Octavia E. Butler's classic, Kindred , will soon be a graphic novel. @Blogcritics: A video conversation with Kim Harrison (White Witch, Black Curse). Enter the Octopus interviews Bibliophile Stalker Charles Tan ( Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler ). Free audio fiction: The latest Starship Sofa ...

Interviews & Profiles: The Nebula Awards website interviews Nebula nominee Jack McDevitt (Cauldron). @49 Writers: David Marusek (Mind Over Ship). John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth. SFFaudio reminds people that Ursula K. Le Guin will soon...

Tor.com looks at Paul Melko's excellent novel, The Walls of the Universe . At SciFi Wire, Anne McCaffrey, Michael Moorcock, Cory Doctorow, Kim Newman, and David Hartwell share their memories of Philip Jose Farmer: Mur Lafferty podcast-interviews MST3K alum Mary Jo Pehl and Tobias Buckell, author of ...

The winners of CG Society's Steampunk Myths & Legends contest have been announced. Great stuff. [via Tor.com] Hal Spacejock author Simon Haynes speaks out against DRM at Amazon and elsewhere: "E-books face two major hurdles before consumers take to them in big numbers: They're too expensive, and mos...

What to do when in New York? Are you kidding? It’s the center of the United States and probably the world. It is the financial capital where companies and economies are made or broken and often the playground of the rich and famous, the movers and shakers. It is where art, theatre and shopping...

On this date in 1875, the first organized indoor ice hockey game was played, at Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal.  It was during this game that a puck was introduced, rather than the lacrosse ball that was formerly the norm in the game.  The game was conducted between two teams of nine ...

Interviews & Profiles: @SciFi Scanner: Jerry Pournelle (co-author of Escape From Hell with Larry Niven). @Agony Column Podcast: A 2-part audio-interview with Dan Simmons (Drood). @Neth Space: Ken Scholes (Lamentation). Locus Online has posted interview excerpts with Jonathan Lethem ( Philip K. Dick:...

You are not too late to enjoy the benefits of social media — you will never be too late — because the spoils in social media marketing go to the company that can maintain its social media participation over the long haul over the long term. Start now, start later, and I guarantee that if you’r...

I used to wear glasses since elementary but now, I just don it when my eyes and head aches. Well, not really a good practice but lately, with the constant computer sessions, I need to have a few minutes break from time to time. Most often, if I need to really spend more hours doing some photo editin...

The Philip José Farmer International Bibliography interviews Christopher Paul Carey, the editor of Farmer's forthcoming collection, The Other in the Mirror. [via Win Scott Eckert/a] Retro Cover Pron: Here's a way-cool Flickr photo set of Ron Turner pulp covers. [via Neat Neat Neat] Apex Publishing ...