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antipope.org - 2/24/2009
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A minor shit-storm has lately been brewing in
the world of SF/F writing: George R. R. Martin,...
who is rather more famous than I am — and rather more overdue on his latest book, by a couple of years —...
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The art of being late
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tor.com - 2/24/2009
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In my previous post , I introduced you
to Chris Roberson’s universe of alternate history tales featuring...
a space-faring Chinese empire. But the Celestial Empire stories form only a part of this writer’s prolific career. Now we are going to take a ...
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The Myriad Worlds of Chris Roberson: the ...
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scifiwire.com - 2/24/2009
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Director Alex Proyas ( Dark City, I, Robot
) told SCI FI Wire that his upcoming film...
adaptation of John Christopher's young-adult SF series The Tripods will be the first of an envisioned trilogy of films. "We've done a draft, we're basically at ...
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Alex Proyas' Tripods movie will be the first of a ...
bestsciencefictionstories.com - 2/24/2009
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First, a bit of back story: I received
a very interesting email today. It was from a...
film director who is looking for stories that would make good short films, and he wondered if I had any ideas: This is an odd question, but I am a film maker looking ...
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Which Science Fiction Stories Would Make Good Films?
sfnovelists.com - 2/24/2009
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Today is a happy day in SF Novelist
land, marking the release of several member works: As...
I was thinking about how to promote and celebrate my friends’ books, I started wondering about the ethical side of things. I’ve heard ...
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How Incestous is SF/F, Anyway?
marlamason.net - 2/24/2009
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"Marlita," the man said again, standing just inside
the door to her office. He regarded Marla with...
an expression of mingled admiration and delight, and extended his arms for a hug. Marla Mason ruthlessly pragmatic chief sorcerer of Felport, a woman ...
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Spell Games, Chapter 1
sfsignal.com - 2/24/2009
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Over at the Pyr blog, Ian McDonald talks
about reading speed vs. quality of enjoyment when he...
asks How Soon is Now? To me reading isn't a progession of events, it's a senory wash; every part of the imagination is engaged, verbal, visual, ...
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Are You Reading Too Fast?
omnivoracious.com - 2/24/2009
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Fresh off of the triumphant conclusion to her
duology The Orphan's Tales, World Fantasy Award finalist Catherynne...
M. Valente returns with Palimpest, which is getting blurbed by everyone from Warren Ellis to Elizabeth Bear. Award-winning author Daniel ...
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Catherynne M. Valente's Palimpest: An Exclusive Excerpt
thesun.co.uk - 2/24/2009
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A CAT-BOY has stunned medics with his ability
to SEE in pitch black with eyes that GLOW...
in the dark. Doctors have studied Nong Youhui s amazing eyesight since his dad took him to hospital in Dahua, southern China, concerned over his bright blue ...
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Lad stuns medics with eyes that glow in the dark | The ...
charles-tan.blogspot.com - 2/24/2009
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Every Tuesday, I'll have an interview posted. Peter
Crowther is the publisher of PS Publishing . He's...
the author of the Forever Twilight series, co-author (with James Lovegrove) of Escardy Gap, and author of the 'Luddersedge', 'Land at the End of ...
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Interview: Peter Crowther
otter.covblogs.com - 2/24/2009
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Christopher Moore is answering your questions at the
B&N;'s Center Stage all this week and Kim Harrison...
is slated to do the same next week.
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B&N Book Clubs Center Stage: Christopher Moore and Kim ...
sffaudio.com - 2/24/2009
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Four Stephen King audio re-issues! Desperation By Stephen
King; Read by Kathy Bates 8 CDs - 9...
hours - [ABRIDGED] Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: 2009 (reissue from 1996) ISBN: 9780143143895 One of King’s best novels! There’s a place along Interstate 50 that some call ...
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Recent Arrivals from Penguin Audio
sffaudio.com - 2/24/2009
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Lots of Hugo Award talk, as this year’s
nominating deadline rapidly approaches (Feb 28 is the final...
day to submit nominations). We’ve got a page here at SFFaudio that contains a list of audio versions of Hugo Award winning fiction. We compiled it over four years ago. Things have ...
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Hugos!
andscifi.blogspot.com - 2/24/2009
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A good friend of mine made these. Hope
you enjoy them....
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Motivational Posters
rimworlds.com - 2/24/2009
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Via SFSignal (where else? - except File 770
of course) comes a post by Jonathan Strahan on...
the Locus blog. Apparently the Hugo ain’t just any old everyday SF award. Mr. Strahan discusses his unexpected feelings at having been nominted ...
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More On The Hugos and a Word From a Nominee
dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com - 2/24/2009
chrisroberson.net - 2/24/2009
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I was just glancing through the May 2009
solicitations for DC Comics , and noticed this little...
item... HOUSE OF MYSTERY #13 Written by Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham and Chris Roberson Art by Neal Adams, Ralph Reese, Sergio Aragones and Eric Powell ...
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House of Mystery #13
