• Review of the Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Updated: 2010-03-19 06:42:45
    The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Edited by John Joseph Adams; Read by Simon Vance and Anne Flosnik, John Joseph Adams (uncredited) 18 CDs – 22 hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: 2010 Themes: / mystery / alternate history / science fiction / horror / Victorian / London “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be [...]

  • VIDEO: Superman's Secret Cartoon History

    Updated: 2010-03-19 06:15:00
    : : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST Friday YouTube : Superman Busts Through Stuff NEXT POST Voice Of The Fans : What Books Have You Stopped Reading VIDEO : Superman's Secret Cartoon History Here's a way-cool video from the folks at Cartoon Brew Superman's Secret Cartoon History 27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000 via Edd Vick Comments 0 PermaLink Category : TV Posted by John DeNardo at Friday March 19, 2010 at 12:15 AM 2010 SF Signal Post a Comment Name Email Address Will not be displayed URL Remember me Yes No Comments Note : Do not paste from WYSIWYG programs like MS Word , or formatting code will appear in your comment . The editor requires scripting to be enabled .

  • Friday YouTube: Superman Busts Through Stuff

    Updated: 2010-03-19 06:11:00

  • SF Tidbits for 3/19/10

    Updated: 2010-03-19 06:05:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST SF Fanatic : I Am Not A Fan Of Fantasy , Here's Why NEXT POST Friday YouTube : Superman Busts Through Stuff SF Tidbits for 3 19 10 Interviews Profiles Jeffrey Ford interviews David Herter The Nebula Awards interviews John Scalzi Fantasy Magazine interviews Jay Lake and Shannon Page A Writer's Blog interviews Simon Clark ANC interviews Neil Gaiman 1 2 video B N : Paul Di Filippo spotlights Small Press Graywolf via Locus Online News 2010 Scribe Nominees Announced Amazon Buy Button Rumors Rock Internet AudioText is waiving shipping charges in March These are the folks behind such productions as Aliens Rule The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction and Mini-Masterpieces of Science Fiction Articles Jay Lake on Writing Through Cancer Alisa Krasnostein on WASFF : Statement of Values Jim C . Hines on Novel Survey Results , Part II Valio98 on Bulgarian Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2009 I Told You So or Is Vidia Neypaul a Third World Writer and English Translation of the Statement of B . Strugatsky about the fake accusation of Cameron in plagiarism , or similarities between Avatar and the

  • Moods

    Updated: 2010-03-19 06:05:00
    I tell my writing students that they should not wait for "inspiration" to write -- after all, if you wanted to be a professional pianist, you wouldn't practice only when inspired, would you? You'd have your butt on that piano bench every single day. Writing is similar. Nonetheless, I've .. — full article at nancykress.blogspot.com

  • Snippet 16 for Mission of Honor by David Weber (Honor Harrington 12)

    Updated: 2010-03-19 05:30:33
    Follow 42Blips on Twitter Blips SFX ShowHype TeenBlips LOLBlips GeekBlips More Entertainment ShowHype MovieBlips TVBlips more . Games GamerBlips XboxBlips WoWBlips more . Music MusicBlips HipHopBlips RevolverBlips more . Sports BallHype FootballBlips MMABlips more . Technology TechBlips GadgetBlips PCHardwareBlips more . 42Blips The Web's most popular science fiction news , videos , and . blogs Who are we Log In Join 42Blips All Books Film Gaming TV Other Submit a Story Submit a Story 1 Votes Facebook Twitter StumbleUpon Email posted by ove vote down undo vote up flag cybermage.se 8 hours ago Snippet 16 for Mission of Honor by David Weber Honor Harrington 12 MoH-snippet 16 : Chapter 4 Some officers of the Solarian Office of Operational Analysis discuss a memo before switching over to Mesa and Aldona Anisimovna on her way to meet with Albrecht Detweiler . Mission of Honor is a long awaited Honor Harrington novel the 12th in an extremely popular 1 cybermage.se 8 hours ago Snippet 31 from A Mighty Fortress by David Weber Safehold 4 cybermage.se Snippet 31 The church ships let them self be overtaken by the lone Charisian galleon . Continue to read older Snippets : A sneak peak in the

  • Review of A Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

    Updated: 2010-03-19 00:57:56
    Another short story! Will he ever stop? The Cask of Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe; Read by B.J. Harrison 17 Minutes – [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: The Classic Tales Podcast Published: 2008 Themes: / Horror / Murder / Revenge / Pride / Bricklaying / It must be understood, that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good [...]

