SF Tidbits for 9/26/10

Interviews & Profiles

• John Joseph Adams interviews Matt London.
• Jessica Strider interviews Jesse Petersen.
• Now posted: New Notes from Coode Street with Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe.

Articles

• John Scalzi on Monsters,

  Tron, and More Influential Sci-Fi.

• Charles Stross on Iron Sunrise Variations.
• Brent Weeks on A Battle at Last.
• Brandon Sanderson on Magic and Wonder.
• Jeff VanderMeer asks What’s Your Most Surprising Read?
• James Van Pelt on Writing Dialogue.
• Heather Massey lists Science-Fiction-Romance-Friendly Review Sites.
• Mashable lists 11 Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True.
• American Book Review lists 100 Best First Lines from Novels. [via Cynical-C]
• Weird Worm lists 10 Absurd Comic Book Crossovers. Superman Meets the Quik Bunny? Really, DC? [via Interesting Pile]

More Fun Stuff

• Czech and German covers for Paolo Bacigalupi’s Pump Six and Other Stories and The Windup Girl.
• Humor: Rocky Horror Picture Show‘s Cult Following Just Doesn’t Have The Energy Anymore.
• FictFact is a Book Site for Serial Fiction. [via LifeHacker]
• Infographic: Genre Fiction Generator.