SF Signal (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Free Fiction: @ Fantasy Magazine : The Alchemy Of Stone (Excerpt) by Ekaterina Sedia. @FeedBooks: " Doctor Who and the Empire of Glass " by Andy Lane (1995) Three Unbroken (Part 42) by Chris Roberson. @FantasyBookSpot: " The Valley of Giants " by Benjamin Rosenbaum. [via lcrw ] Jim C. Hines serves up the funny with I am the Very Model of a Modern SF Novelist . Interviews and Profiles: @Agony Column:...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
I did, indeed, attend this weekend's ApolloCon, along with our own John D. On Saturday I managed to attend one panel, this one about steampunk. During the discussion, Lawrence Person (who I see is part of the Austin Cabal with Chris Roberson ) named a proto-steampunk movie that most people have never seen, let alone even heard of. That movie was the 1958 film, The Fabulous World of Jules Verne . I...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Posting will probably be light this weekend since some of us are at ApolloCon . I'm learning some interesting things...like Allen Steele and Chris Roberson are SciFi TV trivia Gods. For example, I hadn't heard of the BBC show Star Cops until Allen mentioned it. Here's a clip from the very first episode:
When Gravity Fails (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The boys at SF Signal have compiled a feature covering many of Chris Roberson's Celestial Empire stories . "The Celestial Empire is one of better future histories I've read. Here, the Chinese (of The Middle Kingdom) and Aztecs (The Mexic Dominion) are the dominant, space-faring superpowers and they are at war with one another. The setting is well imaged and steeped in their respective cultures. The...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
On June 27-29, Judy and I will be at ApolloCon in Houston. If you're going to be in the area and would like to drop in on my panels, here's the preliminary schedule: Man of Bronze; Pages of Pulp Fri 8:00PM - 9:00PM Tucson Allen Steele (M), Chris Roberson, Scott Cupp, Bill Crider , Mel. White Firing Off the Canon: The Spec Fic *Should Reads* and Why Sat 11:00AM - 12:00PM Tucson Allen Steele, A.T. Campbell...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Check it out , and don't miss the slideshow. Hat tip to Chris Roberson .
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
ALLENTOWN - Chris Roberson's grand slam in the top of the ninth rallied the Norfolk Tides to a 9-6 victory over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs last night in the International League.
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
John Picacio's posted the transcript of his speech honoring Michael Moorcock on the occasion of Moorcock's being awarded the Science Fiction Writers of America's Grand Master title. Freddie adds, "the speech includes plaudits from Neil Gaiman, Chris Roberson, Jeff Vandermeer, Jeffrey Ford, China Mieville, and Alan Moore." Our first message is from the author of AMERICAN GODS, the 2002 Nebula Award...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Name/Pos AB AVG OBP SLG HR RBI BB K SB/CS Luis Terrero - OF 68 .309 .413 .471 1 14 10 14 3/1 Chris Heintz - C 50 .340 .370 .440 0 4 3 5 0/0 Chris Roberson - OF 65 .308 .425 .385 1 13 13 11 4/3 Eider Torres - 2B 74 .338 .390 .405 0 11 7 10 4/3 Oscar Salazar - 1B 85 .271 .297 .424 2 16 4 14 2/1 Alex Cintron - SS 35 .257 .316 .371 1 5 2 8 0/0 Mike McCoy - IF 39 .231 .375 .308 0 1 9 10 3/1 Sebastien Boucher...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
I jumped off the Battlestar Galactica train a season ago and I haven't looked back. That is, until I caught the first two episodes of this last season to see if the fanboy raving was warranted. It wasn't. What a snoozefest. So, I echo Chris Roberson 's sentiment when I blatantly copy: "Honestly, I think I'd rather watch a whole season of this than the last limping days of BSG..."
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Norfolk 7, Louisville 6 (11 innings) Chris Roberson hit a three-run homer and had four RBis in the game, and Alex Cintron was 2-for-4 in his Tides debut, an 11-inning win for Norfolk in a game that both teams did their best to refuse to lose. Norfolk jumped out to a 4-1 lead with a four-run fifth inning, but the Bats battled back and tied it up with two runs in the eighth and one more in the ninth....
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Hat tip to Chris Roberson .
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/02/2008
Nick Markakis homered and Chris Roberson knocked in a pair of runs as the Baltimore Orioles edged the Washington Nationals, 11-10, in spring training action.
Torque Control (Free subscription) | 03/01/2008
It has been pointed out to me that I’ve been somewhat remiss about posting link round-ups recently. Sorry about that; I’m going to try to get back to doing them about once a week. In the meantime, here’s a bumper load. Chris Roberson has posted his article from Vector 254, History Repurposed. This year’s SF Site reader’s [...]
Palm 24/7 (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
Today's free eBook is Fire in the Lake by Chris Roberson- "From his courtyard, the late summer blooms already closing their delicate petals for the night, Jurist Xi San could see a pillar of smoke rising to the northwest of the city, sign of some distant fire past Kunming Lake. Having finished his evening meal in accustomed solitude, Xi sat beneath the open sky as the sun began to set, packing his...
