Blogs items about science fiction books 92 Science Fiction Books 2012-02-08T21:32:41 Science Guy barry.david.adams@gmail.com Mike Brotherton: SF Writer 2012-02-08T20:58:30

Santorum is surging in the Republican primaries this week, a man who is known for extreme and often offensive positions derived from his religious views.  We also have religious republicans pushing through measures in a number of state legislatures to permit religion, in the current flavor of creationism known as intelligent design, to be taught [...]

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Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web GUEST POST Michaele Jordan on Whether of Not To Nominate Where is that Pesky Line By Michaele Jordan Wednesday , February 8th , 2012 at 12:00 pm Michaele Jordan s novel , Blade Light is a charming traditional fantasy that was serialized in Jim Baen’s Universe and is now available as an ebook at Amazon or at iBooks . Her newest novel , Mirror Maze is available . now To

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First podcast September 22, 2008 and still listenable! HERE are the shownotes. Posted by Jesse Willis

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: Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web MIND MELD : Whatever Happened to Interstellar Travel in Science Fiction By Paul Weimer Wednesday , February 8th , 2012 at 12:29 am Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld Let us know A lot of recent science fiction appears to take place on Earth , and only a minority of space-based science fiction taking place outside the solar system . Novels and stories involving

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: Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web TOC : Bad Power’ Edited by Deborah Biancotti By John DeNardo Wednesday , February 8th , 2012 at 12:12 am Hate superheroes Yeah . They probably hate you , . too There are two kinds of people with lawyers on tap , Mr Grey . The powerful and the corrupt . Thank you . For implying you’re powerful For imagining those are two different groups . From Crawford Award nominee

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Usually the Security Now podcast covers the latest stress-inducing security holes in Windows, Flash, Acrobat, and Java.  But at the end of last December in episode 333 Steve Gibson devoted an episode to his favorite science fiction.  He started with some movies:  This Island Earth, Forbidden Planet, and The Day The Earth Stood Still.  But [...]

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Described as: “A Powerful Novel of Intrigue and Action in the Not-So-Distant Future” Empire By Clifford D. Simak; Read by Kevin Green 21 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 4 Hours 57 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: LibriVox.org Published: January 27, 2012 |ETEXT| In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, [...]

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: Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web TRAILER : Dimensions’ A Time Travel Film By John DeNardo Tuesday , February 7th , 2012 at 1:50 pm A Line , A Loop , A Tangle of Threads That’s the tagline for a new , independent film called Dimensions a 1920s 30s SciFi drama that revolves around a scientist’s obsession with going back in time to revisit a moment from his childhood . It stars Henry Lloyd-Hughes , Camilla

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: Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW : Ken Liu Talks About Humanistic Fiction and More By Charles Tan Tuesday , February 7th , 2012 at 10:00 am Ken Liu is an author and translator of speculative fiction , as well as a lawyer and programmer . His fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy Science Fiction Asimov’s Clarkesworld Lightspeed and Strange Horizons among other places . He

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Related posts: TRAILER: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) [UPDATED] Trailer: Spider-Man 3 Edgar Rice Burroughs Video Double Feature Related posts: TRAILER: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) [UPDATED] Trailer: Spider-Man 3 Edgar Rice Burroughs Video Double Feature

0c1a54af81dda56dfe1f18032d2f69ec Orbit Books | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy 2012-02-07T09:58:55

After last year’s shenanigans at the SFX Weekender, we couldn’t wait to do it all over again. Excitement levels were therefore approaching unstable levels last Friday, as the Orbit UK team – along with THE FALLEN BLADE author Jon Courtenay Grimwood and FATED …

8166bd7fe6f600e22773e4d95151c934 Mike Brotherton: SF Writer 2012-02-07T08:19:55

The ebook publication process has begun and I’ll let you know when my novels become available on for the kindle, nook, etc., for $2.99.  Probably a day or two.  If I understand some of the agreements I clicked on correctly, I’m going to have to remove the free version of Star Dragon from my website, [...]

