io9 (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Coolhunter Cayce Pollard, from William Gibson's Pattern Recognition, is the strangest kind of fashion icon, writes Kat at NoGoodForMe.com: invisible, allergic to brands, impenetrable. "She stands for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By William Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The White House is lobbying hard for passage on Saturday of a sweeping health-reform bill while defending proposed cutbacks to the popular Medicare Advantage program. In an interview today, Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of...
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Once locked in a world of silence, love and patience would be the keys that would set her free. That drama will take place on stage this weekend when the Auburn Area Community Theatre presents the “Miracle Worker” by William Gibson, the story of Helen Keller’s childhood and struggle to learn to communicate with others as she copes with being deaf and blind with the help of Annie Sullivan,...
Giles Bowkett (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Cory Doctorow damns every torpedo. If there's a law he disagrees with, its proponents are insane, or morons, or evil, and usually all three. If there's a book he likes, it's an amazing work of genius, untarnished by a single flaw. It makes buying books off recommendations on BoingBoing an insane crapshoot: every book is a work of staggering genius, yet only one out of three turns out to be any good....
Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The most recent Mind Meld on SF Signal deals with what speculative fiction novels first published in the last 10 years should be included in high school literature courses. I had to read the Chrisalids and 1984 in class, but most of my speculative fiction reading was done after school. I read mostly fantasy but felt after a while that I should read some of the SF classics as well, and started with...
The Electronic Replicant (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Now Reading: The New Space Opera, by Gardner Dozois. Just Finished: Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson. I selected Mona Lisa Overdrive as my latest book after having been thoroughly nagged to read it by just about every suggestion engine I’ve used. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it was a sequel to Count Zero (which [...]
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Come up with the best six word story about this lighter and your work will be featured at Significant Objects. (How about: "My daddy had very big pockets.") Via . *Previously: William Gibson's Significant Object . * Buy Zippos at eBay.
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The CBC must like science fiction , because they recently polled their website visitors to choose their top SF authors. Here's the top 10 list that resulted. Two Canadians made the list, Robert Sawyer and William Gibson, but they just ...
Hypetrak (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The heritage archival brand Buzz Rickson releases another capsule of products in conjunction with luggage brand Porter and American writer William Gibson. The collection takes on a more standard range of models as opposed to last year’s collection. Pieces include a wallet, waist-bag and soft briefcase. The collection comes in either black or red and [...]
P2P Foundation (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Excerpt from a new book, A Reenchanted World: The Quest For A New Kinship With Nature, by James William Gibson, featured by In These Times. Theme: After the eclipse of modernity, the sense of kinship with an endangered natural world is returning. James William Gibson: ‘Through the 1990s and early 2000s, a new and striking kind of [...]
IndyPosted (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I'm not really sure what to say about this story, It appears Abigail Breslin's role as Helen Keller in a Broadway remake of William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" is being challenged by an advocacy group representing blind and deaf actors. The group "Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts" which represents blind ...
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Scottish Genealogy News and Events:- Two new books are being transcribed for the Electric Scotland site at www.electricscotland.com. These are Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry and other Districts adjoining the Ochils with Notes on Progress, Scientific Discovery, and Invention of New Spinning Machinery, during the last Hundred Years, by William Gibson (1883), and More Adventures in Kilt and Khaki:...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Child star ABIGAIL BRESLIN will make her Broadway debut in a revival of WILLIAM GIBSON play THE MIRACLE WORKER.The Oscar-nominated Little Miss Sunshine actress will tread...
SMITH Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
We know that everyone has a story, but the online project Significant Objects believes every thing has a story, too. Started by Joshua Glenn and NYT “Consumed” columnist Rob Walker, the pair have recruited writers like William Gibson, Nicholson Baker, and Curtis Sittenfeld to craft significance for flotsam purchased on the cheap at thrift stores. [...]
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") will make her Broadway debut next March in the first rialto revival of 1960 best play winner "The Miracle Worker." Breslin will play Helen Keller while Tony nominee Alison Pill ("The Lieutenant of Inishmore") takes on the role of her inspirational teacher Annie Sullivan. Besides that win for playwright William Gibson,...
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