- 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.]
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Posted by John DeNardo at Wednesday November 16, 2005 at 10:58 AM
© Wednesday November 16, 2005 at 10:58 AM SF Signal
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 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 at 6:08 AM