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Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web Join Us For The Lies of Locke Lamora” Read-A-Long By Ashley Tuesday , February 7th , 2012 at 12:25 am It’s coming it will steal your time , it will pick your pocket , and it will win your . heart We can’t do it without you , so read on SF Signal is delighted to announce that we will be participating in a read a long of Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora along with you

1cbc3bc2b1ce11f6ecfea7c45ba3d235 SF Signal - A Speculative Fiction Blog 2012-02-07T06:20:59

Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web Upcoming Genre Titles From The Library Of America By John DeNardo Tuesday , February 7th , 2012 at 12:20 am The Eagle-Eyed Fred Kiesche informs us that the Library of America wesbite includes a look at their Summer-Fall 2012 catalog There are noteworthy titles to be found , : too Kurt Vonnegut Novels Stories 1950–1962 Edited by Sidney Offit May 2012 Player Piano The Sirens

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1a230ecf4278390ba7dea778094d9d8c SFFaudio 2012-02-06T20:09:37

Check out this freshly scanned batch of audiobooks from Blackstone Audio, Brilliance Audio, and Macmilian Audio. Personally I’m most excited about the two Dick titles (despite the terrible covers) and The Lost World in part because how great the cover is! I can highly recommend Immortality, Inc as we talked about it on SFFaudio Podcast [...]

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: Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web REVIEW : The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios By Peter Damien Monday , February 6th , 2012 at 2:00 pm REVIEW : SUMMARY A fun way to learn more about both superheroes and . science MY : RATING BRIEF : SYNOPSIS Building off of his acclaimed university science course , James Kakaios uses superhero powers , trivia , and nerdy questions to explore the fantastic through

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Gail Z. Martin  interviews Brent Weeks on the Ghost in the Machine podcast. In this episode Gail and Brent discuss deadlines, revisions, and building the magic systems of The Fallen Kings Cycle and THE BLACK PRISM. Go here here to …

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Narrator Katherine Kellgren conducts this herky jerky video tour of Audible.com’s headquarters in Newark, New Jersey Posted by Jesse Willis

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: Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web MOVIE REVIEW : Chronicle 2012 By Derek Monday , February 6th , 2012 at 10:00 am REVIEW : SUMMARY A found footage” superhero movie that shows a good deal of craft , skill , and intellectual and emotional . honesty : RATING BRIEF : SYNOPSIS After encountering a mysterious artifact , a trio of high school students must learn to cope with newfound superpowers before their

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Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web The SF Signal Podcast Episode 105 What Books or Stories are you Looking Forward to in 2012 By Patrick Hester Monday , February 6th , 2012 at 12:29 am In episode 105 of the SF Signal Podcast , Patrick Hester asks the SFSignal.com Irregulars to chime in with the books or stories they’re looking forward to in 2012. This week’s : panel Fred Kiesche Lisa Paitz Spindler A . Lee

5b10c5ce8eeef6074d4d0213ecff3a5e Mike Brotherton: SF Writer 2012-02-06T06:20:52

There were actually a lot of genre elements in the commercials in general (Jerry Seinfeld with aliens, for instance, and the guy with ever growing confidence — as a creepy head growing out of his back).  There were two that stood out for me in terms of their quality and cleverness. Kudos to Audi and [...]

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: , . Home About SF Signal Privacy Policy Contact Us Submissions Books Received Books Received : 2012 Books Received : 2011 Books Received : 2010 Books Received : 2009 Books Received : 2008 Books Received : 2007 Books Received : 2006 Books Received : 2005 Community SF Signal A Speculative Fiction Blog A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy , computers and the . web RIP : Samuel Youd , a.k.a . John Christopher 1922 2012 By John DeNardo Monday , February 6th , 2012 at 12:12 am Sad news Locus Online is reporting that Samuel Youd , who wrote genre fiction under the name John Christopher , passed away at the age of 89. As John Christopher he wrote the Tripods YA trilogy as well as the classic catastrophe novel The Death of Grass UK ,

88b9ece1a1473dd29587fa14a5caee83 SF Signal - A Speculative Fiction Blog 2012-02-06T06:11:51

In the interest of full disclosure, here are the books we received this week. Related posts: Books Received: February 7, 2011 Books Received: February 9, 2009 Books Received: February 23, 2009 Related posts: Books Received: February 7, 2011 Books Received: February 9, 2009 Books Received: February 23, 2009

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The SFFaudio Podcast #146 – Eight O’Clock In The Morning by Ray Nelson, read by Gregg Margarite. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (16 Minutes) followed by a discussion of it with Jesse, Gregg Margarite and Ray Nelson himself! Talked about on today’s show: This story was suggested by a [...]

