Anton Chuvakin Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Our paper “ PCI: No Angel, but Not the Devil Either ” just went up on “ CSO Magazine” online (and a few other sources ), check it out . It debates this piece which quotes Joshua Corman of The 451 Group. Sorry, Josh, we had to argue with the imperfect retelling of your words, so some points might not have came out well… Hopefully, we can have a real industry-advancing...
42 Challenge (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I've finished the challenge. Since 42 is the perfect number for this challenge I won't add any extras to my list. I will be back when the next challenge launches in December. I had loads of fun doing the 42 Challenge. It ended up being one of my favorites. My completed list is: The Perfect Infestation by Carol Emshwiller Seafarer's Blood by Albert E. Cowdrey Dance of Shadows by Fred Chappell All in...
Travel (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
By Debra F Nelson Disappeared are the days when you had to linger in line at a video store and trust that the film that you desired was in. Finished are the days of worrying about getting the motion picture back to the store on time to dodge late fees. Right now you can get unabridged, first-class movies at a portion of the charge you used to pay and you can even do it right in the retreat and coziness...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Harry Harrison, one of the all-time great morning hosts on WMCA, WABC and WCBS-FM, will be inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame on Nov. 12.
Open a Bookshop, what could possibly go wrong? (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Kevin Davies is coming to the shop this evening, to join our 'Happy Birthday Hitchhikers Guide' party. It's 30 years this week since Douglas Adams' masterpiece first hit the bookshelves and we think this is something to celebrate. Kevin was an animator on the original TV series, and enjoyed a long and fruitful association with Douglas Adams and The HHGG. Kevin's impressive CV also includes working...
downthetubes.net news blog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Fans of US newspaper comic strips such as Flash Gordon and Al Williamson's Secret Agent Corrigan will already know about Comics Revue , but you may not know Manuscript Press has just re-launched the long-running magazine as a bi-monthly, with double the page count of the monthly title. Comics Revue - available from all good comic shops and online - now has full colour Sundays, featuring The Phantom...
Radio (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
This year's reception will honor Charles Osgood, Harry Harrison, Marie Rice, "Brother Wease," Rick Gary, and Don Weeks.
Locusts & Honey (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
I finished reading Canticle . It's a post-apocalyptic novel set in a Catholic monastery a few centuries after a nuclear war reduced the world to Iron Age-level technology. This is a dynastic novel that follows the monastery's inhabitants throughout the ages, as humanity gradually rebuilds. Miller has written a carefully-crafted work, where each word and phrase, particularly in the dialogue, is thoughtfully...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of the spectacular QuasarDragon ] @Book View Cafe: " Commuting " by Nancy Jane Moore. @Manybooks: " Gone Fishing " by James H. Schmitz (1961). Astounding Stories February, 1931. @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: " The Mathematics of Faith " by Jonathan Wood. " Of Shifting Skin and Certainty " by Justin Howe. @Clarkesworld: " Spar...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Free Fiction [courtesy of a generous QuasarDragon ] @Fantasy Magazine: " The Girl in the Green Sequin Dress " by Berrien Henderson. @Strange Horizons: " And This Also Has Been One of the Dark Places of the Earth " by Anna Feruglio Dal Dan. @Nevermet Press: " Changing Directives " by Matt Cicci. Crossed Genres has its tenth issue out with fiction by Camille Alexa, Michael...
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Anti-Army liquid argument. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/0/0/1/30019/30019-h/30019-h.htm
Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Experience (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
THE WONDER TIMELINE: SF&F RETROSPECTIVE Read other issues here ---------------------------------------------- Robert Silverberg "The World Inside" (nv) © Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, 1970 also in Galaxy, 1970-1971 novel: 1971, Doubleday --novella : 1971 Hugo ("The World Outside") --novel : 1972 Hugo (withdrawn) --novel : 1972 Locus/6 --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder...
Open a Bookshop, what could possibly go wrong? (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Tim Here. Simon's on holiday. Which is nice. I have not blogged for soo long I've almost forgotten how. Luckily I have one of the greatest author's for young people ever to help me out. So, without further ado, Ladies & Gentlemen may I present to you the fantastic, the fabulous the something else brilliant that begins with 'F' Mr Sam Enthoven... (cue applause) Who will now tell you all about his...
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
When science fiction is funny, it's as funny as anything funny is ever funny. For reference, see the best funny work of Douglas Adams , of Robert Sheckley, of Kurt Vonnegut, of Harry Harrison, Harlan Ellison when he's in silly mode, and of Woody Allen when he did Sleeper .
Monster Rally (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Movies... District 9 @: Dread Central AICN Variety Bloody Disgusting Cinema Blend THR News In Film the 941 IGN AU First Two Clips From District 9 Take You Inside The Alien Slums @ io9 District 9 Wallpaper @ Cinema is Dope In Defense of THE MIST @ The Vault of Horror Directors talk Blair Witch Project sequel @ FilmStalker Ghosts Of Goldfield (2007) @ Top Horror Movies Club Nosferatu in Venice (1988)...
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