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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Here is the table of contents for the upcoming Tachyon Publications anthology The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, which reprints stories published from 1971-2007 making the case for the convergence of mainstream fiction and literary sf: "Angouleme" by Thomas M. Disch "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin "Ladies...
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Don DeLillo,
Fine Arts,
Gene Wolfe,
George Saunders,
James Patrick,
Jonathan Lethem,
Karen Joy Fowler,
Margaret Atwood,
Michael Chabon,
Sports,
Steven Millhauser,
Thomas M. Disch,
Ursula K. Le Guin
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14theditch (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Here's a heads up to those of you who aren't lucky enough to have a subscription to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . The upcoming 60th Anniversary Issue should be out soon and it is incedibly great. It has fiction by Lucius Shepard , Liz Hand , M. Rickert , Geoff Ryman , Carol Emshwiller , Robert Silverberg , Joe Haldeman , Ron Goulart , Robert Reed , Kate Wilhelm , Albert E. Cowdrey...
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The Mumpsimus (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
For certain reasons , I've been musing on some of the science fiction stories that, over the years, at one time or another, I might have classified as "mindblowing". Just a little personal list, one made very quickly... "The Lost Kafoozalum" by Pauline Ashwell "Blood Child" by Octavia E. Butler "Fool to Believe" by Pat Cadigan "Story of Your Life" by...
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Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
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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Books,
Bruce Sterling,
Connie Willis,
David Brin,
David Mitchell,
David Mitchell,
ECHL,
Fine Arts,
Frederik Pohl,
Gene Wolfe,
Greg Bear,
Greg Bear,,
Hockey,
James Morrow,
Joe Haldeman,
Kim Stanley Robinson,
Margaret Atwood,
Michael Bishop,
Michael Bishop,
Neal Stephenson,
Orson Scott Card,
Philip K. Dick,
Poul Anderson,
Russell Hoban,
Sports,
Thomas M. Disch,
Ursula K. Le Guin,
William Gibson
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Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Ones I've read are in bold print, and I've linked to posts if I've written one. Winners of the Hugo Award for best novel: 2008 Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union 2007 Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End 2006 Robert Charles Wilson, Spin 2005 Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 2004 Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls 2003 Robert J. Sawyer, Hominids 2002 Neil Gaiman, American Gods...
Explore : Arthur C. Clarke,
Books,
C. J. Cherryh,
Cinema,
Clifford D. Simak,
Connie Willis,
Dan Simmons,
David Brin,
Fine Arts,
Frank Herbert,
Frederik Pohl,
Fritz Leiber,
Harry Potter,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,
Isaac Asimov,
J K Rowling,
Joe Haldeman,
Kim Stanley Robinson,
Larry Niven,
Michael Chabon,
Neal Stephenson,
Neil Gaiman,
Orson Scott Card,
Philip José Farmer,
Philip K. Dick,
Robert A. Heinlein,
Roger Zelazny,
William Gibson
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The ZehnKatzen Times (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
1966. There can be a cool, world-class Science Fiction museum in Oregon. Oregon has contributed towering talents to the genre: Ursula K. LeGuin, Robert Sheckley, Kate Wilhelm, Damon Knight ... For a very long time now, a very good friend of mine named Ed who lives down in Salem has nurtured a dream. He has the most amazing collection of Science Fiction memorabilia you've ever seen. Collected over a...
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Notes From Coode Street (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
A quick follow-on. Clarke was not the last of the greats. Giants from the earliest days of our field do still walk, ever more slowly, amongst us. This November Tor will publish The Last Theorem, an Arthur Clarke novel that has been completed by Frederik Pohl. Kate Wilhelm also recently published a new novel. I [...]
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PaperBackSwap.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2007
Considered "one of the masters of psychological fiction in America" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), Kate Wilhelm serves up an irresistably chilling puzzle that will keep readers captivated until the very end. When Jud Connors, a successful writer, is found murdered in his isolated cabin in the woods of Oregon, his daughter Abby's world starts to fall apart. Who wanted her father dead and why?...
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