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There’s a fascinating article by Kurt Kuersteiner HERE titled “OTR: The Evil Influence Behind EC.” In it Kuersteiner maps some of the many stories swiped from radio drama series and turned into EC Comics. It came to me at the perfect time too. I’ve just been getting into EC comics over the last few months. [...]

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Thou knowest what this world needeth. Aye, ye know tis of course more AUDIO DRAMA of the SCIENCE FICTION kind! I have, here in my possession, a PUBLIC DOMAIN tale that would make for a fine dramatization. I speake of yon tale, The Crystal Crypt, as penned by one Philip Kindred Dick Here be’st the [...]

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Dude! We’ve had some serious download numbers for The SFFaudio Podcast. Here’s my accounting from the last 14 Months tracking our podcast downloads as best I’ve been able. The way our tracking system works I can only see the top 10 URLs downloaded per month (in KBytes). I’ve taken those numbers and plugged them all [...]

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Hey, these are fun to re-listen to! First podcast September 15, 2008. HERE are the shownotes. Posted by Jesse Willis

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First podcast September 8, 2008. The shownotes are HERE. Posted by Jesse Willis

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, , , Home About Orbit FAQ Publishing Schedules Contact Us Sign Up Intrusion Ken MacLeod With sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World this original novel features a near-future city where medical science invents a single-dose pill for eradicating many common genetic defects Read a sample The Troupe Robert Jackson Bennett From the acclaimed author of Mr . Shivers and The Company Man comes a new tale of gothic intrigue set during the Vaudeville . era Visit the book site MASS EFFECT : DECEPTION Out Today Ghost in the Machine Podcast with Gail Z . Martin and Brent Weeks THE DREAD Dark magics , swordmanship and sorcery Anna Gregson February 3rd , 2012 Out now is The Dread US UK ANZ the second and final part in Gail Z . Martin s Fallen Kings Cycle . This compelling epic fantasy series began

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Ray Nelson, who we talk to on the next SFFaudio Podcast, is in this excellent documentary entitled The Penultimate Truth About Philip K. Dick. It’s well worth watching, especially the first few parts, which deal with Dick’s early career. There’s also an intriguing mention of Dick’s first published story – presumably lost – that was [...]

7dd2aedf52ecf8be9d5e227199d8f3b6 Mike Brotherton: SF Writer 2012-02-03T06:42:01

Still working through the details of uploading ebooks (now researching purchasing ISBNs…) but that should happen soon.  I have the covers done and ebooks formatted.  So, bear with me.  It’s been a busy week.  I have some links to share on a subject that’s gotten me a bit frustrated with the mood of the country. [...]

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I’ve made The SFFaudio Podcast available on YouTube. Here’s the first episode, from September 1, 2008! The shownotes are HERE. Posted by Jesse Willis

8a192e23ec9725e39e619df9fd68b82c SFFaudio 2012-02-02T21:02:56

Lately I’ve been paging through dozens and dozens of magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. Several issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction from the mid-70s include a mysterious ad for a record from the future. Here’s a scan from the Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1975 issue: Here is the complete text: RECORDS – TAPES [...]

f37f3de02aff00f5dfe9d6b37d71fea9 Orbit Books | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy 2012-02-02T09:06:40

Personally, I can’t wait until Mass Effect 3 is released next month (in fact I might just request about a month of vacation days and spend some quality time with my Xbox) but it’s good to know that in the time between now and March 9th there’ll …

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Where do you listen to audiobooks and podcasts? I listen to a lot of novel length audiobooks while walking. I listen to audiobooks when walking to work, from work, or walking a dog. Short stories are for folding laundry, cooking or loading and unloading a dishwasher. Depending on the length of the trip I either [...]

