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August 7, 2008
11:26
Since the book’s out, and chances are any of you reading this have already read it or decided you’re not going to, can I talk bluntly about WHAT BURNS WITHIN? Specifically, part of the inspiration behind one element of the book?
You can take a minute and think about it. I’ll warn you before I go [...]
Source: on life & other inconveniences
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10:04
“Your number was up the first time I met you.”
Yes, I read Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, including the most recent and last in the series, Breaking Dawn. I read them primarily because as a librarian, I felt it was important to see for myself what the hype was about. Unlike the Harry Potter titles, I [...]
Source: Medora
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02:50
Okay people, both of our Malazan contests ended today and I have the winners for you. Ten lucky people who won a copy of Ian Cameron Esslemont’s Return of the Crimson Guard and two signed copies of Steven Erikson’s Toll the Hounds! As one could imagine these were very popular contests so I want to [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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August 6, 2008
18:28
At last week’s Mind Meld at SF Signal, the question asked was:
What are the best examples of SF/F worldbuilding?
This is a question I like to think about, since I think worldbuilding- and especially the process of extrapolating how this or that technology or social change would affect the world- is one of the core virtues [...]
Source: Vast and Cool and Unsympathetic
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12:15
Part of the Cambridge Forum series, this lecture explores the ways fantasy helps children understand the world of adulthood. Unriddling the World is also about Cooper’s personal experience as a writer of fantasy, the how and why she creates fantasy fiction and her perception of its necessity for the exploration of good and evil and [...]
Source: Medora
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08:25
I want to tell you a story. I’m going to ask you all to close your eyes while I tell you the story. I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves. Go ahead. Close your eyes, please. This is a story about a little girl walking home from the [...]
Source: on life & other inconveniences
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03:20
*opens window and begins to swap stories with Leodora and the little girl from the Night Garden passing around a bottle of the finest wine from the Arbor*
Another look at the week of ‘bookspot that was! Another week goes by and still no justice for your host, as no new design news to announce. Apparently [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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00:17
Vylar contacted me today and let me know that her story Galatea can be enjoyed the old fashioned way - somebody reading for you! Galatea was first published in Heliotrope#2 by some really awesome people and can be read here in its original, vintage - dare I say - classic format (it’s really going to [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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August 5, 2008
11:44
My new column at Crucial Taunt is up, with a profile of my favorite SF author of all time, Poul Anderson.
Source: Vast and Cool and Unsympathetic
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09:47
There is at least one critic in the world that agrees with me about The X-Files movie.
I know I posted it in the teaser yesterday on the old blog, but some people actually come here right off, so in case you missed it Brian has an interesting theory about movies and the mystery genre that’s [...]
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06:32
It can certainly be argued that Fantasy was never really out of vogue being able to claim films like The Wizard of OZ and a lot of the Disney franchise and then through Star Wars (the debate that it’s Science Fiction is not really a debate is it? It’s not, and it’s not a knock [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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August 4, 2008
16:45
In a post last month I announced the release date on this book was shifted to September 25th, a date that was confirmed to me by the publisher and Mr. Esslemont. I just heard today however (from ICE) that the finalized date is now September 11th (as reflected on the site). I’ll keep an eye on [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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01:56
Over at SF Crowsnest, there’s a new social network for SF fans called Hivemind. It’s just starting, but I like how it looks so far. I’ve got a profile here.
Source: Vast and Cool and Unsympathetic
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01:12
As I mentioned at the end of my most recent contribution to this feature, this Friday Brian will be managing Forgotten Fridays while Patti is out of town. As some of you may know, it’s basically just bloggers posting a book they think is undermentioned every Friday at their own blog and one central [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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August 3, 2008
07:08
This weekend, I’ve seen two movies on the big screen. One was the The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The other: The X-Files: I Want To Believe.
Although The Mummy features returning characters in the forms of the O’Connells and a much older son Alex, I’m not sure seeing the movie because of any love [...]
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06:06
Yes, I’m talking to you D&D!
Hurry up redesigning my site as I just locked down another new sweet feature for the our readers, romans, and countrymen!
This is why in Office Space, software engineers* are selling magazines damn it!
(Edit)
On a side note - the cover to the new Clarkesworld is off the damn hook. This and [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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05:19
It’s not really a question and Brian posts about possible reasons why. I do think the stigma is relevant because I know my own mother simply won’t watch anything that has ’spaceships’ or ‘creatures’ in them because - and she will freely admit it - automatically thinks they are for children. That Science Fiction and [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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August 2, 2008
14:37
Every once in awhile an old question pops back up, it does so because there are a lot of theories but no definitive answer.
The question simply is this:
Of all of the genres of fiction why is mystery/crime fiction more popular then science fiction or fantasy?
Matt Staggs recently posted a clear articulation [...]
Source: Observations from the Balcony
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08:54
Damon finally gets around to naming the winner of the signed copy of Jhegalla, the latest Vlad Tatos installment from Steven Brust over at HQ.
Thanks to all who participated, Tor, and Mr. Brust and congrats to the winner!
Please note that we still have three other active opportunities for free goodies going. They are as follows:
- [...]
Source: The Bodhisattva
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04:28
Time for another one of these damn Forgotten Fridays. Simply put, my weekly contribution to a group of bloggers that I don’t know that each choose a book that not enough people are talking about that we think are hot. As this is way too easy for me I add the stipulation of not [...]
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