Test Drive: Book Lamp
This is interesting: BookLamp.org is a system for matching readers to books through an analysis of writing styles, similar to the way that Pandora.com matches music lovers to [Read more]
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SF Tidbits for 3/22/08
Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award: Nova Swing by M. John Harrison. Special Citation: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain by Minister Faust. The 2007 Bram Stoker Awards ceremony [Read more]
Harlan Ellison & Robin Williams Discuss L. Ron. Hubbard
This doesn’t quite qualify as a Friday YouTube entry since it’s audio only, but damn, this is good stuff. I believe this is from Dreams with Sharp Teeth, the [Read more]
SF Tidbits for 3/21/08
This week’s FREE eBook at Tor’s website is Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell. See why I loved it. Speaking of Tor, the latest Tor.com Wallpapers courtesy of Sam [Read more]
Tube Bits for 3/21/08
SCI FI Wire sez: David Eick (BSG, Bionic Woman) is working on a pilot script for a proposed TV series based on Children of Men, P.D. James’ excellent SF novel, which [Read more]
Friday YouTube: Space: 1899!
[via Poe TV] No related [Read more]
NOMINEES: 2008 Hugo Award
SF Scope has posted the 2008 Hugo Award Final Ballot. [NOTE: Short fiction titles link to free online versions, if available. This is sure to be updated in the coming weeks, [Read more]
Borders May Be Up for Sale
The good news: There’s a sale at Borders! The bad news: The sale just might be Borders itself. Oh noes! Publishers Weekly is reporting that Borders is considering [Read more]
MIND MELD: The Appeal of SF&F Art
If you’re like us, there’s nothing quite like a really cool piece of science fiction or fantasy art. For this week’s Mind Meld we decided to ask the [Read more]
REVIEW: Glasshouse by Charles Stross
MY RATING: Where Halting State sounds like a riff on Dreampark. Glasshouse actually has more in common with Dreampark than Halting State. Glasshouse takes place in the far [Read more]
More Arthur C. Clarke Links and Appreciations
Adding to the previous list of appreciations and links, her’s another batch. For more, please see Google News and Blog searches for “Arthur C. Clarke”. IEEE [Read more]
TOC: Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders
Lou Anders reveals the table of contents for his upcoming anthology Fast Forward 2. “Catherine Drew” by Paul Cornell “Cyto Couture” by Kay Kenyon [Read more]
SF Tidbits for 3/20/08
Sarah Zettel returns to the world of science fiction with the tentatively-titled Bitter Angels. I read Zettel’s 1993 short story “Fools Errand” (the basis [Read more]
Tube Bits for 3/20/08
The SciFi Channel has officially announced the development of Caprica, a spinoff prequel of its hit Battlestar Galactica that will “weave together corporate intrigue, [Read more]
REMINDER: Cast of BSG on Letterman Tonight
This is just a friendly reminder that the cast of Battlestar Galactica will be appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight. They will be presenting the nightly [Read more]
Mind Meld Make-Up Test: Orson Scott Card on Young Adult Fiction
Here’s Orson Scott Card’s response to last week’s Mind Meld on young adult sf/f fiction, which was received after the post was published: Q: It seems that [Read more]
Arthur C. Clarke Links and Video
There is often a compulsion to seek out the written works of recently departed authors, as if reading their work can hopefully, in some small way, keep them with us a little [Read more]
SF Tidbits for 3/19/08
At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles S.M. Stirling, author of In the Courts of the Crimson Kings. UK SF Book News interviews Joe Abercrombie (the The First Law trilogy). [Read more]
Tube Bits for 3/19/08
USA Today reviews tonight’s FX airing of The Core “an intoxicatingly awful adventure that is, in its own completely committed, deliriously goofy, warped science [Read more]
RIP: Arthur C. Clarke
Sad news… SF legend Arthur C. Clarke has passed away at the age of 90. From BBC: Legendary British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at [Read more]
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