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Locus published their 2011 Recommended Reading List today, and you’ll see a lot of Orbit authors among their choices: Leviathan Wakes, James S.A. Corey (US | UK | ANZ) Deadline, Mira Grant (US | UK…

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William Gibson talks about his childhood (reading H.P. Lovecraft) and life in Canada. Posted by Jesse Willis

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Michael Geist compares Bill C-11 to SOPA in this brief vid that aired on The Hour. Internet expert and academic Michael Geist outlines the content and implications of Bill C-11, a proposed copyright bill that has been called “Canada’s SOPA”. Posted by Jesse Willis

0d49a62b85d2bdbe3ce9057f0d99bfb9 SFFaudio 2012-02-01T20:02:43

William H. Patterson, Jr., author of Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century a new biography of Robert A. Heinlein, is the speaker in this Cato Institute video from 2010. Here’s the official description: Robert A. Heinlein is regarded by many as the greatest science fiction writer of the 20th century. He is the [...]

6f7e3bcbdce0e6dea0eb724db8bae083 SFFaudio 2012-02-01T18:27:40

James Gunn filmed this interview with Damon Knight sometime in the 1960s, it features Knight discussing Science Fiction from a time when there was no name for it. He begins with stories of of moon voyages (Lucian, Cyrano de Bergerac) and moves on to 19th century authors Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne. H.G. Wells, [...]

c5a2c2cc6dd9a665478b4ae27ed79485 The New York Review of Science Fiction 2012-02-01T18:10:00

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bd5a5c6d39c8ce138bda34e53e4de042 SFFaudio 2012-02-01T17:22:24

Blackstone Audio’s Grover Gardner recently posted an interview with narrator Simon Vance! They talk about how Vance got started in the business, and what effect narrating Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo had upon his career. |MP3| Posted by Jesse Willis

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Episode #152 of The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast is a discussion of Isaac Asimov’s The End Of Eternity. It’s also a follow-up to the previous time travel episode (#151). Luke and I discuss the book and related time travel tales. |MP3| Podcast feed: http://www.sfbrp.com/?feed=podcast Discussed on the show: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s [...]

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If you’re in the US or the UK, here are some of the places you can see Orbit authors in February, from bookstore signings to conventions. February 2-4th: SFX Weekender This convention in Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, will play host …

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, , Home About Orbit FAQ Publishing Schedules Contact Us Sign Up Intrusion Ken MacLeod With sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World this original novel features a near-future city where medical science invents a single-dose pill for eradicating many common genetic defects Read a sample The Troupe Robert Jackson Bennett From the acclaimed author of Mr . Shivers and The Company Man comes a new tale of gothic intrigue set during the Vaudeville . era Visit the book site How to be a Sidekick , According to Giguhl February Events The Legend of Eli Monpress Anna Gregson January 31st , 2012 Released in February is  The Legend of Eli Monpress US UK ANZ Rachel Aaron s fantasy tale of the incorrigible thief who plans to pull of the greatest heist in history If you’re a fan of K . E . Mills’ Rogue

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The Great Courses (formerly called The Teaching Company) has a new catalogue out. It is offering discounts up to 80% (for Canadian customers). I’ve scanned it, here’s the |PDF|, but be sure to have a look at it quickly as the catalogue’s offers expire on February 16, 2012. Incidentally, this new course entitled Espionage and [...]

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Back in August 2011 Tom Elliot, of the terrific The Twilight Zone Podcast, posted a wonderful interview with the makers of Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man. Jason and Sunni Brock talk to Tom for 45 minutes, it’s great stuff! |MP3| Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheTwilightZonePodcast iTunes 1-Click |SUBSCRIBE| Posted by Jesse Willis

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Episode #151 of The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast is a special episode on Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and similar time travel tales. It is both special and strange. First it’s strange because it’s the first part of a two part discussion of time travel and not a regular book [...]