  • WINNERS: 2009 James Tiptree, Jr. Award

    Updated: 2010-03-18 06:15:00
    : : , . Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST SF Tidbits for 3 18 10 NEXT POST SF Fanatic : I Am Not A Fan Of Fantasy , Here's Why WINNERS : 2009 James Tiptree , Jr . Award The winners of this year's James Tiptree , Jr . Award have been announced Greer Gilman for Cloud Ashes : Three Winter's Tales 2009, Small Beer Press Fumi Yoshinaga for Ooku : The Inner Chambers , volumes 1 2 2009, VIZ Media The James Tiptree , Jr . Award is an annual literary prize intended to reward those women and men who are bold enough to contemplate shifts and changes in gender roles , a fundamental aspect of any society . The award is named after Alice B . Sheldon , who wrote under the pseudonym James Tiptree , Jr . for many years before revealing her identity and real . name For more information see The James Tiptree , Jr . Literary Award Council website Congratulations to the winners See also : Past winners Comments 0 PermaLink Category : Awards Posted by John DeNardo at Thursday March 18, 2010 at 12:15 AM 2010 SF Signal Post a Comment Name Email Address Will not be displayed URL Remember me Yes No Comments Note : Do not paste from WYSIWYG

  • SF Tidbits for 3/18/10

    Updated: 2010-03-18 06:05:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST Why I Stopped Reading : The Gone Away World NEXT POST WINNERS : 2009 James Tiptree , Jr . Award SF Tidbits for 3 18 10 Interviews Profiles Fantasy Literature interviews Marjorie Liu I Should Be Writing interviews Don Vaughn podcast Unsearchable Riches interviews Lisa Mantchev The Science of Fiction interviews Chris East Futurismic's Fiction . Editor News Support Youth Literacy : Barrelhouse Hosts the D.C . Dzanc Creative Writing Workshop 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards Tom Baker Returns as Doctor Who for an audio . production An update on the Peter Watts trial via File 770 Articles Hal Duncan on Racebending and Integration Wheatland Press on Polyphony 7 The Update with extra honesty Also : Do writers suck as readers Prove Jason Sanford wrong Paul Di Filippo on Small Press Spotlight : Graywolf Ross E . Lockhart on Genre Fiction is Going to the Dogs Charlie Stross on CMAP 6 : Why did you pick such an awful cover for your new book Editorial Ass on Do I really want to be published Your Questions continued Janice Hardy on Re-Write Wednesday : Onward . No Pimp My Novel on O Fortune

  • Space Flight Awareness

    Updated: 2010-03-18 01:08:33
    Shuttle 25th Anniversary + Shuttle 25th Anniversary Slideshow (Microsoft Windows) 1. Click on "Shuttle 25th Anniversary" link. 2. When prompted, click "Run". The slideshow should run without installing any additional software. 3. When the first slide appears on the screen, click on the .. — full article at sfa.nasa.gov

  • Book Cover “Mind Meld”

    Updated: 2010-03-17 14:06:46
    I know you guys are big fans of hearing about covers and design from the artists/publishers side, so I thought I’d send you guys over to SciFi Signal, where they just posted a “Mind Meld” (dorks) on recent…

  • The Midnight Mayor is here!

