SF Tidbits for 5/23/10
Interviews & Profiles
News
- At Barnes & Noble Stores Only – 5 FREE eBooks from Bestselling Authors.
- Jeff Carlson has a new blog.
- John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War got a plug on this week’s Stargate Universe.
- Holy Teleportation, Batman! Scientists have recently had success teleporting information between photons over a free space distance of nearly ten miles.
Articles
- The Crotchety Old Fan can I Can Guess Your Age From The Books You Read.
- The Dragon Page Cover to Cover on Getting Social with Your Books (podcast).
- Geeks of Doom on The Empire Strikes Back: A Track-by-Track Commentary of the Original Score.
- James van Pelt on Good vs. Evil and Concepts in Plotting.
- Cinematical on Summer Scenes We Love: Robocop.
More Fun Stuff
- Illustration contributions at Cool Vibe continue to impress. Recent findings: Space Towers, The Walking Canon, Floating City, and Mothership One.
- Also impressive: The Big Beautiful Wonder Woman Blog. [via The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log]
- R2-D2 Iron Man Tribute Wallpaper. [via TheForce.Net]
- SCI FI Wire lists 30 Empire Strikes Back references from sci-fi movies & TV.
- Mania lists 10 Memorable Characters In Forgettable Movies.
- Steampunk Boba Fett.
- And a final video tidbit: The 25 Worst Sci-Fi Movies Ever [via kpfanfiction]
Oh, come on. Waterworld has gotta be on the list of worst sf movies.