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12/03/10 06:29
» REVIEW: Shadowline (The Starfishers Trilogy, Volume 1) by Glen Cook
REVIEW SUMMARY : An Epic Space Opera tale. MY RATING : BRIEF SYNOPSIS : An interesting, epic space opera revenge tale that weaves together separate story lines into an excellent read. MY REVIEW : PROS : Shadowline pulls together three dist..
SF Signal
12/03/10 06:12
» Keith Stokes, Vonda N. McIntyre To Be Honored with SFWA Service Award
From a press release by The Science Fiction Writers of America : Keith Stokes, Vonda N. McIntyre honored with SFWA Service Award CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) will honor Vonda N. McIntyre and Keith ..
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12/03/10 06:05
» SF Tidbits for 3/12/10
Interviews/Profiles Teenage Reader interviews Lisa Mantchev . T.J. McIntyre interviews Lisa Hannett . StarShipSofa interviews Norman Spinrad (2008 podcast). Fangoria interviews Brian Keene . Nethspace interviews Blake Charlton . Mark Chara..
SF Signal
11/03/10 23:30
» Let The Art Of Kick-Ass Rampage Through Your Retinas [Book Review]
# bookreview If you're face-pulpingly excited for the arrival of gritty superhero epic Kick-Ass next month, then you can help the wait go by faster with a new art book, crammed with Kick-Ass facts. We've got some rare concept art below. Mo..
io9
11/03/10 22:30
» It's the Monster Manual with Manischewitz [Book Review]
# bookreview Just in time for Purim, Tachyon Publications presents The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals . This slim and silly volume is the ideal gift for anyone who has tried to make a saving throw vs. petrification using a dreidel. More..
io9
11/03/10 14:00
» REVIEW: Kay Kenyon's The Entire and The Rose (Books 1 - 4)
REVIEW SUMMARY: An undeniable triumph of world building, Kay Kenyon's The Entire and The Rose is a science fantasy tale of two worlds worth exploring despite the gradual pace dictated by occasional prose problems. MY RATING: See individual..
SF Signal
11/03/10 06:05
» SF Tidbits for 3/11/10
Interviews/Profiles StarShipSofa interviews Gene Wolfe (podcast). Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews interviews the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards Nominees . Techland interviews Mark Millar . News David Anthony Durham's Blog has moved . Australis Imagin..
SF Signal
11/03/10 02:25
» Giving away e-books helps sell real books, but will it always?
Authors who support giving away free, electronic copies of their books have said that it helps generate sales of physical copies of their books and now there's a study that supports that view, although it's interesting to note tha..
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10/03/10 06:29
» MIND MELD: SF/F Books That Would Make A Great TV Series
SF/F fans love to talk about their favorite books being adapted for film. But what about television? Are there books better suited for a television series? We asked this week's panelists (inspired by a suggestion from James Wallace Harris)..
SF Signal
10/03/10 06:20
» REVIEW: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi
REVIEW SUMMARY : A fun, interesting collection of advice and musings from John Scalzi MY RATING : BRIEF SYNOPSIS : A collection of notable posts from John Scalzi's Whatever Blog, covering just about everything under the sun. MY REVIEW : PR..
SF Signal
10/03/10 06:05
» SF Tidbits for 3/10/10
Interviews/Profiles Romance Divas interviews Realms of Fantasy . Gail Z. Martin interviews LA Banks and SA Rule (podcast). Temple Library Reviews interviews Kaaron Warren . Seattle Geekly interviews Adrian Phoenix, Eric S Brown, Matthe Fla..
SF Signal
10/03/10 02:22
» Dystopian Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Few Dystopian novels have garnered the attention of the American public like George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. What's the big secret?
Suite101: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction articles
03/03/10 02:18
» Connie Willis quietly establishing herself as science fiction's best writer
It's been eight long years since Connie Willis has published a new book. This is a big deal. If you haven't noticed, she's become one of the most important authors in the science fiction field today. She's quietly amasse..
The Website at the End of the Universe - A science fiction community and weblog
02/03/10 00:00
» Physics professor suggests Hollywood only break one scientific law per film
An American physics professor has supposedly drawn up a list of scientific guidelines for scriptwriters so that they don't violate scientific facts a little less often than they do now. He proposes no more than one major transgression ..
The Website at the End of the Universe - A science fiction community and weblog
01/03/10 18:54
» David Severn, 1918-2010
David Storr Unwin, 91, who wrote children's novels as David Severn, died February 11, 2010 in London. Unwin, the son of publisher Sir Stanley Unwin, was born in London on March 12, 1918. He published over 30 children's books in the UK, some..
Locus Online
01/03/10 02:13
» Review of Lamentation by Ken Scholes
Mix robots with steppe warriors; mix religious fanaticism with holy crusades; add an apocalyptic world with historical, science-and-magic artifacts. This is Lamentation.
Suite101: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction articles
26/02/10 03:28
» Star Trek fans are setting records
I can't decide which record is more impressive. The one that was set by 99 Star Trek fans who established a new mark for the most costumed fans in one place at one time or the record set by another fan who was able to correctly name ea..
The Website at the End of the Universe - A science fiction community and weblog
23/02/10 04:03
» Avatar's chances for best picture Oscar are fading
The Hurt Locker keeps racking up best-picture awards at the expense of science fiction film Avatar. The latest was this weekend's BAFTA. If I was a betting man, I'd say that the odds of Avatar taking this year's Oscar as best..
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19/02/10 03:55
» Trekkies bide their time until the next Star Trek film
It's going to be a while before the next Star Trek movie makes it to the big screen. Zachary Quinto, the man who played Spock in the last film, has said that he's swearing off all things Trek for the next two years. No more movies..
The Website at the End of the Universe - A science fiction community and weblog
15/02/10 11:00
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Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Back in 1999, Brian Herbert discovered some manuscripts written by his father, Frank Herbert, containing additional information on the Dune universe. Teaming up with Kevin J. Anderson, the two began a quest to add more stories to the "Dune..
SF Site
15/02/10 11:00
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Albedo One, #37
Albedo One appears twice yearly from Ireland. The current issue includes an editorial, an interview with Greg Egan, conducted by David Conyers, and a book review section, by Conyers and Juliet McKenna. But the heart, of course, is the fict..
SF Site
15/02/10 11:00
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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
This isn't a novel so much as it is a series of poems and vignettes that that run together, with little continuity between the characters except at the very end, when the war starts on Earth, and several characters are brought back to reac..
SF Site
15/02/10 11:00
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The Demon Apostle, Part 2: The Demon Wars by R.A. Salvatore
GraphicAudio continues their "Movie in Your Mind" production of R.A. Salvatore's Demon Wars Saga with book three of the seven-book series. I haven't decided yet if I'm fond of the way the book is divided into three parts. On the one hand, ..
SF Site
05/02/10 18:17
» HarperCollins & Hachette Join Macmillan
Following the ongoing Amazon/Macmillan conflict, HarperCollins and Hachette have now joined Macmillan. These publishers want to renegotiate Kindle e-book prices on the so-called Agency Model, in which publishers set prices and retailers kee..
Locus Online
05/02/10 00:27
» Except the Queen / Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder
Two faerie sisters are exiled to the mortal world after witnessing scandaolous behavior by their Queen. But it's soon evident there's more going on than meets the eye, as they become protectors of a yong woman with secrets of her own. Your ..
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