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John Scalzi - Doom for Dummies or How Hollywood Makes Video Game Movies
blogs.amctv.com - 3/13/2009
John Scalzi - Doom for Dummies or How Hollywood Makes Video Game Movies
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Hey, look, more reader e-mail! This one asks: "Can you tell me why movies based on video games (science fiction or otherwise) are so very bad? Has there actually been a good video game-based movie yet?" First, for folks generally interested in video game movies, we have our own ...
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
nethspace.blogspot.com - 3/16/2009
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
— nethspace.blogspot.com — My review of Agent to the Stars is available over at Bookspot Central where I'm an associate... reviewer ( US , UK , Canada ). I enjoyed it - it's pretty much like other Scalzi books with a bit of the first-book syndrome going on. With the basic premise of the novel being that an alien ... (more) Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

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SF Tidbits for 3/13/09
SF Signal — ... a court has ordered novelist Clive Cussler to pay $13.9 million in legal fees in a court battle Cussler initiated after the adaptation of his novel, Sahara. Mike Brotherton knows Why Science Fiction Rules the World (but not enough): "...the truth of it is that we fans of science fiction have capabilities that the general public lacks, to enjoy novelty and think about difficult concepts." John Scalzi tells us Why Video Game Movies Suck. Free Fiction: @Tor.com: "Eros, Philia, Agape" ...

Biology in Science Fiction Mega Link Roundup: April 4 Edition
Biology in Science Fiction — ... film "The Immortalists", which is "a love letter to science and philosophy that explores the idea of engineered radical life extension and biological immortality" T. Ryan Gregory at Genomicron: Would you act as a consultant on a scifi movie? And more importantly, would you accept compensation if you did? Jonathan Fahey at Forbes.com writes about The Science Behind 'Watchmen' and the teaming of Hollywood with scientists John Scalzi @ SciFi Scanner on Video Game Movies: In point of fact, the average gamer ...

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