79a037563a657532ecb2b22a70fdc2cf SFFaudio 2012-01-30T06:01:44

The SFFaudio Podcast #145 – Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Jesse, Tamahome, Professor Eric S. Rabkin and Jenny discuss Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. |ETEXT| Talked about on today’s show: Tam can’t trust anyone over 25, Jesse’s review in 2008, re-reading Little Brother in 2012, South Carolina, did Jenny vote Herman Cain (Stephen Colbert)?, SOPA/PIPA, [...]

c847881f83cb5547c00fb6c4715a2518 Mike Brotherton: SF Writer 2012-01-30T03:26:47

Recently I highlighted an astronomical blunder by literary giant Ernest Hemingway in The Old Man and the Sea. He is far from unique. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Dickens, James Thurber, Edgar Allen Poe, and others of similar literary greatness, have all similarly blundered.  A lot of the mistakes involve the moon: “Till clomb above the [...]

54e9ea0036a636bc0463e75ebb27f0cd SFFaudio 2012-01-29T02:24:29

Moxyland By Lauren Beukes; Read by Nico Evers-Swindell 8 hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Angry Robot via Brilliance Audio Published: 2011 Themes: dystopia / commericalism / police states / apartheid / art / AIDS / cell phones Publisher summary: You think you know what’s going on? You think you know who’s really in power? You have No. [...]

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The latest Dan Carlin’s Common Sense episode, #217 – The Big Ketchup Show, has Carlin asking tough questions and proffering incredibly reasonable answers. |MP3| Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/dancarlin/commonsense?format=xml Carlin’s take on SOPA is both surprising and insightful. He also talks about the latest U.S. presidential jockeying and a number of other recent items in the news. [...]

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There’s one segment of Nazi Eyes On Canada, episode 5 “Alameda” (Saskatchewan), available via Relic Radio’s Orson Welles: On The Air podcast. |MP3| This is one of the strangest and oldest alternate history radio programs I’ve ever heard |READ OUR REVIEW|. Posted by Jesse Willis

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If you were to take a stab at guessing the favourite audiobook of Canadians you’d be well to guess a Christmas story that includes a vampire, a ghost, and a mosquito. Produced for CBC Radio this classic reading of Frederick Forsyth’s The Shepherd is superbly read by Alan Maitland (aka Frontporch Al, aka Fireside Al, [...]

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The Dragon Factory: A Joe Ledger Novel By Jonathan Maberry; Read by Ray Porter 16 Hours – [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Blackstone Audio via Audible.com Published: 2011 Themes: / Science Fiction / Cloning / Genetics / Mayhem /     “Detective Ledger?” he said, and held out an ID case. “NSA.” “How do you spell that?” Joe Ledger’s [...]

eb7e5ebc37c7e55b190fa941cadc4460 Mike Brotherton: SF Writer 2012-01-26T09:06:07

First, I participated in a Mind-Meld at sfsignal.com this week about our introduction reading genre. Interesting illustration of astronomical size scales. Special relativity for dummies (aka writers). Kentucky cuts education funding, but keeps tax breaks for a creationist theme park.  Ugh.  Really?! Republicans turn their backs on the enlightenment.  Chris Mooney tells us why.  Or [...]

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A double execution. A forced wedding. Two thieves have other plans.  The New Empire intends to mark its victory over the Nationalists with a bloody celebration. On the high holiday of Wintertide, their Empress will be married against her will …

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When asked, I always describe The Heir of Night as “classic epic fantasy.” In part this is because it is a hero tale with the fate of the world, and perhaps even of all worlds, at stake. It’s a tale …

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The video below is a quick exploration of the MP3-CD audiobook format. It’s my favourite format for physical audiobooks. The packaging is small, the files are ready to be used, and they are cheaper audiobooks than their regular CD equivalent. The only disadvantage to the MP3-CD format is they don’t play on all CD players, [...]

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Thanks to my friend Jessica Goldman for font help, as folks correctly pointed out my inexperience with handling fonts and made some good suggestions a few weeks ago when I posted my original cover concepts.  These new covers have text and art that are much more integrated and are still clear to read.  I’m getting [...]

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When you’ve got an old paperback book that’s coming apart at the spine, with pages falling out all over the place it’s time to consider making it immortal. In order to do that, in a reasonable period of time, you must kill the book. That’s the hardest part of the process. The actual transformation is [...]

