SF Tidbits for 11/19/08
SF Signal —
... Datlow (Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural). @SFX: Toby Frost (God Emperor of Didcot). @Book Spot Central: Jetse de Vries (former Interzone co-editor and editor of the upcoming "optimistic sf" anthology Shine). @Blogging the Muse: Elizabeth Bear (All the Windwracked Stars). @SciFi Scanner: Orson Scott Card (Ender in Exile). @The Nebula Awards: Steve ...
Orson Scott Card Explains The Problem With Iron Man [Quote Of The Day]
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... comes to me with this character, and when they told me what it was I said, "Wow, that is even dumber than most superhero comics." This guy is the head of a multi-million dollar international corporation — that's a full-time job. He is also a scientist-inventor-engineer — that's a full-time job. And he wears a suit and goes out and save people? But then I found out I could give him a childhood — that's what I do. So that worked for me." — Orson Scott Card to SciFi Scanner, on writing Ultimate Iron Man ...


