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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
In Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos the first message the ultimate robot intelligence from the future sends back in time to the present is THERE IS ANOTHER. That is the message I send you now. Except the other is a girl I suppose. Just because she is another doesn't mean much. It means something is happening but I don't know what exactly yet. All I know is she is one of the prettiest girls I hav
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Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
We’ve got a week full of postings in the Fall issue of Subterranean Online, including another installment of Mirror of Fiery Brightness by Chris Roberson, an in-depth essay by John Picacio on creating the remarkable cover art for Dan Simmons’ Muse of Fire, plus looks at the John Joseph Adams edited zombie anthology The Living [...]
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io9 (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
We once asked who would replace Philip K. Dick as the most adapted SF writer, and Peoria's own prolific Dan Simmons is definitely a credible candidate. Bringing an educated, literate eye to whatever... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
We’re pleased to announce the limited edition of Dan Simmons’ epic (over 280,000 words) novel of Charles Dickens’ final years. If all goes according to plan, our edition of Drood will be released simultaneously with the trade edition in early 2009. John Picacio is already reading the manuscript in preparation for creating the dust jacket. Now, [...]
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Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
As many of you know, in addition to Dan’s novel, The Terror, we’re doing a limited edition of his upcoming mammoth (over 280,000 words) tale about Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, Drood. If you’re of a mind to order The Terror, we suggest doing so now, as we’re going to offer Drood at a very [...]
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Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Here’s a very early, unfinished look at the gorgeous cover that John Picacio has come up with for Dan Simmons’ space opera novella, Muse of Fire. Both Dan and I were so taken with John’s vision, and his interweaving and layering of different elements and themes from the story that we agreed immediately that he’d [...]
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
First, he has to direct the Peter-Jackson-produced adaptation of The Hobbit and its planned sequel , Hobbit 2: Bilbo Boogaloo (title subject to later revision). Then, in some sequence, he'll do an adaptation of the upcoming Dan Simmons horror novel Drood , and remakes of Frankenstein , Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , and Slaughterhouse Five . He'll also reportedly be producing (but not directing) adaptations...
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Shooting the Kids (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
One thing I love about literature is the way words bring out pictures in our mind that our eyes could never see or make sense of. For my birthday, Amy got me a copy of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, a futuristic Canterbury Tales set in a universe so utterly foreign that it took me [...]
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OakLeaf Systems (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles. Entity Framework (EF) The .NET Rocks Duo interviews Dan Simmons and Stephen Forte on the EF Advisory Council for show #369 of 8/19/2008. Here’s the description: Dan Simmons is back with Stephen Forte, a member of the EF Advisory Council, a group of outsiders who were brought in to help shape future direction...
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Dialogic (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
(Lexington doesn't have a cool independent genre bookstore that I can browse on slow days. I like the aesthetic experience of picking up various new books and leisurely deciding on one that I think will be good. Back in San Diego where I grew up that store was Mysterious Galaxy and imagine my surprise when not too long ago I found out that some of their booksellers produce a SF podcast show. Next week...
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Where Worlds Collide (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Next part of the SFX Book Meme 66. Harry Harrison Another of those prolific authors of whom I’ve only read a few possibly atypical books - The darkly satirical “Bill the Galactic Hero” is of course the other necessary counter to Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers”. 63. Dan Simmons Only read SF, rather than his horror, but you can still tell [...]
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Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
We’re proud to announce the signed limited edition of one of Dan Simmons’s best books, The Terror, a punishing narrative centered on the Franklin Expedition of the Nineteenth Century. We’re already hard at work on the book, having it designed, and soon to be proofed. We’ve also sent Dan a few suggestions as to illustrator [...]
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The Agonist (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
What's your favorite science fiction book? I ask, because this is a real tough one for me. I'm inclined to say the Hyperion novels by Dan Simmons. That being said, the book I just read by Alastair Reynolds was pretty damn good too: Revelation Space Any way, what's yours? As a side note, I would have to agree with Evan about the fact that we have so many sci-fi readers. I think it does a lot to create...
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I must be dreaming (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Looks like Hyperion may finally be a movie. This post is fairly long, so more after the jump: From author Dan Simmons’ website: Producer Graham King has set up Dan Simmons’ award-winning science fiction book series “Hyperion Cantos” at Warner Bros., with Trevor Sands on board to adapt the first two books as one feature. King [...]
