Wild River Review interviews superstar editor Ellen Datlow.

Carnegie Mellon University has a Robot Hall of Fame, and they just inducted five new honorees, including Gort, Maria, and AIBO.

New stuff at SFFWorld: a review of Paragaea by Chris Roberson, a review of The Engineer Reconditioned by Neal Asher, and an interview with Jacqueline Carey (author of Kushiel's Scion).

The long-in-development movie of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons' landmark comics series Watchmen has a new director, reports Sci Fi Wire. Does anyone really think this movie will ever be made? And, even more: does anyone think a movie version of Watchmen (a very long, intricate story that is in large part about the fact that it is a comic book) could be anything other than a hideous mess?

David Walton has created a massive index of writing advice, for those of you who hope to be published one day. [via SF Signal]

Project Gutenberg currently has a bunch of books by classic SF author H. Beam Piper up online absolutely free, including Little Fuzzy. [also via SF Signal]