The Eternal Golden Braid (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
All Gunn, All the Time Ben Bova; The Sam Gunn Omnibu s (Tor Books; 2007; ISBN 978-0-7654-1620-2; cover by Vincent Di Fate). Previously read in 200 4 (in part) with the separate editions, I picked up this omnibus (it only took me two years to get to it!) when I saw there was new material added to the sequence. Sam Gunn is one of Bova's three main creations dealing with our "near future". The...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Sydney's Coldest October in 17 years The last third of the month saw Sydney plagued by cool southeast winds, heavy rainfall and gloomy skies. Based on maximum temperatures and averaging 21.4 degrees, we have now seen our coldest October in 17 years. [For alarmists, another grim milestone] « Watts Up With That? During the summer, numbers held steady. This month saw some significant growth. According...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Interviews and Profiles Grinding to Valhalla interviews Rob Rogers . Genreville interviews Seanan McGuire . Suvudu Q&A with Max Brooks . Tor.com interviews Sydney Padua . Diabolical Plots interviews Nick Rose . Watch the Skies interviews John Scalzi . Bibliophile Stalker interviews Diana Rowland . News Amnesia girl quoted book by Tacoma author . (via EoSBooks ) Seeking Steampunks for Fun and...Archiving...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
When it comes to personal plugs, my SF Signal review of The Secret History of Science Fiction is up (and it's different from yesterday's review). You can also check out The Dragon and the Stars Table of Contents (alas, no cover illustration yet). Interviews Randolph Carter interviews Rob Rogers . Josh Jasper interviews Seanan McGuire . Suvudu Q&A with Max Brooks . Jaymee Goh interviews Sydney Padua...
WB Blog (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Ben Bova: Investing in space would stimulate earthbound economy
G D Townshende (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
In today's writing session, I came to learn the value of some advice given by science fiction novelist/editor Ben Bova in a book of his, The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells. I read this book, as well as the previous edition—Notes to a Science Fiction Writer—, several times many years ago. As I recall, Bova, in discussing the writing of a novel, suggested creating a chart. The...
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Naples Daily News Ben Bova: A most personal loss Naples Daily News The occasion was a regional science-fiction conference. I had been invited as a guest. The rest is here: Ben Bova: A most personal loss – Naples Daily News ...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Sad news, folks... According to Locus Online , Barbara Bova, Literary Agent and the wife of sf author Ben Bova, passed away earlier this week. She was also a columnist for the Naples Daily News . Our condolences go out to barbara's family and friends.
Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
This week has been a *;*&@! On the plus side, I didn't forget my radio interview this time. I was interviewed by KRCB (Rohnert Park 91.1) for the upcoming Redwood Writers 2009 Conference . I think it went pretty well. Of course, I was just warmin' up. It was only a 5 min. spot. Last time, when it was just on me, I had a whole hour. It will air Oct. 13, 9AM. The conference is the 24th of October...
BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
THE DEEP was a 1977 film about underwater treasure hunting that starred Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, and--if you were to believe any of the ads at the time--Jacqueline Bisset's breasts. The great Lou Gossett and Eli Wallach co-starred. It was written, based on his own novel, by Peter Benchley, the man behind 1975's JAWS which had become the biggest grossing film ever by that point and had been nominated...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
More free goodness from top-tier talent -- this time in audio form -- from an excellent resource: Free Speculative Fiction Online : Mike Allen: " An Invitation via Email " (Weird Tales, July 2008) Kevin J. Anderson: " Newts " (Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007) Steve Aylett: " Gigantic " (Disco 2000 Anthology, 1998) Paolo Bacigalupi: " Pump Six " (Pump Six and...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Interviews & Profiles: Ben Bova joins Stephen Euin Cobb on his podcast, The Future And You . Glenn Reynolds has a video interview with John Scalzi . @Stomping on Yeti: Elizabeth Bear . The Independent ran John Clute's obituary of Charles N. Brown . Lev Grossman Responds to Criticism of his Wall Street Journal essay. Robert J. Sawyer on the death of science fiction . Jeff VanderMeer reviews Mark...
Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
This just in -- Publishers Weekly posted a list compiled by John Ottinger of blogs that review SF. Now were was this list before I started mine? I haven't had a chance to compare yet. Here's both. Publisher Weekly Ann Wilkes' SF Reviews list Mine's not just blogs and is still growing. Let me know if you have suggestions, though I think I may have my work cut out for a while. Broad Universe just held...
Mal Burns Monitor (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
UK Internet Termination tags : no_tag The Future And You Dr Ben Bova tags : no_tag Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here.
Eclectic Book Reviews (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Ben Bova's “Powersat” is an intriguing neither fish nor fowl book. Classified by Bromley libraries as Science Fiction, probably legitimately given the author's background, at heart it is a near future techno-thriller centred on a private enterprise attempt to harness solar energy. Throughout there is the impression that this is a case of a Sci Fi author trying to write a post 9/11 terrorism...
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