scifiwire.com - 1/24/2009
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Comic-book characters have long been zapping, clawing and flying their way to the top of many a studio's summer blockbuster slate, but this year sees a flip of the popular trend in the form of sci-fi films supported by original comic tie-ins.
Unlike the wildly bizarre Star Trek comics unleashed by Gold Key in the '60s or Marvel's long-running, pulp romantic take on Star Wars , today's tie-in comics purport to be relevant extensions of screen stories.
Waves of prequels, sequels and ...
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SF Tidbits for 1/24/09
SF Signal —
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Nancy Kress has more proof that publishing is changing: "Hardcover books chosen by editors and backed by corporations will always be there, but will become "only the tip of a huge pyramid" of publishing."
Dave Truesdale talks about the singularity in his F&SF; article Through The Singularity Glass: The Emperor's Rice Revisited. [via Locus Online]
SciFi Wire gives a rundown of SciFi Comic Book Tie-ins.
The Interzone Readers' Poll is beckoning! ...
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