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Pratchett Is Knighted
The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. —
(I decided that the title I was going to use -- Sir Terry of Discworld -- was so obvious that at least a dozen blogs would be using it.) Terry Pratchett, beloved author and all that, has been knighted for "service to literature" in the Queen's New Year's Honors list. Congratulations to Terry, though I do hope he doesn't rush off to slay any dragons. ...
SF Tidbits for 12/31/08
SF Signal —
... Key. @LibriVox: The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum, read by Judy Bieber.
Over at Tor.com, Irene Gallo looks at the history of illustrating Conan the Barbarian
SciFi Wire shares a bunch of Coraline featurettes.
Gabriel McKee at SF Gospel lists 14 awesome things about 2008. (Sadly, I am not one of them.)
Terry Pratchett...excuse me...that would be "Sir" Terry Pratchett has just been knighted. [via Post-Weird Thoughts via Cheryl's ...
New Year's Eve Link-A-Mania
SFX —
... for the late Majel Barrett Roddenberry, "First Lady of Star Trek", in Los Angeles on Sunday 4 January 4 at 10am. Item! Terry Pratchett has been made a Knight in the New Year Honours list, for services to literature ("This means that fans, while not calling me Sir, must now refrain from throwing things..."). Item! SCI FI Wire has ...
January 1, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
I'd better start practicing writing 2009... Cecilia Brainard is asking for donations to help defray the costs of Growing Up Filipino II. Galleycat has a series of The Year in Publishing summations. Jeff Vandermeer's Year End Writing-Related Thoughts. Terry Pratchett is knighted. Over at Black Gate, Theo has a blog entry on To Crit or Not to Crit. Judith Berman, on the other hand, talks about the realism/fantasy relationship. An interview with Sue Lange on e-publishing. George ...
Daily Scan for 01.01.09 - Dollhouse Confuses Cast, Coraline Goes Behind-the-Scenes
SciFi Scanner —
• More bad news for Dollhouse. Not even star Tahmoh Penikett (of Battlestar fame) can keep the story straight. Happy New Year, Joss Whedon...
• A glut of featurettes on Neil Gaiman's Coraline has fans ready to sew buttons over their own eyes.
• Discworld author Terry Pratchett has been made a British knight. Congratulations, Sir Terry.
• Oh, right on: Max Fleischer's absolutely superlative Superman cartoons are finally getting a respectable DVD treatment.
