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John Scalzi Answers the Burning Question - Can SciFI Movies Be Cool?
blogs.amctv.com - 10/22/2009
John Scalzi Answers the Burning Question - Can SciFI Movies Be Cool?
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An interesting question from the mailbag: "Hey, Scalzi: Was science fiction ever cool?" The answer: Well, no, not generally, but it depends on what you mean by "cool," which is a fairly fungible cultural term. For example, there's "cool," as in "the studied indifference to cultural ...
John Scalzi - Five Ways a SciFi Movie Could Win Best Picture
blogs.amctv.com - 28 days ago
John Scalzi - Five Ways a SciFi Movie Could Win Best Picture
— blogs.amctv.com — Hey! It's Halloween on Saturday! So naturally this is going to be a science fiction-related Halloween column,... right? Wrong! Yes, Halloween, love it, mmmm, candy, etc. But, you know, I just don't feel like writing one of those. You want a scary ... (more) John Scalzi - Five Ways a SciFi Movie Could Win Best Picture

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New John Scalzi Cover — Behold the god
subterraneanpress.com - 10/20/2009
New John Scalzi Cover — Behold the god
— subterraneanpress.com — Our previous cover to John Scalzi’s dark fantasy novella, The God Engines , didn’t quite convey the... spirit of the tale, so we’ve had it redone by SubPress favorite Vincent Chong . We’re just waiting for Vinny to turn in ... (more) New John Scalzi Cover — Behold the god

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SF Tidbits for 10/22/09
SF Signal — ... Is this the Golden Age of SF (and if not, why not?) [via The Website at the End of the Universe] Jason Sanford Online looks at Genre Magazines, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The latest issue of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine features fiction from Stephen Dedman, Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo, and Brian Stableford. Disney now offers digital books. John Scalzi asks: Can SciFi Movies Be Cool? Real Science: Timewarp: How your brain creates the ...

October 23, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Success Part Three. Mark Charan Newton on Five Questions On Accusations Of Racism In SFF Publishing and Racism in SFF? Tobias Buckell on The tyranny of the reboot after a writing absence. Dear Author on Readers Have Copyright Rights Too. CL Anderson on The Writing Life: Research. Joseph Esposito on What is “Library Bypass”? John Scalzi Answers the Burning Question - Can SciFI Movies Be Cool? Jessica Faust on Not Just ...

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