Science fiction author birthday

Photo credit: Carolyn Clink

Science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa, Canada, on April 29, 1960. So today's his birthday and I thought I'd mark it by sharing a few items:

A short interview on CTV (Canada's largest private broadcaster)
Bibliography at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
A short story you can read free (and more free reading here and here)
His entry on Science Fiction in The Canadian Encyclopedia
Upcoming appearance at DucKon 21

Have you read any of his works?

Tonight's feature - Meteors!

Will you be watching the Lyrid meteor shower tonight?

Saturn's Day

"No facts or figures about Saturn, no magnification, can explain the unreasonably disquieting sensation which the sight of this planet produces upon the mind of the spectator."
-- Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi
 

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Things Saturn-ian:

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day
Saturn Awards
Saturn's moons in science fiction
Saturn in opposition -- grab a telescope!
Rocket science
NASA Cassini

What SF stories have you read that involved Saturn or its moons?

A weekend for getting conned

Science fiction conventions in the USA this weekend:

LepreCon38 in Tempe, AZ - Author Guest of Honor is Joe Haldeman
Norwescon 35 in SeaTac, WA - Author Guest of Honor is Stephen Baxter
Marcon 47 in Columbus, OH - Author Guest is Tamora Pierce
Minicon 47 in Bloomington, MN - Author Guest of Honor is Ted Chiang

And if you're in London today (you lucky person, able to walk along Charing Cross Road!), you can head over to Olympus 2012.

Are you going to (or already at?) any of them?

Free e-book, no fooling!

 
The first volume of Mike Resnick's The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones is the Phoenix Pick free e-book for April.

Our monthly newsletter contains the code for the free e-book. Not signed up yet? All you need to do is send us an e-mail ... click here.

The books containing The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones (so far) are:

Vol. I: Adventures:1922-26
Vol. II: Exploits: 1926-31
Vol. III: Encounters: 1931-34
Vol. IV: Hazards: 1934-38 (published by Subterranean Press)

Lucifer Jones has many tales to tell. Story titles include "The Lost Race," "The Abominable Snowman," "Exercising Ghosts," "Death in the Afternoon,"and "The Island of Annoyed Souls."


For more from/about Mike Resnick, check out these links:

Several Resnick stories in podcasts at sffaudio.com ... including two stories read by Resnick himself.

More Resnick stories to listen to at Escape Pod.

Read Resnick's "Travels With my Cats" at the Asimov's website.

A recent (February) announcement from Subterranean Press.

Did you know Mike will be the author guest of honor at this year's Worldcon?

The first "Ask Bwana" post on his blog.

"The Sacred Tree" at Daily Science Fiction.

An extensive bibliography at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Also, Mike Resnick is on the faculty of Phoenix Pick's upcoming set of seminars on the various aspects of writing and the writing business. Care to learn from the experts while cruising to the Bahamas?  More information on the cruise website.