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thequacksoflife (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
I started to read Science Fiction when I was about 14/15 I well remember reading all those old classics. This was the time of Star Wars and loads of things were being reprinted, I devvoured EE "Doc" Smiths Lensman books (I'd dread to think what I'd make of them now) and Jack Williamson's Legion series etc. I was lent a book by a classmate and enjoyed it, as time went on I couldn't remember the title...
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they must need bears (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Yesterday, Jack Williamson turned 100, and Abbie Hoffman passed away at the age of 102. I feel as if both of these things deserve recognition. I'm much less interesting than either of those grand old men. However, this is my blog and I feel like I should mention that in an extraordinary burst of conscientiousness, I wrote 509 words on "The Red in the Sky is Our Blood," finished "Overkill," and did...
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
FirstShowing.net showcases the new, nice-looking poster for The Dark Knight . SFF World interviews Tim Lebbon ( Dusk , Dawn and Fallen ). The Book Show podcast-interviews Ursula K. Le Guin . [via SFFaudio ] Vimeo has video of Bruce Sterling 's March 2007 talk at the Innovations Forum. Remember Spimes? Free audio fiction: Escape Pod podcasts Elizabeth Bear's Hugo-nominated " Tideline ". Fanboy points...
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Bookgasm (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Quick takes and capsule reviews from the dark suspense master himself, Ed Gorman! Haffner Press’ THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON is a massive, handsomely made book that is a centennial tribute to the writer Arthur C. Clarke put on a level with both Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. The book is also a tribute to science [...]
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Interviews and Profiles: SciFi Wire profiles John Meaney , author of Bone Song . Bookgasm interviews Ann and Jeff VanderMeer , editors of the upcoming anthology Steampunk . Editor Jonathan Strahan interviews Tricia Sullivan , who contributes a story to his anthology The Starry Rift The latest Tor Podcast features John Scalzi and David Lubar about "literary weenies, stuffed spaceships, and only-children"....
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Say Anything (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Back in October of 2006 I wrote a piece called With Folded Hands Redux . The title, as I explained in the first piece, came from the Jack Williamson classic sci-fi story, With Folded Hands . In the story humans have developed robot servants for their every need and they serve quite well. Too well, actually, because as it turns out part of their programming was to never allow humans to come to harm...
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The Mumpsimus (Free subscription) | 04/13/2008
Richard Lupoff , from a review of Science Fiction of the Thirties (ed. Damon Knight) and The Fantastic Pulps (ed. Peter Haining) in Algol , Summer 1976: Anybody who has followed this column for a number of years must be aware that I have a great fondness for the old pulp (and even pre-pulp) stuff. Yet I despise most of the contemporary would-be heirs and imitators of the pulp writers, and among moderns...
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Volume 2, Issue 6 (April 2008) of Jim Baen's Universe has been posted. Here is the contents : Science Fiction Stories: "Manumission" by Tobias S. Buckell "Virtually, A Cat" by Jody Lynn Nye "Indomitable" by Jack McDevitt "Honorable Enemies: A Jake Masters Mystery" by Mike Resnick Fantasy Stories: "Scraps of Fog" by Sarah A. Hoyt "The Witch of Waxahachie" by Lou Antonelli "Knight of Coins" by Margaret...
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SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon, whose novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a finalist for this year's Nebula Award, told SCI FI Wire that he was inspired to write the novel by a phrasebook for travelers called Say It in Yiddish, originally published in 1958.
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
From the Science Fiction Writers of America : The SFWA® Board of Directors and President Michael Capobianco are pleased to announce that writer and editor Michael Moorcock has been named Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for 2008. The Grand Master represents SFWA's highest accolade and recognizes excellence for a lifetime of contributions to the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Mr. Moorcock...
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TexasBestGrok (Free subscription) | 12/29/2007
The Metal Man and Others; The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume One, Jack Williamson (edited by Stephen Haffner) (Haffner Press, 1999, ISBN 1-893887-02-2, cover...
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timetravelershow.com (Free subscription) | 12/26/2007
Wonder Audio, the publishing arm of the Time Traveler Show, is now releasing a line of eBooks. These will be available at Fictionwise.com. Wonder Audio will use the imprint, Wonder eBooks, for it's titles. The first title is Jack Williamson's classic SF/Horror novella, The Wolves of Darkness. Available now for under $2 at Fictionwise.com. When Clovis McLaurin [...]
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Joel's humanistic blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
We have science-fiction writers such as Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke providing cogent and brilliant summaries in nonfictional form of many aspects of science and society. — Carl Sagan, "Science Fiction — A Personal View", in Broca's Brain The revered science fiction writer (and science popularizer/futurist, and inventor, and humanist) Arthur C. Clarke — author of 2001 ( book and movie ), Childhood's...
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SF Diplomat (Free subscription) | 12/02/2007
George R.R. Martin has chimed in with quite an interesting response to the ongoing SFWA copyright problems : "One of the unfortunate side effects here, however, is that I see a lot of people slagging on SFWA as a result....
