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SF Signal (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Best of the Year" lists start appearing as early as November, so we are perhaps a little late in asking folks around the community: Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2009? [Also added was this note: They don't have to have been released in 2009. Feel free to choose any combination of genres (science fiction/fantasy/horror) and media (books/movies/shows)...
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
"Best of the Year" lists start appearing as early as November, so we are perhaps a little late in asking folks around the community: Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2009? [Also added was this note: They don't have to have been released in 2009. Feel free to choose any combination of genres (science fiction/fantasy/horror) and media (books/movies/shows)...
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Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
If you're interested in contemporary science fiction, I've reviewed what Kim Stanley Robinson and I agree is the best novel of 2009 period here . I can't recommend it highly enough. If, on the other hand, you're interested in watching Jeff Goldstein self-implode at the mention of my name ( again !), I direct your attention here —sorry, that link goes to his latest (and most specatularly desperate)...
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Acephalous (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Let me begin by agreeing with Kim Stanley Robinson: [T]his year the [Booker] prize should probably go to a science fiction comedy called Yellow Blue Tibia, by Adam Roberts. I say this not because Adam's a personal friend (although he is), and not because I've edited some of his other novels (although I have), but because it actually is the most intriguing novel I've read this year. Admittedly, I can't...
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SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Interviews and Profiles @Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys: Brenda Cooper ( Wings of Creation ) The Guardian profiles Kim Stanley Robinson ( Galileo's Dream ) Articles Charles Stross on The myth of the starship : "the trouble with going into space is that there's no 'there' there when you get to the other end of your voyage..." @Scientific America: Splitting Time from Space--New Quantum...
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Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
This from Orbit's website : We are very pleased to announce that Orbit has agreed to a three-book deal with internationally bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson. The first novel, scheduled for publication in 2012, has the working title 2312. Tim Holman, Orbit VP and Publisher, says: “Kim Stanley Robinson is a writer who can make the future credible, no matter how incredible it might seem....
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io9 (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Orbit Books signed Kim Stanley Robinson to a three-book deal in both the U.S. and U.K., and the first book of that deal takes place in the year 2312, when the human race has abandoned the Earth.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
This is our second Holiday mega-giveaway, and it's another good one! Del Rey and Bantam Spectra teamed up for this contest to offer plenty of cool stuff! Their prize pack includes: - A signed copy of China Mieville’s The City & the City ( Canada , USA , Europe ) - A signed copy of John Birmingham’s Without Warning ( Canada , USA , Europe ) - A signed copy of Naomi Novik’s In His...
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Working notes (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I've been reading Kim Stanley Robinson's unbelievable Mars trilogy lately--alongside Fredric Jameson's amazing Archaeologies of the Future--and this nicely happened to coincide with NASA's mission to crash Lcross into the moon in search for water. It's coincidental because the presence of water opens up an issue of colonization that lies behind the entire project in the Mars books specifically
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The Eternal Golden Braid (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Prepare the Red Matter! So now that it is finally out on DVD, I finally watched the "reboot" of Star Trek . So, Fred, you're a trekkie from way back, what'cha think of it? Sorry, but I am not a trekkie or a trekker. I am a science fiction fan who is a big fan of the original Trek series (but not to the extent that I ever owned a costume or even attended a Trek convention, or even, past a...
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Visions of Paradise (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
This is the fifth time I’ve picked my favorite books of the preceding decade, and I cannot help but wonder how many more chances I will have to do so in the future? Twice more? Three times perhaps? Scary thoughts. Before I begin, here is a brief review of my selections from past decades: The 1960s: Best Novel : Lord of Light / Roger Zelazny Best Short Fiction : The Star Pit / Samuel R. Delany...
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Bibliobibuli (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
There's a fascinating interview with the normally reclusive Cormac McCarthy up at the Wall Street Journal , in which he talks among other things about how he feels about the filming of his novels and how conversations with his 11-year old son, John found their way into The Road . (BTW, if you are thinking that it would be nice to have an autographed copy of the book, the only ones in existence belong...
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Not again! Another 10-year climate 'tipping point' warning issued -- Despite fact that UN began 10-Year 'Climate Tipping Point' in 1989! | Climate Depot As early as 1989, the UN was already trying to sell their “tipping point” rhetoric on the public. See: U.N. Warning of 10-Year 'Climate Tipping Point' Began in 1989 – Excerpt: According to July 5, 1989, article in the Miami Herald,...
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Ambling Along the Aqueduct (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The latest issue of Science Fiction Studies , a special issue titled "Science Fiction and Sexuality," arrived in mailbox this week. I expect I'll be posting on the issue itself soon, but in the meantime, I thought the many contributors of The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2: Provocative Essays on Feminism, Race, Revolution, and the Future would like to know that the issue includes a lengthy, strongly...
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