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After six years of faithful service I’m closing the SFFaudio.com P.O. Box in Port Moody, British Columbia. Anybody and everyone who sends physical stuff to it please make a note. Those who normally only send me psychic messages need make no change. My astral plane address will remain identical. The new mailing address for physical [...]

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Some starlinks for this week.  I have a load more on another machine, mostly science/politics/education, and may post those later this week.  In the meantime, lots of interesting things: An old friend of mine now has a nice gig at Forbes.com and reports that NASA is relenting about releasing Richard Garriot’s science fiction film made [...]

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The SFFaudio Podcast #144 – Jesse, Tamahome and Gregg Margarite talk about the audiobook of Robert Sheckley’s 1959 novel Immortality, Inc.. Talked about on today’s show: Time Killer was nominated for a Hugo, the Blackstone Audio audiobook, Sheckley’s family of themes, a collage of images, Immortality, Inc. is a comedy, Bronson Pinchot’s narration, Peter Lorre, [...]

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Paul Verhoeven (filmmaker), Ridley Scott (filmmaker), Roberto Orchi (filmmaker), Kim Stanley Robinson (writer), Matt Fraction (writer), Gregg Rickman (biographer), Michio Kaku (purveyor of futuorology), André Fenton (neuroscientist), David Brin (“Futurist”), and Brad Barker (surveillance corporate guy) are consulted for the Science Channel’s Prophets Of Science Fiction: Philip K. Dick episode. The narration tying all the [...]

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Thomas M. Disch (author), Brian Aldiss (author), Kim Stanley Robinson (author), Tim Powers (author), Terry Gilliam (filmmaker), Lawrence Sutin (biographer), Paul Williams (biographer), Barry Spatz (analyst), Kleo Mini (second wife), Anne Dick (third wife), Tessa Dick (fifth wife), Jim Blaylock (friend), Russel Galen (agent) talk about Philip K. Dick and his writings in this 1994 [...]

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ReCivilization is a new five part CBC radio show, by Don Tapscott one of the authors of Wikinomics and Macrowiknomics. The show is podcast and I’ve subscribed. I heard its first episode on the radio a few minutes ago starting about half-way through. It looks to be a pretty thoughtful show. There was an interview [...]

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: : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , January 21, 2012 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' I realize I haven't posted in quite a while , as my work situation is currently somewhat odd and I'm busily editing my recently completed . novel But if you'd like to see a small teaser of what I'm up to , you can now read a brand new Rag Muffin flash fiction story , Prelude to a Fall featuring some of the same characters as my novel in progress , over at the Catholic Flash Fiction website . Here comes the introductory hook : paragraph Her name was Mademoiselle Anne Defoy , but to the criminals of Godtown , she was the Ragamuffin , or Rags” for short . By day she was a fourth grader at Valhalla Primary , but by night

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Me with a simple MOC LEGO race-car: A LEGO Classic Space Wafer Fighter: My students with an afternoon of swooshable LEGO creations: LAMLradio is a podcast about LEGO! As you can see by the images above I’m a big LEGO fan. I still have all (or almost all) of my LEGO back from when I [...]

04f9e881c425701ab4c6277e2bacdbc7 Mike Brotherton: SF Writer 2012-01-20T08:02:55

Here’s a link to an article describing the new DC comics line-up as relying on sex and violence to sell. I thought to myself, maybe that’s true.  For the last 30+ years comics having been getting more adult.  This reflects some symbiotic relationship involving the suppliers offering more complex material and older/more sophisticated readers.  The [...]

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Here’s one link, months old, to the story: So, it’s high time someone made a sequel to it, and now someone is! In partnership with Sagan’s colleagues Ann Druyan (who is also his widow) and Steven Soter, Seth MacFarlane — yes, that Seth MacFarlane — is going to produce a new 13-part series to serve [...]

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Here’s the example I came across last week: Thousands of Mini-Black Holes Bombard the Earth Every Day, an article at the Mother Nature Network. I read that and said to myself, “WTF?” As an astronomer who studies black holes, teaches cosmology, and is generally well informed about science fictional news, I was surprised.  I continued [...]

