SF Signal: SF Tidbits Part XXXIII

SF Tidbits Part XXXIII

The first third of Tobias Buckell's novel, Crystal Rain, will be available beginning in January.
LeVar "Geordi La Forge" Burton, previously a host of Reading Rainbow on PBS, is featured in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article where he mentions his appreciation of sf authors Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke.
An original poster of Fritz Lang's 1927 sf movie Metropolis sold for $690,000.
SciFiWeekly reviews A Feast for Crows and gives it an A.
Geek Trivia question: What science fiction novel did the Xbox 360 development chief require his team members to read? Answer. [Thanks to Donnie for the link.]

Yes, nothing says "fully immersive virtual environment" like a mafia pizza kingpin having a dust-up with a aleut harpooner with a nuke.
I hope the X-Box crew figured out how to move your arms in the metaverse via goggles 'cuz I sure didn't.
The popularity of Snow Crash wouldn't bother me so much if it made a lick of sense. Then again I stared blankly at Napoleon Dynamite for an hour before I realized it was supposed to be a comedy.

Posted by Jeff on Wednesday November 16, 2005 at 3:48 PM

It's the style and feel Jeff Although whether the XBox will evr have the sense of cool that Snowcrash has I doubt. Samurai sword fights emulating coding hacking, I only wish it was that exciting in real life.

Posted by James on Thursday November 17, 2005 at 6:08 AM