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Crack’d Pot Trail – A peek at Steven Erikson’s new novella

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:52:25 +0000

If you're a regular (and especially if you have a real monitor) at BSC you'll notice that we are all about Crack'd Pot Trail this week! This is the latest novella by Steven Erikson chronicling the adventures of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, coming to us from PS Publishing. I touched on it ...

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"Bleach": A Window into Japan's Culture

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:35:04 +0000

“Bleach” begins small scale in order to introduce the reader to the setting and what we have is a Good vs. Evil world inhabited by Hollows and Shinigami. The equation is quite simple. The Shinigami are the spiritual enforcers, which have the task to locate and exterminate all Hollows.

Harry_Markov posted 3 hours ago from templelibraryreviews.blogspot.com

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Laws of Retail

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:56:00 +0000

I've mentioned before that I don't like to shop at Wal-Mart -- there's just something soul-destroying about it, even in an affluent Northeastern suburb like mine -- but that I keep finding that when I go out to shop for something specific, I don't find it at Target (or wherever) and then I do ...

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24 Season 8 – 2 more TV Spots

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:16:45 +0000

A couple more TV spots giving us a glimpse of the upcoming season of 24 . One is called "Welcome Back Jack", the other "Run This Town". A couple of days ago I posted some promo images that gave us a good look at some of the cast, including our first look a Katee Sachoff in 24 ! Watch them ...

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BBC Radio 4: Grey Expectations

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:01:59 +0000

The Radio Times is an invaluable resource for radio drama fans. I truly wish it was available at my local newstand here in Canada. I fuzzily recall something similar back in the 1980s for CBC Radio – but I can’t quite find anything online that matches that memory. Luckily a ...

jessewillis posted 7 hours ago from sffaudio.com

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TFN Review: Legacy of Terror

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:45:56 +0000

The Clone Wars Season 2 Episode 7: Legacy of Terror ACT ONE In the aftermath of the attack on the Geonosian weapons factory, wounded clones are being evacuated to medical facilities, as weary Padawans Ahsoka Tano and Barriss Offee prepare to leave the planet. The next phase of attack ...

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A Tabletop Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:57:01 +0000

It's that special day. The day where we sit around the table after many hours of preparation. The food will soon be served, the drinks are plentiful, and everyone is ready to settle in for an evening of enjoying one another's company. It's a time to consider what we are thankful for, the ...

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Commentary: Copyfight the jib green love drug juicy powder minister (Tony Clement)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:41:42 +0000

A couple months ago Industry Minister Tony Clement and Heritage Minster James Moore held a series of meetings in cities across Canada. The idea was to consult with Canadians about the coming copyright legislation . But since then Clement attended a supposed-to-be-secret meeting , the 2009 ...

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The Bodice Rippeth – November 2009

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:39:00 +0000

Do you remember when the Romance section at the bookstore used to be full of flowers and lace that made you wonder what the books were really about? Well, wonder no longer! Current market trends have moved away from the discreet markers of roses and silk and toward total transparency of ...

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Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:46:46 +0000

Britons' love for filesharing is here to stay – and Peter Mandelson had better get used to it There's a lot to hate about Peter Mandelson's controversial Digital Economy Bill, but there's one provision that perfectly captures the absolute, reality-denying absurdity of the whole enterprise. ...

Cory Doctorow's craphound.com found this 17 hours ago on guardian.co.uk

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The Science Of Science Fiction Gets Its Own Mythbusting Show [Physics Of The Impossible]

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:56:17 +0000

Will we ever get real-life teleportation devices? How invisible will an invisibility cloak make you? What are the rules for plausible time travel? A new television series will look at technologies found in science fiction and what could become fact. The Science Channel has just announced a ...

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The Science Fiction in Science: Accretion Disk Civilizations?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:56:28 +0000

My friend and fellow astronomer/science fiction writer Valentin Ivanov pointed me at these abstracts saying they reminded him of Star Dragon (which has creatures living in an accretion disk): Title: Accretion disk civilization 1: Habitable zone around accretion disks at galactic ...

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How To Make Yourself Apocalypse-Ready [Post-apocalypse]

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:38:23 +0000

We often talk about fictional apocalypses here at io9, but what if the collapse of civilization actually happens in your lifetime? Here are some things you can start doing right now to make sure you're ready to ride it out. Learn To Make Fire. In a post-apocalyptic scenario, you have to ...

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Happy Turkey Day

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:28:00 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving, all. Among other things, we're certainly thankful for such dedicated and, ahem, discerning, readers!

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Selena Gomez, Toy Story 3 and more at BSCkids!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:09:22 +0000

Very Beta but, BSCkids is now up and operational, and is the spot to get the daily word on news like the new Toy Story 3 trailer or Selena Gomez music video. We are still working on the site, but the content started flowing today, and will continue to do so. We have interviews, guest spots, ...

