SF Tidbits for 5/6/10
- 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 theSFX “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
.