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tor.com - 9/16/2008

Alien Worlds

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For the first time astronomers have obtained an image of a likely planet orbiting a distant but sun-like star.  Like a lot of claims back in the 1990s about repeated “first” discoveries of black holes, there are a number of issues to consider about these early announcements.  We’re ...

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toplessrobot.com - 9/23/2008

The 10 Villains Who Deserved Better

— toplessrobot.com — Posted at 5:03 AM Sep 22, 2008 DarthMaul2.jpg By Todd Ciolek The great Roger Ebert once wrote... that each film is only as good as its villain. He also wrote a review of Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties from Garfield’s perspective and gave the movie three ... (more) The 10 Villains Who Deserved Better

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io9.com - 9/20/2008

The 20 Best Worst Science Fiction Movies Of All Time [Best Worst Scifi Movies]

— io9.com — Not every movie gets to be the Oscar darling of its time, but sometimes we love the... bad movies the most. These movies exist to be found in the bottom of bargain DVD bins and are met with squeals of excitement. Movies like Red Planet, Enemy Mine, The ... (more) The 20 Best Worst Science Fiction Movies Of All Time ...

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mikebrotherton.com - 9/19/2008

Ten Things I Love About Science Fiction

— mikebrotherton.com — OK, I’ve given out a list of ten things I hate about science fiction . I love... more than I hate, so time to even up the score. I doubt this post will be as popular as that post, however. We love to hate more than we love to love it seems.  ... (more) Ten Things I Love About Science Fiction

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New Exoplanet Imaged
Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — I’m now blogging for tor.com on science topics.  My first post is now up and titled Alien Worlds, about a planet directly imaged around a sunlike star.  It’s cool, although not as “direct” as “direct” implies. For the first time astronomers have obtained an image of a likely planet orbiting a distant but sun-like star.  Like a lot of claims back in the 1990s about repeated “first” discoveries of black holes, there are a number of issues to consider about these early announcements.  We’re going to see a lot more “first” planet images of various sorts in years to come, and have already ...

My Take on Top Five Space Stories of 2008 from Space.com
Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — I like space.com in general and their choices here, for the most part.  Let me discuss and critique some of the stories, however. 1. Alien Worlds This too was my favorite, particularly imaging several alien solar systems, which I wrote about here and here.  I liked Bad Astronomy’s write-up, too.  This is just the beginning.  We’re going to have catalogs of alien solar systems with all sorts of information about them.  Going to take a while to get there, but it’s coming, and we’ll have a good chance of figuring out in the relatively near future (decades or less) about the ...