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Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | yesterday
AwardAnnuals.com has a list of science fiction books in order of how many awards they've won. Here are the top 100 award winners: 1 The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood 2 A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge 3 The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer 4 The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson 5 Neuromancer, by William Gibson 6 The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter 7 Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis 8...
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they must need bears (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
I'm writing this at cruising altitude somewhere East of Seattle. A string of thunderstorms brought us low--we had to detour to Denver and refuel, so predictably my arrival in Seattle will be some three hours later than planned. Yep, I love to travel. I did manage to put the time in the air to good use, though--revisions on Chill have reached page 208. I gave up there, because I was not having a lot...
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Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel: 2008 In War Times, Kathleen Ann Goonan 2007 Titan, Ben Bova 2006 Mindscan, Robert J. Sawyer 2005 Market Forces, Richard Morgan 2004 Omega , Jack McDevitt 2003 Probability Space, Nancy Kress 2002 Terraforming Earth, Jack Williamson (tie) The Chronoliths, Robert Charles Wilson 2001 Genesis, Poul Anderson 2000 A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor...
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Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
# Genre: Nonfiction, Dictionary, Science Fiction # Paperback: 384 pages # Publisher: Oxford University Press # Publication Date: March 13, 2009 # ISBN-10: 0195387066 # ISBN-13: 978-0195387063 # Author Website: Jeff Prucher The Oxford English Dictionary is the be-all and end-all of word origin. In its pages the depth of the English language is plumbed. But there is a problem. The English language is...
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SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Just as I sat down this morning to ruminate on Green , I noticed an early obituary dedicated to the famous, nearly mute Indian sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, who had died 19 June 2009, aged 87. As a child, several decades before the beginning of his sumptuous but life-long exile in America, Khan was subjected by his father to a learning regime as harsh as anything one might find in the works of Gene...
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14theditch (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
Derek's Parrot Head drawing is going to be in the upcoming charity anthology of flash fiction, Last Drink Bird Head . Jeff VanderMeer , who is editing the book along with Ann VanderMeer , has posted the picture to his blog along with a story. http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/06/20/three-dreams-and-a-fabrication/ This link will take you to a page that has the other art for the anthology -- the cover...
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
The finalists for the ASFA Chesley Award, awarded to recognize achievements in the SF and Fantasy art community, have been announced : (Do check out the above link for images of these outstanding pieces of art.) Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book Dan Dos Santos: Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick (Pyr, August 2008) Scott Fischer: An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe (Tor, September...
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Monster Rally (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Film... Coming Soon (Hole in the Head Fest) & Frat House Massacre & Morgue Story @ Variety Moon @ Tor.com Dead Snow @ SF Crowsnest Friday the 13th: Killer Cut (2009) @ DVD Talk Cinematical Seven: Jason's Greatest Hits Welcome to the Jungle & Dead Snow @ GoreZone Terrible Poster Tuesday - One Missed Call @ Day of the Woman Night of the Seagulls @ Behind The Couch Dracula The British Way...
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Norilana (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
Charles Tan ( charlesatan ) reviews at Bibliophile Stalker my newly reissued, revised, and expanded collection Salt of the Air with an introduction by Gene Wolfe : "Nazarian has a Romantic style that occupies a niche missing from more contemporary writers..." Read the rest of the review...
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Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
We spoke with PS Publishing honcho Peter Crowther last week, and he indicated that The Very Best of Gene Wolfe was likely to be the first PS Publishing book to be sold out completely on publication, so we begged, pleaded, cajoled, and proffered the originals of a certain set of photographs to snag 25 of [...]
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Interviews & Profiles: @Whatever: Jay Lake , author of Green , out this week. (Read the SF Signal review .) John Joseph Adams profiles Eric Garcia and his book, The Repossession Mambo . For what its worth, this was one of my best reads this year. Here's why . Pyr-o-Mania profiles its new author, Jon Sprunk . @OmniVoarcious: Editor-Consultant Juliet Ulman . [via Jeff VanderMeer ] Yesterday's Best...
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David A McIntee's Views From The Sidelines (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Apart from myself, obviously. This meme is via terri_osborne Your result for Which fantasy writer are you'... Mary Gentle (b. 1956) 3 High-Brow, 15 Violent, 11 Experimental and 11 Cynical! Congratulations! You are High-Brow, Violent, Experimental and Cynical! These concepts are defined below. Mary Gentle is a UK author whose work has received some acclaim. Her great break-through came with 1984 fantasy...
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Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Ones I've read are in bold print with a link to my post if I've written one: 2009 Powers, Ursula K. Le Guin 2008 The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon 2007 Seeker, Jack McDevitt 2006 Camouflage, Joe Haldeman 2005 Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold 2004 The Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon 2003 American Gods, Neil Gaiman 2002 The Quantum Rose, Catherine Asaro 2001 Darwin's Radio, Greg Bear...
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Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
I tried to read the first volume of Gene Wolfe's collected The Book of the New Sun two years ago. I thought I had the book under control. There's a torturer who is expelled from his guild for showing mercy to a client, and is sent to work as an executioner in a remote city. On the way he meets some people and .. then he starts walking in a Botanical Garden where space and time is warped in confusing...
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THE INFOVORE'S DIET (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
--high priest of the hurt locker-- Word is this movie is really good, but the title alone is enough. It always pains me when my athletes look at me askance when I refer to the eponymous locker, or to the "pain cave" --Ubiquity-- Ano ther good Kevin Kelly essay Maybe sparring with Lessig has honed his skills. Weirdest comment in this one? "One thousand humanoid robots revamp the olympics,...
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