SF Tidbits for 5/6/10

Interviews/Profiles

• John

  Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Ellen Datlow.

• Matt

  Staggs interviews Cesar

  Torres.

• Ars Technica profiles Hugo

  Gernsback.

• Westword profiles Paolo Bacigalupi.
• Star-Telegram interviews John

  Noble (Fringe).

• Apex interviews J.C.

  Hay.

• Musings of a Sci-Fi Fanatic profiles Doug

  McClure.

• Book Chick City’s Where Stories Are Made features Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

News

• Tor UK acquire new novel from Paul

  Cornell.

• Orbit authors Michael

  Cobley, Mike Carey, Philip Palmer and Kate Griffin will be attending the

  SFX “Summer of SF Reading” event at Waterstone’s Piccadilly on Monday

  May 10th.

• World Literature Today‘s

  special issue on SF guest-edited by Christopher McKitterick features Kij

  Johnson, George Zebrowski, China Miéville, Frederik Pohl, Lavie Tidhar, and many

  others; some content online. [via Locus

  Online]

• Joss

  Whedon’s Firefly returns: New tales from writers of cult show.

• The first

  science fiction film to come out of Switzerland has received its UK

  premiere.

• Real Science: Bionic

  hand can bear 200-pound loads.

Articles

• David Brin

  on

  Stephen Hawking’s comments about SETI and aliens. [via James Nicoll]

• Charlie Stross on FAQ:

  Fanfic.

• S. Andrew Swann on Fan

  Fiction is Evil.

• John Scalzi is Answering

  Your Questions About Iron Man 2.

• Lou Antonelli on The

  biggest Asimov’s fan in the world lives in Boxelder, Texas.

• Marianne de Pierres on Space

  Invaders and Alien Invasions.

• Topless Robot lists The

  10 Best Deaths of Spider-Man in the “What If…?” Comics.

• Alma Alexander on The

  long and the short of it.

• Janice Hardy on Re-Write

  Wednesday: I Had to Do This.

• SciFiNow on Why

  you should read Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men.

• Genevieve

  Valentine on Fantasy’s

  Top Ten Fight Scenes: The Duels.

• Listverse on Top

  10 Clowns You Don’t Want To Mess With.