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The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction [2008 Power List]
The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction [2008 Power List]
Science fiction didn't conquer the media world in 2008 all on its own: A host of creative people helped power the mighty battlecruiser. Here's our list of the 20 biggest science fiction movers-and-shakers of 2008. 1. J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman , creators of Fringe . These ...
Avatar Casting Makes Fans See... White [Avatar The Last Airbender]
Avatar Casting Makes Fans See... White [Avatar The Last Airbender]
io9.com — M. Night Shyamalan's movie version Avatar: The Last Airbender is apparently in danger already, as fans of... the original animated series protest seemingly racist casting decisions. Is there nothing the director can do right anymore? There's no way of ... (more) Avatar Casting Makes Fans See... White [Avatar The Last ...
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  • EmilyBlips EmilyBlips
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    Great list! Almost doubles as a What Happened This Year list--although I'm sure we'll be seeing some of those :D
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The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction
Planet-x.com.au — Science fiction didn’t conquer the media world in 2008 all on its own: A host of creative people helped power the mighty battlecruiser. Here’s our list of the 20 biggest science fiction movers-and-shakers of 2008. … Read more: The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction

io9’s top 20 science fiction movers and shakers for 2009
Velcro City Tourist Board — ... The first of a mere three authors among the twenty is Neal Stephenson. He comes in six places after Will Smith. And two after Kanye West. ...

SF Tidbits for 12/13/08
SF Signal — ... to school. Instead, I was force-fed Wuthering Heights. It tasted like Brussels Sprouts. Lists: Science Fiction Brewed Fresh Daily has an awesome Steampunk Link Roundup. Sometimes movies with great scenes get left off of "best of" lists. The solution? SF author Matt Jarpe's 5 favorite fragments of movies @Popular Mechanics: 20 Must-Have Blu-ray HD Epics. Mostly (but not all!) genre films. There's a list of The 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction at io9. Kathryn Cramer disagrees. Her ...

December 15, 2008 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... Owens on A Career as a Novelist - In Layman's Terms. What are the best cat stories in speculative fiction? Help out Ellen Datlow. (No trolling and please--please!--read the instructions carefully.) K. Tempest Bradford on Overseas SF - I Want To See More Of It. HarperCollins strikes a deal with Nintendo and offers some eBooks for the DS. -Gasp- People lie about the books they actually read. io9 has a list on the 20 Movers and Shakers in Science Fiction. If you don't want the Hollywood version, check out ...

[links] Link salad heads into the Big Cold
Lakeshore — Last day for the new Green ARC contest [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — Speak up in comments about why you should win a copy. Voting poll tomorow. A couple of reports on Writers With Drinks: Here and here. The Power List: 20 Movers And Shakers In Science Fiction — Check out number 16. Go, arcaedia! (Thanks to mcurry.) Turritopsis nutricula — The immortal jellyfish. (Thanks to ...

The Power List: 20 Movers and Shakers in Science Fiction
Et in arcaedia, ego. — As sent to me via various people: Check out #16 on The Power List: 20 Movers and Shakers in Science Fiction from io9! ...

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