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newscientist.com - 10/3/2008

Science fiction special: The future of a genre - opinion - 01 October 2008

— newscientist.com — Science fiction is all about the future, but what does the future hold for science fiction? With the death earlier this year of Arthur C Clarke , the last of science fiction's Golden Age giants, and with mainstream literature becoming increasingly ... (more) Science fiction special: The future of a genre - opinion ...

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jameswharris.wordpress.com - 10/13/2008

Science As Fantastic As Science Fiction

— jameswharris.wordpress.com — Science fiction magazine editors often complain they don’t get enough science fiction stories submitted to them. What they need to do is convince the popular science writers showcased in the latest edition of Best American Science and Nature ... (more) Science As Fantastic As Science Fiction

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jeffvandermeer.com - 10/12/2008

Science Fiction and the End of the World

— jeffvandermeer.com — Science fiction writers have often imagined the various ways the world could end. An oft-encountered method is the end of the world through nuclear war. In many of these scenarios the danger looms clearly, and the villains are recognizable. But ... (more) Science Fiction and the End of the World

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Science Online '09: Science Fiction on Science Blogs
Biology in Science Fiction — ... and I will be co-chairing a session on "Science Fiction on Science Blogs". We are in the early stages of hammering out what exactly we'll be talking about, and suggestions are welcome. If you are interested, you can ...

SF Tidbits for 10/8/08
SF Signal — ... How can science bloggers draw on science fiction's power to entertain and educate? Attend ScienceOnline-09's Science Fiction on Science Blogs panel (Jan. 16-18, 2009 at the Sigma Xi Center in Research Triangle Park, NC), featuring Peggy from ...

Science and Fiction: What Do You Think?
Biology in Science Fiction — ... We will then collect links to the posts on the ScienceOnline09 conference wiki, as well as our own blogs, and facilitate a discussion on the different ways science and science fiction are used. ...

ScienceOnline09 and Science Fiction
Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — ... They will then collect links to the posts on the ScienceOnline09 conference wiki, as well as their own blogs, and facilitate a discussion on the different ways science and science fiction are used. ...

Science Fiction Is Making You More Clueless About Science [Science And Science Fiction]
io9 — ... don't seem to think scifi is promoting scientific literacy — and it may actually be making people more clueless, rather than less. Peggy Kolm with the awesome Biology In Science Fiction blog and Stephanie Zvan with Almost Diamonds are co-chairing a panel on science fiction at Science09, and they're surveying science bloggers in advance. If you want to participate, you can post the answers on your own blog, or answer here. The answers will be added to the conference wiki. There doesn't seem to be a deadline, but the conference is in January. A ...

Science and Science Fiction: What the scientists say: Using Science Fiction to Promote Science
Biology in Science Fiction — ... and I asked about the relationship between science and science fiction. You can find links to all the contributors' complete answers and our summaries at the ScienceOnline09 Wiki. ...

Personal Science-Related Starlinks
Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — ... of nuclear activity in the larger context of the galactic environment, which we can describe in terms of feeding and feedback. Biology in Science Fiction starts to summarizes some results about the relationship between science fiction and science bloggers, including responses from me.  She continues here.  Almost Diamonds continues the summary from Monday from the science fiction blogging side.  These are related to the ScienceOnline09 meeting and the session on science and science fiction that will be ...

Science and Science Fiction: What the scientists say: SF to discuss science
Biology in Science Fiction — ... and I asked about the relationship between science and science fiction. You can find links to all the contributors' complete answers and our summaries at the ScienceOnline09 Wiki. ...

Science and Science Fiction at ScienceOnline09
Biology in Science Fiction — ... As promised, here is a roundup of posts on the science and science fiction session at ScienceOnline09. The structure wasn't the in the traditional "listen to the lecturer" style,but rather more like an " ...