sfsignal.com - 12/11/2008
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[See also: Part 1 ]
"Best of the Year" lists start appearing as early as November, so we are perhaps a little late in asking folks around the community:
Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008?
[We also added this note: They don't have ...
sfsignal.com - 12/10/2008
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sfsignal.com —
"Best of the Year" lists start appearing as
early as November, so we are perhaps a little
late in asking folks around the community: Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008? [We also added this ...
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MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows ...
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December 12, 2008 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... like Franz Kafka, Toni Morrison, and Ernest Hemmingway. If you get a high score in this quiz, you're either a die-hard D&D fan or a Dermatologist: Skin Disease or Dungeons & Dragons Character? From Mental Floss, 5 Comic Superheroes Who Made a Real-World Difference. I knew about Popeye but who would have thought Superman defeated the KKK? Scott Edelman on The Longest Sentence in Published Literature. SF Signal's Mind Meld: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 2). Vera Nazarian says ...
Empire in Links and Gold
Torque Control —
... Velocipede is partnering with Night Shade Books, which sounds like a good thing, although boo to the subscription bonus only being available in the US; in other Night Shade News, Eclipse 2 will appear before the end of 2008, honest.
Rich Horton will also be editing Unplugged: the best of online fiction
Lisa Tuttle’s Christmas sf picks, in The Times; various other people offer their picks at SF Signal and the Aqueduct blog. More to follow, no doubt. ...
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