This Week in Tech (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jerry Pournelle , Dwight Silverman , and Paul Thurrott The truth about Windows 7 market share, why B Dalton's was good for literacy, and the fate of Ezekiel the Z80... For additional show notes, visit the wiki page for this episode . Links to stories we covered (and then some) are available from Delicious or in our Friendfeed Room . Transcript posted 24 hours after show release...
Ovablastic (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
A fun video of Larry Niven's classic piece .
Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
I first met Brenda at OryCon last year where she received the Endeavor Award for her novel, The Silver Ship and the Sea , the first volume in a series. She just launched the third in the series on November 10th entitled Wings of Creation . The second volume is Reading the Wind . Brenda has also published numerous short stories which have appeared in major science fiction magazines and a number of anthologies....
io9 (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The idea of an arcology, a single hyper-structure that houses an entire town or city, has haunted science-fiction stories like H.G. Wells' The Sleeper Awakes, Judge Dredd comics and Larry Niven... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
This Week in Tech (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Becky Worley , and John C. Dvorak The trouble with advertising tweets, web loyalty ripoffs, and the problem with popcorn... For additional show notes, visit the wiki page for this episode . Links to stories we covered (and then some) are available from Delicious or in our Friendfeed Room . Transcript posted 24 hours after show release by PodsInPrint . For two free audio books,...
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
One of my favorite SF books (at least, I think it's SF) is Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I suppose movies like Deep Impact or Armageddon could be based on it, but I think it's story was much more interesting (more ...
Mile Zero (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
It's been probably ten or fifteen years since I last read Isaac Asimov's I, Robot. That's often a recipe for disaster: the book that you enjoy as a kid may be filled with all kinds of glaring faults and dated prejudices when viewed through adult eyes. Asimov's stories hold up better than I expected, although according to his timeline we're a few years overdue for household robots, and I for one feel...
Bzangy Groink (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
There wasn’t one best new track, there were three! All from the featured album by Vitalic, ‘Flashmob.’ I’m guessing it’s not inspired by Larry Niven but even so, it’s my fave electronic record of 2009 (so far!). It’s dancey, demented, dissonant deliciousness. The track ‘Flashmob’ itself sounds like Louis and Bebe Barron discovered the funk [...]...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Today’s book report is on the novel One Second After. This is a work of fiction written to help raise awareness of the dangers of an attack on the US with EMP, electro magnetic pulse, weapons. The story was reminiscent of books such as Alas Babylon by Pat Frank and Lucifer’s Hammer by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven. I understand that Niven and Pournelle are in the process of writing a...
Fantasy Book Critic (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
This month Robert Thompson provided most of the book titles with additions by Cindy Hannikman, Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo. We are featuring 50 books. The release dates are US unless marked otherwise and the books are first edition unless noted differently. The dates are on a best known basis so they are not guaranteed; same about the edition information. Since information sometimes is out of date...
Debsweb (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Zombies . I wonder how much alcohol was involved. Ooh, ooh, more zombies . Why the heck are they so popular? Piers Anthony at least made them funny. In I Will Fear No Evil Robert Heinlein envisioned a world in 2015 where people lived in gated communities patrolled by private security forces to keep the riffraff out and the rich used their hovercraft to travel safely between them. It's 2009 and hovercars...
Pseudo-Polymath (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
This post by the pseudonymous Larry Niven at Rust Belt Philosophy, which is largely against a traditional morality, in part as defined by Scripture (especially the Old Testament). I think this attitude about traditional morality in part is the result of a common fundamentalist tendency common on the non-Christian left, the “new atheists” like Mr [...]
SurvivalBlog.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Here are the results of our recent poll. Thety are listed in no particular order, but each book listed below received at least two votes. Those that are marked with an asterisk are suitable for teenagers. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank* Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle...
Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Hardcover: War Hammer 40K: Blood Pact – Dan Abnett Nightchild – James Barclay Elegy Beach – Steven Boyett The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart – Jesse Bullington Death Masks – Jim Butcher First Lord's Fury – Jim Butcher Wings of Creation – Brenda Cooper The Dragon Book – Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ed. Makers – Cory Doctorow Dan Dare: Safari...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Codex Pictures (the folks who brought you Bionicle DVD movies) announced making a CG DVD movie based on Warhammer 40,000 called Ultramarines , a "70-minute sci-fi thriller that will use CGI and state-of-the-art animation production techniques". The film's website is pretty bare right now...for now you can read Tim's list of 5 Reasons Why You Should Read a Warhammer 40,000 Book . [via Topless...
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