Kong: King of Skull Island by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland.
- Mark Kelly posts about The Charles N. Brown Memorials.
- Interviews and Profiles:
- @Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review: Tim Lebbon (Bar None and the focus of this interview, Hellboy).
- @Books I Done Read: Margo Lanagan (Tender Morsels).
- @I Should Be Writing: Mur Lafferty podcast-interviews Greg van Eekhout (Norse Code).
- @Fast Forward: a video-interview with Michael Swanwick
- @Bibliophile Stalker: Kaaron Warren (Slights).
- Mark Teppo guest-blogs at Electric Velocipede Blog.
- Tor.com is SFWA’s newest qualifying short fiction market.
- 8 More Pyr Titles Arrive on the Kindle
- Anticipation announces the WorldCon preliminary programme schedule [PDF].
- On Why Syfy is a Good Idea. [via Torque Control]
- io9 wonders What If Greedo Really Shot First? [via SciFi Scanner]
- I can’t even begin to tell you about all the cool stuff at tumblr blog Distracted by Star Wars.
- Video: The Making of a Star Wars AT-AT Loft Bed.
- Core Dump points us to this Science Photo Library.
- Mindless diversion that last for about 3 seconds: The Harry Potter Sequel Generator.
- Living proof that the comics of yesteryear were much less politically correct than they are today.
- The World in the Satin Bag lists Science Fiction’s Top 5 Leading Ladies.
Re WorldCon programming schedule:
I think the link provided here in the Tidbits is just to the press release.
The actual programme schedule (all 104 pages of it) is available on the site in the following location: http://www.anticipationsf.ca/files/uploads/Convention_Guide_Draft.pdf
(rather than make an obvious note about it on their main page, it’s buried under the Programming header in the huge list on the left side of the screen. Once you’ve clicked on it you’re sent to a general info page, but the link to the programming schedule is contained in the word “here” highlighted in red near the top)
I guess it’s pretty obvious I’ve already geeked-out on the schedule, huh? I need to get a life.
Thanks, Robin. You are a better sleuth than I. Link fixed.