The Ant King
I already did a Free Fiction Friday post on Benjamin Rosenbaum’s fiction, but now another of his stories is available as a free podcast from PodCastle: His F&SF debut, "The Ant King: A California Fairy Tale."
StarShipSofa on F&SF
The podcast StarShipSofa has a new episode up focused on F&SF:
Today the StarShipSofa blasts off into the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Join Tony as he guides the Sofa across all the years of the magazines long life, from it’s initial concept with editors Anthony Boucher and J Francis McComas, to present editor and publisher Gordon Van Gelder. Get ready… Blast Off!
Go have a listen. [MP3 link]
VanderMeer interviews Paolo & Langan
Jeff VanderMeer has recently done a couple of great interviews with some F&SF regulars. First up, as part of his "Conversations with the Bookless" series (in which he interviews authors of short fiction who don’t have books out yet), he talked to John Langan. And then, today, Jeff posted an interview over at the Amazon.com blog, Omnivoracious, Jeff VanderMeer with Paolo Bacigalupi. Jeff also has a couple extra Q&As with Paolo that didn’t fit into the Omnivoracious piece over on his personal blog, Ecstatic Days.
Want to be a murder victim in a novel?
Authors for Autism Research is currently hosting a bunch of auctions for the right to have a character named after you in upcoming novels by James Sallis, Elizabeth Moon, and a bunch of other writers. Check it out here:
http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=authors_for_autism_speaks
I think I’m going to bid on one of Jodi Picoult’s novels myself—I know she’ll enjoy finding a way to put me in her novel.
Which SF Writer are You?
Ever wondered which science fiction writer you’re most like? Take this test to find out.
It thinks I’m most like Isaac Asimov. Not bad, but I’m disappointed I didn’t match up with Alfred Bester, who wrote the best book ever.
[via E. E. Knight]
