SF Tidbits for 10/26/10
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Kathe Koja.
- Ghost in the Machine interviews Terry W. Ervin.
- Chicago Speculative Fiction Community interviews Jack Campbell.
- Grinding to Valhalla interviews Janice Hardy.
- Tor interviews Peter F. Hamilton.
- NewsOK interviews Elizabeth
Moon
about the WisCon un-invite. [via File 770] - Forthcoming: Cherie Priest will
be answering questions on Questionland
from November 1-3.
News
- Fantasy Magazine to Relaunch in March 2011 with a New Look, a New Approach, and a New Editor.
- 2010 Last Drink Bird Head Awards.
- Thousands of Protesters Fight to Keep The Hobbit in New Zealand.
- Superman
is being re-imagined for a new generation by J. Michael Straczynski
. - RAISEmonkeypunk is a
fundraising anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories that each deal with
a central theme of monkeys and apes
.
Articles
- Cat Rambo on E-publishing and Business Models.
- Gord Sellar on Gwacheon International SF Film Festival!
- Ethan Gilsdorf on 12 Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks Who Made a Difference.
- Steven Harper Piziks on Writing Nowadays-Violating the Sacred Guidelines.
- @NPR: Sci-Fi’s
Cory Doctorow Separates Self-Publishing Fact From Fiction
. - Scott Andrews on Online
Didn’t Kill the Print Star
. [via Sean Wallace] - GD Falksen on Steampunk and
History
. - T.N. Tobias on The
Art of Genre Blending
. - Charles Stross on Books
I will not write #7: To Boldly Blow
. - Paul Krugman on The Theory of Interstellar Trade
(from 1978, PDF). [Thanks, Mike!]
- Mike Brotherton asks Science
in the Movies: Which Poster Is Better?
- Underwire lists 5 Reasons Lucas
Should Film a New Star Wars Trilogy
. - Bloginhood lists Top
5 Ramming Scenes of SF
. - Blastr lists 18 brilliant
retro sci-fi movie posters
.
More Fun Stuff
- Star
Trek
cited by Texas Supreme Court. No, really! - New
Infographic Makes Freddy Krueger The Laughing Stock of Silver Screen
Slashers
. - B.M. Garrett is the creator and driving force behind the entire Alpha
Universe which consists of the Origin Saga
- Cool art at CoolVibe: “Zombie Playground” by
Jason Chan.
- A One
Pound note from the Bank of Cthulhu
. [via GravityLens
] - RPG
Seinfeld
.
The link to Krugman’s “The Theory of Interstellar Trade” is broken.
Fixed – thanks.
Thanks for the link, guys!