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Science Fiction Writers Reach Out From Beyond the Grave [Famous Last Works]
io9.com - 10/28/2008
Science Fiction Writers Reach Out From Beyond the Grave [Famous Last Works]
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Science fiction writers have fantastical powers. They can peer into the future, invent strange new gadgets and alien races, and make us lose hours between their pages. And some writers can even speak to us from beyond the grave, publishing new works months — and even years — after they’ve died. ...

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SF Signal:  SF Tidbits for 10/28/08

The Crotchety Old Fan:  Classic, Golden Original and STILL Shiny Sciencer Fiction

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SF Tidbits for 10/28/08
SF Signal — ... fiction is written for sf science fiction insiders. Guardian Books Blog sez: Walter M. Miller Jr's A Canticle for Leibowitz is a direct ancestor of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. When I reviewed The Road, I said "Nothing new for fans of post-apocalyptic sf, but a very good read nonetheless." BookNinja has an awesome post about "popularized" book covers. io9 looks at posthumous sf novels. B&N; launches a social networking site. Anyone in a ...

Classic, Golden Original and STILL Shiny Sciencer Fiction
The Crotchety Old Fan — ... IO9 asks why certain novels weren’t published while their (classic SF) authors were still alive. They list Heinlein’s For Us the Living, Clarke and Pohl’s The Last Theorem, Asimov’s Forward the Foundation, Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth and Adam’s The Salmon of Doubt. ...

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