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John Scalzi - With Star Wars Soon In 3D, George Lucas Goes for Indomitability
blogs.amctv.com - 2/26/2009
John Scalzi - With Star Wars Soon In 3D, George Lucas Goes for Indomitability
— blogs.amctv.com — Last year word leaked out that George Lucas had a plan to re-release all six Star Wars movies in 3D , so that finally you could have the Death Star explode right in your lap (or alternately, get a full tongue experience from Jar-Jar Binks). This ... (more) John Scalzi - With Star Wars Soon In 3D, George Lucas ...

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wilwheaton.typepad.com - 2/26/2009
wil wheaton vs. text 2 speech
— wilwheaton.typepad.com — There's quite a dustup at the moment about an editorial the president of the Author's Guild wrote in the New York Times , railing against Amazon's Kindle 2, which has a text to speech feature that he claims creates unauthorized derivative works and ... (more) wil wheaton vs. text 2 speech

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scifiwire.com - 2/26/2009
Go behind the Bollywood future of Cyberabad Days with Ian McDonald
— scifiwire.com — British SF writer Ian McDonald's new story-cycle, Cyberabad Days , is set in the same vibrant, turbulent, crisis-ridden 2040s India as his acclaimed novel River of Gods (2004). McDonald says, "When I finished River , I realized that there ... (more) Go behind the Bollywood future of Cyberabad Days with ...

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jameswharris.wordpress.com - 2/26/2009
Filming Science Fiction Short Stories
— jameswharris.wordpress.com — Over at BestScienceFictionStories.com Rusty Keele got an email from a film director asking him about which science fiction short stories would make great 10-15 minute films. Go by and post your suggestions. I suggested “The Menace From ... (more) Filming Science Fiction Short Stories

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blacklibrary.com - 2/26/2009
The Black Library: Imperial Fists
— blacklibrary.com — Boy, this scout looks mean. I just made the mistake of zooming in on his face and nearly spilled my chamomile tea. Hardy Fowler's only been working with us for a short time, but he's quickly becoming one of our top cover artists. This stunning ... (more) The Black Library: Imperial Fists

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The first four SF books you should read if you’re working in social media
anthrogoggles.com - 2/26/2009
The first four SF books you should read if you’re working in social media
— anthrogoggles.com — daemon book cover The continued mainstreaming of social media has resulted a fountain of speculation about the future of social networking, always-on connectivity and the increasingly ubiquitous internet. The usual sides are being taken between ... (more) The first four SF books you should read if you’re ...

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make-digital.com - 2/26/2009
Volume 17 - Love the Machine, Hate the Factory (Page 14)
— make-digital.com — MAKE FREE BY CORY DOCTOROW Love the Machine, Hate the Factory We ve heard a lot about how scary the industrial revolution was the dislocations it wrought on the agrarian population of the early 19th century were wrenching and terrible, and the ... (more) Volume 17 - Love the Machine, Hate the Factory (Page 14)

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The Clone Wars Murderers (video)
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The Clone Wars Murderers (video)
— youtube.com — *ehem*well..no real explanation for this vid..it being pretty pointless..It isn't perfect (these things rarely are--save for Marissa's aka StarWarsNerd123) b... (more) The Clone Wars Murderers (video)

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rollingstone.com - 2/26/2009
LucasFilm Says "Star Wars: A Musical Journey" Bound For U.S.
— rollingstone.com — After launching at London's O2 arena in April, a live stage treatment of the Star Wars series, Star Wars: A Musical Journey , will make its way to the U.S. But organizers say they're steering clear of a straight forward musical theater treatment or ... (more) LucasFilm Says "Star Wars: A Musical Journey" Bound For U.S.

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Review of Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno
sffaudio.com - 2/26/2009
Review of Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno
— sffaudio.com — Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Read by James Luceno, Read by Marc Thompson 8 CD’s - 10 hours - [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Random House Audio Published: 2008 ISBN: 9780739377130 Themes: / Star Wars / Science Fiction / Fantasy / Religion / Space Travel / Adventure / Hardware /  ... (more) Review of Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno

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sfsignal.com - 2/26/2009
RIP: Philip José Farmer
— sfsignal.com — Sad news... The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page is reporting that Philip José Farmer passed away today at age 91. Farmer is perhaps best known for his Riverworld , Berserker , and World of Tiers series and began writing science fiction 50 ... (more) RIP: Philip José Farmer

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Phil Farmer is dead
dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com - 2/26/2009
Phil Farmer is dead
— dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com — OMG!! http://www.pjfarmer.com/ I sure will miss his quirky vision. (more) Phil Farmer is dead

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Toshiba OLED Video Wallpaper Powered By SF
technovelgy.com - 2/26/2009
Toshiba OLED Video Wallpaper Powered By SF
— technovelgy.com — With this many players in research and development, some kind of video wallpaper is bound to make it into production. (SF in the News) (more) Toshiba OLED Video Wallpaper Powered By SF

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DN 82
dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com - 2/26/2009
DN 82
— dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com — Laying it out myself. Should finish 2nite (more) DN 82

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one ringy dingy
dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com - 2/26/2009
one ringy dingy
— dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com — Wake-up call yep we found the drowned city off ponape angles outta some cubist nightmare; nope some huge barnacled bones and a flock of dead-white squid (more) one ringy dingy

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thewertzone.blogspot.com - 2/26/2009
David Langford's Top 20 Pre-1990 Genre Novels
— thewertzone.blogspot.com — I discovered (or rediscovered) this list a while back. It was compiled by multi-Hugo-winning SF&F critic David Langford back in 2002 for an SFX special. Working on the basis that it takes a decade for a book to proves its classic status, he ... (more) David Langford's Top 20 Pre-1990 Genre Novels

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No STEEL REMAINS for Canada?
sffaudio.com - 2/26/2009
No STEEL REMAINS for Canada?
— sffaudio.com — When I first read the email I thought it was refering to some new twist in the ongoing “ buy American ” campaign. But no, this is about Richard K. Morgan ’s newest novel (a Tantor Media audiobook )… Steen Hansen reports… “I signed up like a good ... (more) No STEEL REMAINS for Canada?

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Battlestar Galactica 4.16 "Deadlock"
blog.fph.co.uk - 2/26/2009
Battlestar Galactica 4.16 "Deadlock"
— blog.fph.co.uk — Written by: Jane Espenson Directed by: Bob Young Rating: THE ONE WHERE Ellen Tigh returns to the Fleet and proves a fly in the ointment for her husband and the rest of the Final Five. Meanwhile, Baltar’s coming over all humanitarian.  ... (more) Battlestar Galactica 4.16 "Deadlock"

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