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Top 10 2010 Books I Am Already Thankful For

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:46:12 +0000

It is Thanksgiving 2009, the holiday where we Americans take a longer look at what we are grateful for in our lives. I am thankful for my two parents and my brother, who work hard and play hard. I am thankful for my best friends Dave, Kim, John, and Hayden, who are always there. I am thankful ...

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Surrogates (2009) Movie Review

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:49:04 +0000

Bruce Willis’ “Surrogates” may have had a good idea going in, but the result is … middling. To be sure, as with any big-budget sci-fi film, it’s enjoyable enough on a base level, but this isn’t a movie that people will be using to salute Bruce Willis when the “Die Hard” star signs off to visit ...

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Castle – “One Man’s Treasure” – review

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:27:07 +0000

I really enjoyed this episode of Castle . I thought it was funnier than usual, and in a very natural way. It also had a great subplot with Alexis, continuing the trend of expanding her character and giving her both more of a role than Castle’s daughter and jumping off of her help with the ...

Dalerone posted 19 hours ago from bscreview.com

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PRL: Bust Down the Doors and Eat All the Chickens

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:58:00 +0000

I've decided that I'll post every one of my personalized rejection letters. So, for my 47th rejection overall, here is my latest personalized rejection. Bust Down the Doors and Eat All the Chickens - 11/25/09 - How to Repurpose Your Pets! This was fun and I thought it might appeal to Bradley's ...

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Glee – Season 1, Episode 11: “Hairography” – review

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:44:58 +0000

Ah, the ol' double-switch. This episode contained more switchery and bitchery than a [INSERT HUMOROUS BUT SLIGHTLY RISQUÉ COLLECTIVE NOUN HERE] convention; and while some will say that it was low on character development and featured several plotlines that indicate that some of our favorite ...

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365 Days of Manga, Day 72: My Heavenly Hockey Club

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:33:12 +0000

MY HEAVENLY HOCKEY CLUB (Gokuraku Seishun Hockey-bu, "Heavenly Youth Hockey Club") (極楽青春ホッケー部) • Ai Morinaga • Del Rey (2007-ongoing) • Kodansha (Bessatsu Friend, 2005-ongoing) • 9+ volumes (ongoing) • Shôjo Sports Comedy • 13+ (mild violence, comic nudity, sexual situations) The most ...

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Still Dead on Suvudu: The Dreg Files, Day 2

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Pride Before Fall By Kelly Meding (continued from part 1 ) Closing his eyes for a moment, Tybalt pinched the bridge of his nose. It was all he could do to curb his rising temper. He had half a mind to knock Marcus down and beat him until the entire story poured out in a single chunk, ...

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Something Completely Different (Thanksgiving Edition)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

So, it's Thanksgiving here in the US and I figured I post a relevant picture. This is flock of wild turkeys in the Chuska Mountains in Northeastern New Mexico. I normally don't mess too much with my digital images - but when I hit autobalance on the cropped image, it ended up looking like a ...

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What I Have To Be Thankful For

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:41:44 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all of you who are able to enjoy one. I thought I’d just lay out a few of the things (traditional and otherwise) that I have to be thankful for on this day when, in addition to pigging out (if we are able to afford it), we are supposed to remember what is ...

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Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0000

I love Queen and I love the Muppets, so this was just a foregone conclusion. And an excellent one at that!

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Hobby Bot Maker Stumbles On The Missing Link To Humankinds Eventual Doom

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:16:41 +0000

I always knew it would be some dude in his basement that makes the giant leap, or horrible error, that leads us all down the garden path to the day that we live scattered like mice, running pell mell through the rusty wreckage of our once towering society as the robots come a ...

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Aural Delights No 110 Cory Doctorow

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:01:28 +0000

(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/lightfoot-art/SSSADCover110FINE3.jpg) Editorial: by StarShipSofa Stories by Sean Keough 04:00 Fact Article: The Sofanaut Awards by Mark Bormann 09:00 Fact Article: With A Little Help by Cory Doctorow (http://www.craphound.com/) 19:00 Main Fiction: To ...

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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths trailer

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:10:01 +0000

Below I have the trailer (which weighs in at over a minute) of Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , the direct to DVD animated feature from Warner Bros. This will be out next year on February 23rd. It apparently has elements from stories spanning generations, utilizing Gardner Fox and Grant ...

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Final Fantasy XIII Trailer!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:36:17 +0000

Final Fantasy VII , for those of us that were there, was a damn a revolution. People that weren't even gamers, the hardest people you (used to) know disappeared for weeks after being last seen at Video City (old school, baby!). That was the last time I played a game in the franchise ( Tactics ...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:59 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving from SciFiChick.com! I’ll be attending StarbaseIndy this weekend. And will hopefully have photos to share from the event next week!

