SF Tidbits for 4/5/07
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 at
1:11 am
- Irene Gallo @ The Art Department continues profiling the Hugo nominees for Best Pro Artist with this post about Donato Giancola.
- Wil McCarthy tackles the science of The Last Mimzy.
- Robert J. Sawyer-thon (Part 1): Adventures in Scifi Publishing has part 1 of a podcast interview with Robert J. Sawyer.
- DataJunkie serves up early A.E. van Vogt illustrations.
- Escape Pod podcasts Isaac Asimov’s classic story “Nightfall“.
- ChapterFeeds has Chapter 1 of The Assassin King by Elizabeth Haydon.
- John Joseph Adams profiles Stan Nicholls, whose latest novel The Diamond Isle concludes his Dreamtime trilogy.
- Frederik Pohl and Arthur C. Clarke are collaborating on a novel called The Last Theorem.
- Tor has posted excerpts from John Scalzi’s The Ghost Brigades (chapter 1) and The Last Colony (first part of chapter 1). [via Scalzi]
- Robert J. Sawyer-thon (Part 2): The Ottawa Citizen contains an op-ed piece by Robert J. Sawyer on atheism and the Modern Skeptical Movement. [via Sawyer]
- Filmmaker Joel Silver (The Matrix films) said he is planning a remake of the 1976 Oscar-winning science fiction classic Logan’s Run.
- Cover pr0n: Jonathan Strahan shows off the cover of The New Space Opera.
- A Timeline of the Planet of the Apes.
- Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies. [via everywhere]
- Over at the Asimov’s forum, they are discussing The Saddest Science Fiction/Fantasy Story.
- From Forever Geek: Own a piece of Hasselhoff! One of the four K.I.T.T. cars is up for sale. (Tim and JP are wise enough to know they should NOT click on any Hasselhoff links.)
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Dear Joel Silver-
Please stay away from science fiction until you have atoned for those previous crimes against filmdom known as the Matrix sequels. Thanks.
Love and kisses,
Adam Rakunas
I think this makes two years since I first heard that Pohl was going to finish the book by Clarke. I sure hope it isn’t a sign that the book is in trouble of one sort or another.
Isn’t this (Logan’s Run) the third announced re-make project? I’m amazed that there is so much interest in such a middle-of-the-road project. How about something original, instead?
:O
Original? What is this “original” of which you speak?
O.K., then not a remake?
How about a movie based on one of Alastair Reynolds’ tales? A Ken MacLeod book? Something by Clarke? Pohl? Williamson? Bova? Blish? Benford? Bear? Brin? Clement? Anderson? Sheckley? Chandler? Simak? Stapledon? “Doc” Smith? “Cordwainer” Smith?
You get the picture. Why are we rebottling old wine again and again when there is so much new wine to be drunk?
:-$