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I had a busy couple of days, and tonight I’m observing at the Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO).  I’m not sure I’ve blogged about observing before.  I know haven’t recently.  I thought I’d share a little bit of what it’s like, at least until we get closer to astronomical twilight here on Jelm Mountain. WIRO has [...]

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Friday , December 23, 2011 Because You Don't Mess with Santa Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 9:52 PM Because You Don't Mess with Santa Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft Complete : Well , That Wa . Yet Another Narcissistic Update Because You Don't Mess with Santa Nooo Science Fiction Sermons Disney's Sofia the First' Portlandia on Battlestar Galactica News from the Fish Bowl

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Thursday , December 22, 2011 Science Fiction Sermons Not very long ago , I read and forgot to review George L . Murphy's Pulpit Science Fiction a collection of science fiction short stories meant to illustrate biblical passages , which Rev . Murphy had preached from the pulpit . I was recently reminded of my fault when Dave Maass , of Syfy s Blastr blog kindly sent me a post he had put together , rounding up videos of actual sermons using science fiction as illustrations Here's his post and a big thanks to Maass for sending it our . way I leave you , then , with no comment besides this : I like sermons , and I like science fiction , but I don't particularly like them together . I don't like

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Tuesday , December 20, 2011 Portlandia on Battlestar Galactica I really didn't think it was that good . In fact , I thought the original was better so there . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 4:16 PM Labels : videos Portlandia on Battlestar Galactica I really didn't think it was that good . In fact , I thought the original was better so . there Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , December 17, 2011 Worth a Read Without much comment , I direct you to Tim Molloy's article , TV's Disturbing New Trend--Kids in Danger about the frequent depiction of children getting killed in recent television . shows More disturbing than the contents of article are the comments underneath it , the majority of which berate Molloy with statements like , It's just a show , often accusing him of being unable to tell fiction from reality , though he actually shows no such confusion in what he writes . Implicit in these angry comments is the quite obviously false assumption that you cannot be negatively affected by the entertainment you consume . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 7:43 PM

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , December 17, 2011 Random Link I know I haven't posted much lately , but don't complain or I will punish you with this Or , alternatively , this Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 12:41 PM Labels : links Random Link I know I haven't posted much lately , but don't complain or I will punish you with this Or , alternatively , this Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft Complete

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Thursday , December 15, 2011 Get Your Own Redshirt John Scalzi's novel Redshirts which pokes fun at Star Trek s short-lived red-shirted ensigns who always die on away missions , but , according to promises over at Tor.com turns into something bigger than a mere parody , is coming out on June 5, but you can buy your own Scalzi red shirt right now as well as other crazy redshirt gear . Some of the items for sale are pretty funny . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 12:19 PM Labels : books humor Get Your Own Redshirt John Scalzi's novel Redshirts which pokes fun at Star Trek s short-lived red-shirted ensigns who always die on away missions , but , according to promises over at Tor.com turns into

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Monday , December 12, 2011 Star Trek Comic Strip Mocking Patheos I just found , over at Acts of the Apostasy a B-Movie Catechism style comic strip using images from Star Trek : TNG to poke fun at Catholic bloggers who blog at Patheos a website bringing together loads of religious articles and blogs . nbsp The comic is overlong , but amusing . Also , I'm not quite sure what its point is so some bloggers blog at Patheos so what And just for the record , I had an article on Patheos before Patheos was big . Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 5:34 PM Labels : humor Star Trek Comic Strip Mocking Patheos I just found , over at Acts of the Apostasy a B-Movie Catechism style comic strip using images from

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: Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , December 10, 2011 DC Universe Online Trailer Don't usually follow video game news , but I just happened to run into this . Well worth . watching Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 8:17 PM Labels : video games DC Universe Online Trailer Don't usually follow video game news , but I just happened to run into this . Well worth . watching Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Amazon.com Widgets Shop the Sci Fi Catholic Make Custom Gifts at CafePress Blog Archive 2012 1 January 1 New Rag Muffin Short Story : Prelude to a Fall' . 2011 99 December 19 Rag Muffin' Rough Draft

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