1000 novels everyone must read: Science Fiction & Fantasy (part one) | Books | The Guardian
guardian.co.uk 1/22/2009 — Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) Originating as a BBC radio series in 1978, Douglas Adams's inspired melding of hippy-trail guidebook and sci-fi comedy turned its novelisations into a publishing phenomenon. Douglas wrote five ...

The Winds of Dune...or should that be hot air?
thewertzone.blogspot.com 8/12/2009 — Between 1965 and 1986, American science fiction author Frank Herbert wrote six novels depicting a vast, complex universe centred on a remote desert world, source of the most valuable substance in existence. Dune (1965) went on to become the ...

The Annie Oakley Show
darkfantasy.org 9/30/2008 — In my experience, there are few things that men like to see more than a little girl holding a big rifle. Accordingly, I’m dressed young, hair in pig tails, dress to just below my knees. As I wait for the hotel manager, Harry, to go and bring his ...

The SFFaudio Podcast #029
sffaudio.com 3/16/2009 — The SFFaudio Podcast #029 - Jesse and Scott are joined by Julie D. of the Forgotten Classic podcast . Listen in as Julie gushes over the new audiobook of Ken Scholes’ novel Lamentation ! We also talk Space Opera, libraries, and how to read a paperbook: “Breaking the spine of a ...

Recommendations for reading you first science fiction book
threetreesstudios.com 6/19/2009 — Science Fiction is not the easiest genre to begin reading. There is a huge variety of books many of which aren’t all that good and many more than assume some knowledge of the genre. So as a first time science fiction reader it can be tricky to know where to begin. So, recommending a ...

How Isaac Asimov's Non-Deadly Robots Got Lethal [Triviagasm]
io9.com 5/26/2009 — With his elegantly simple Three Laws of Robotics, Isaac Asimov sidestepped the murderous robot cliche that had so dominated science fiction. But even the Good Doctor wasn't completely immune to the lure of killer robots . Here now are the Three ...

Review of Dune, Messiah by Frank Herbert
sffaudio.com 9/8/2009 — Dune, Messiah By Frank Herbert, Read by Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren, Euan Morton, and Simon Vance 9 hours – [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: 2007 Themes: / Science Fiction / ESP / Religion / War / Charismatic Leader / Its 12 years after the triumph of ...

SyFy, Say It's Not So! at Hollywood.com
hollywood.com 3/24/2009 — EXCLUSIVE TO HOLLYWOOD.COM: Subject: Name Change From Sci Fi Channel to SyFy From: Mitch Rubenstein (who, with Laurie Silvers, founded Sci Fi Channel; together, they now own Hollywood.com) The Early Days — Part 1 Before the Sci Fi Channel launched, ...

Audio Dune Chronicles Complete!
sffaudio.com 2/25/2009 — With the release of Chapterhouse Dune this month, Macmillan Audio has completed the entire original Dune Chronicles , all recorded with full casts. Macmillan’s full list of audio Dune titles (including those by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson) can be found | HERE |, complete with ...

Interview: Kevin J. Anderson
tor.com 6/4/2009 — Kevin J. Anderson is the author of a multitude of spin-off novels for shared world universes, the co-author with Brian Herbert of the sequels to Frank Herbert’s original Dune novels, the author of the Nebula-award nominated Assemblers of Infinity , ...

Falmouth Public Library Sci-Fi Author Event — Apex Book Company 6/10/2009
http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=FALMOUTH June 17th, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Meet four Boston area Science Fiction authors who will discuss their recent works. Michael Burstein (I REMEMBER THE FUTURE) and Jennifer Pelland ...