sfnovelists.com - 10/18/2009
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A parent once e-mailed me, asking if my first novel was appropriate for a thirteen-year-old girl to read.
This kind of question is impossible to answer.
Parental opinions vary wildly as to what thirteen-year-old girls (or boys, or children of any other age you care to name) should and ...
After the Stone Age
bbc.co.uk 8/3/2009 — Mina had tried everything: WeightWatchers, Conley, grapefruit, Atkins, hypnotherapy and pumping iron. When she decided, after three gruelling months, that the Stone Age diet was doing her more harm than good, she felt that she had hit rock bottom in ...
The Sci-Fi Channel is Born is Science Fiction Age #1
scottedelman.livejournal.com 9/26/2009 — Seventeen years ago this month, the first issue of Science Fiction Age magazine made its debut at MagiCon, the 1992 World Science Fiction convention held in Orlando. On page 20, in the middle of Jim Steranko's "Movies" column, we printed a sidebar ...
Doctor Who Of The Day - Can Jack Harkness Really Age?
lifetheuniverseandcombom.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — In Last of the Time Lords Jack Harkness said he could still age, so why doesn't he age when underground for centuries in Exit Wounds ? Furthermore, why do his clothes not rot away when buried? - [If you intent to repost this, PLEASE include my URL ...
Debut Novel Wins The Age Book of the Year Award
locusmag.com 9/10/2009 — Steven Amsterdam’s post-apocalyptic debut novel, Things We Didn't See Coming, is the winner of both the 2009 The Age fiction award for "a work of imaginative writing," which comes with an AU$10,000 prize, and The Age Book of the Year award for an ...
My Age Ends in Zero!
yuki-onna.livejournal.com 5/5/2009 — My first novel was published when I was barely 25. At the time, the phrase I heard most often (besides wtf is this book about? ) was: she's not even 30! And I've kept hearing it, now and then, reference to my youth as some kind of relevant factor to ...
Monday Original Content: A Convention Coming of Age?
worldsf.wordpress.com 10 days ago — by Ehud Maimon
Turning thirteen is a big deal for a Jewish boy. As a Bar Mitzva you’re expected to take on all the religious responsibilities of an adult and become a member of grown-up society. In it’s thirteenth year (sort of, more on that later) ...
Doctor Who Of The Day - The Age of Steel
lifetheuniverseandcombom.blogspot.com 7/25/2009 — This man worked with Cybus Industries to create our species. He will be rewarded by force. Take them to Cyber Control. CyberJackie , The Age of Steel . - [If you intent to repost this, PLEASE include my URL http://lifetheuniverseandcombom.blogspot.com - thanx]
Review - Dragon Age: Origins
suvudu.com 4 days ago — It's been a long time since I played a really great fantasy RPG game. I may even have to go back to Final Fantasy VIII, which came out in 1999. I fell in love with the stories that the Final Fantasy games told. Epic, heroic, with a touch of silliness and even *sigh* a few kleenex moments. Since ...
Is this the Golden Age of SF (and if not, WHY NOT?)
orbitbooks.net 10/21/2009 — I recently read (I think it was in a blog by our revered leader Tim Holman) that the urban fantasy genre is now well and truly kicking the arse of traditional epic fantasy, in terms of sales and indeed media attention. And fantasy books, as all SF ...
The Golden Age of British Science Fiction
garethlpowell.com 9/17/2009 — Writing for New Scientist magazine, US science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson thinks British science fiction is in a golden age, with a huge number of active and talented writers producing work on the cutting edge of the genre. He also thinks ...