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[GUEST POST] Lara Parker on The Blessing And the Curse of TV Tie-ins

August 21, 2013 // 1 Comment

Lara Parker, whose real name is Lamar Rickey Hawkins, played the role of Angelique on Dark Shadows. She grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, attended Vassar College, majored in [...]

The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 121): Panel Discussion – 2012 Summer Movies

April 30, 2012 // 2 Comments

In episode 121 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester asks a panel of guests and SF Signal Irregulars: Q: Which movies are you looking forward to seeing this summer? This [...]

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SF Mag Circulation Declining

Published On: October 23, 2007

Warren Ellis looks at the sad state of science fiction magazines. Cory Doctorow responds with potential solutions:If I were running the mags, I'd pick a bunch of sfnal bloggers and offer them advance looks at the mag, get them to vote on a favorite story to blog and put it online the week before the issue hits the stands. I'd Continue Reading →

Sunday Cinema: ‘I, Monster’ (1971) Starring Christopher Lee

Published On: October 23, 2011

Christopher Lee stars in the Amicus production of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are supposed to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation (physically as well as personality). Peter Continue Reading →

Coming Soon: THE COMPLETE SHORT FICTION OF GREG BEAR

Published On: October 23, 2015

In April 2016, Open Road Media is publishing 3 volumes of The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear. The 3 volumes contain only 26 stories, so presumably more volumes are coming. ISFDB says Bear wrote 48 pieces of short fiction, though that can't be right. "Heads" was considered a novella, for example, and it's listed under chapbooks on ISFDB, but Continue Reading →

SF Tidbits for 10/23/07

Published On: October 23, 2007

addBookLink("0765313413");A Dribble of Ink interviews Daniel Abraham, author of A Betrayal in Winter. "Q. You've got six words to describe your novels. Go! A: Political fantasy with Asian set dressing." The Chronicles Network interviews Lois McMaster Bujold, author of The Curse of Chalion . "My experience so far with genre-blending is that while F&SF readers don't mind a bit of Continue Reading →

Tube Bits for 10/23/2008

Published On: October 23, 2008

Did you know there are actual 'science guys' who consult for Fringe? There are, and Live Science interviews them. I guess it shouldn't come as a shock that the science consultants don't have backgrounds in science. In fact, they're doing what anyone with a computer, a reasonable internet connection and a healthy sense of curiosity could do. But they get Continue Reading →