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A Life Well Wasted: Episode 5 Out Tomorrow

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

In the meantime, enjoy Olly Moss’ excellent poster, on sale tomorrow when the episode posts.

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Barry Malzberg's Favorite Astoundings (video)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:48:54 +0000

Barry Malzberg contributed this commentary for a short "extra" to my (currently out of print) DVD release- "John W. Campbell's Golden Age of S...

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The 2010 Sofanaut Awards

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:27 +0000

Hello and welcome to StarShipSofa's 2010 Sofanaut Awards! The Sofanaut Awards give StarShipSofa listeners the chance have their say on their favourite stories and contributors from the past year of StarShipSofa's Aural Delights. This year's awards include content from episode 53 to episode 110. ...

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Random thoughts on the Sith succession

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

A rather rambling look at some of the things I thought about while writing Dynasty of Evil.

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A Padawan’s Journal, Entry #34: When the Muse Strikes

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:38:00 +0000

I’m the thrall of a number of Muses. I write fiction, non-fiction and music, and occasionally do pencil sketches of characters I write about

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Season of the Witch-Trailer (video)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:28:56 +0000

The full theatrical trailer for Season of the Witch.

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'Spider-Man 4': Rachel McAdams shoots down casting rumor

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Late last week, reports spread across dozens of Internet sites claiming that actress Rachel McAdams has been cast to play a villain named the Black Cat in the fourth installment of the Spider-Man franchise. If your spider senses got all tingly at the idea — well, sorry, but according to McAdams, ...

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Superman Returns The Bryan Singer Cut Trailer (video)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Superman Returns The Bryan Singer Cut Campaign Trailer

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Superman Returns The Bryan Singer Cut

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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Hi-Res Wolfman Posters are Here

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

After debuting last week, Universal Pictures passed along two beautiful hi-res looks at their teaser posters for The Wolfman. Style "A" finds Benicio Del Toro as the titular creature (access our gallery to see him in full view) and style "B" is a look at co-star Emily Blunt.

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IREX 2009 - Robot lightsaber dance (video)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:03:09 +0000

Three Motoman robots from Yaskawa perform coordinated moves with lightsabers at Tokyo's International Robot Exhibition on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.

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Now They're Teaching Robots to Use Lightsabers - Lightsaber robots

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:03:09 +0000

The International Robot Exhibition 2009 is underway in Tokyo, and Yaskawa is again showcasing its Motoman robots. We've seen how dexterous previous models were in robo chef demonstrations, but it seems they've now got a taste for the Force. The choreographed moves are more cute than ...

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Video: Dance, lightsaber robot, dance!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:36:32 +0000

General Grevious these things are not. ( via )

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Spike's VGA 2009: Star Wars announcement (video)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:24:57 +0000

New STAR WARS game will be announced on December 12th, 2009 only @ SPIKE TV. Spike's Video Game Awards 2009, http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009.

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+BlogListing+ VGA 2009 - Exclusives

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:24:57 +0000

Posted November 03, 2009 - Spared the cancellation axe by Konami, who secured the rights after the game's original publisher shuttered its doors, Saw lives on as a survival horror title with a twist--you must save others in order to save yourself. Like the movie series it's based on, the game ...

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First look: 'Shrek Forever After': Fourth, final film is first in 3-D

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:36:15 +0000

Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) and Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) in Shrek Forever After. Rumpelstiltskin returns for the final film after making brief pop-ups in Shrek 2 and 3.

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EXCLUSIVE: Kat Dennings Joins ‘Thor’ Cast, Reveals Co-Star Natalie Portman

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

has a lot to look forward to in Kenneth Branaugh 's " Thor " film, which she's scheduled to begin production on soon as Jane Foster . Anthony Hopkins , Idris Elba and Chris Hemsworth are all confirmed to be starring at her side, but Portman dropped a potential casting bombshell this weekend ...

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i hate this stupid ewok

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:00:32 +0000

I am ashamed to even list this thing. i should have thrown it into a pond, but we're trying to ebay some stuff to get a coffee grinder. that's what my life is now. I would rather trade my scifi dreams in for a decent cup of coffee than ever look at this little jerk's mug again. Ewoks? Seriously? ...

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Roald Dahl--definitely not just for kids!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:54:05 +0000

The screen release of Fantastic Mr. Fox , based on Roald Dahl's book of the same name, reminds me of the topsy-turvy fashion in which I discovered his work. Although I was of the right age to enjoy his books for children as they were being published, my first exposure to Dahl was through a ratty ...

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“How can you tell?”: Steven Brust’s Taltos

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:06:29 +0000

Taltos (1988) is set before all the other books in the series, or at least all the books written so far. It’s a great place to start, especially for people who like reading by internal chronology. It’s also a very good book, one of the best. It’s surprising that Brust preferred to circle back ...

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