    Updated: 2010-03-17 13:44:34
    Kate Griffin’s A Madness of Angels wowed us all last year with its imagination, magic, and inventiveness. We got exclusive CCTV footage of Matthew Swift himself in London back in 2009– check it out on the youtubes! Now, Matthew…

  • TOC: Dragon Lords and Warrior Women edited by Phyllis Irene Radford

    Updated: 2010-03-17 06:20:00
    : : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST CubeDudes . Because Legos Were Meant to Make Awesomesauce NEXT POST MIND MELD : Recent SF F H Book Covers That Blow Us Away TOC : Dragon Lords and Warrior Women edited by Phyllis Irene Radford Chris Dolley has posted the table of contents for the Book View Cafe anthology Dragon Lords and Warrior Women edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and illustrated by Ursula K . by Le : Guin High Fantasy Eagle's Beak and Wings of Bronze by Deborah J . Ross One Small Detail by Katharine Kerr Hero by Sherwood Smith Fantastical Others Kind Hunter by Pati Nagle The Merrow by Steven Harper Night Harvest Cuvée Rouge by Vonda N . by McIntyre Repo Babe by Jennifer Stevenson Modern Fantasy Grow Your Own by Brenda W . by Clough East of the Sun , West of Acousticville by Judith Tarr Headless Over Heels by Chris Dolley Somewhere in Dreamland Tonight by Madeleine Robins Daddy's Big Girl by Ursula K . by Le Guin Fantastic Merlin Taco Del and the Fabled Tree of Destiny by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff The Thief of Stones by Sarah Zettel Ancient Fantastics Not My Knot by Irene Radford Dusty Wings by Nancy Jane Moore

  • Seattle Makes Art From Henching [Sidekicks And Henchmen]

    Updated: 2010-03-16 22:30:00
    Minions both good and evil get their due in Sidekicks and Henchmen , a gallery show running in Seattle's Flatcolor gallery that celebrates "lesser-known comic book characters sidekicks, henchmen, heroes and villains." Here're some of our .. — full article at io9.com

  • Kelley Armstrong tour dates confirmed

    Updated: 2010-03-15 16:52:52
    Event dates are confirmed for Kelley Armstrong’s UK visit: Tuesday 23rd March – Forbidden Planet, London Wednesday 24th March – …

  • Oath of Fealty

    Updated: 2010-03-15 15:10:30
    Elizabeth Moon’s writing has enriched the genre for many years and in her latest book, Oath of Fealty, her magic is clearly alive and well. I’ve read many of her books, and amongst them I’ve particularly enjoyed her Vatta’s…

  • Two Trick Pony

    Updated: 2010-03-12 17:22:07
    One of the worst things that happens to writers (or actors, painters, composers) is getting stuck in a rut…to feel like, or be seen as, a one-trick pony.  One trick is never enough–not for the audience, and not for the…

  • One of the most captivating new voices in fantasy…

    Updated: 2010-03-12 15:41:06
    Not only is N. K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms one of the most beautiful books I’ve seen for a while, it’s had some of the most stunning reviews too: ‘Jemisin’s…

  • Glenda Larke’s The Last Stormlord out now!

    Updated: 2010-03-09 20:06:51
    Glenda Larke is a major talent in epic fantasy and her latest novel– THE LAST STORMLORD is out now in the US and UK! She has been getting some incredible advance praise in her native Australia: “…a bold, inventively…

  • “Blameless”, or “How To Design A Cover in 1:55 seconds”

    Updated: 2010-03-08 18:24:28
    A hyperspeed fast video of the cover design process for the third book in the Soulless series, Book #3, Blameless.

  • Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions

    Updated: 2010-02-01 04:48:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Sci Fi Catholic Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Sunday , January 31, 2010 Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions Dang it , I looked at every one of those . explosions I notice here a serious dearth of cool girls who don't look at explosions . I've decided that's going to be my fanboy advocacy thingy . I demand to see more movies where girls blow stuff up and walk away in slow-motion , disdaining any possibility of being struck by . shrapnel Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 9:48 PM Labels : humor 2 comments : Oliver Lee said . I definitely agree . Until this happens I will continue to ban my nieces from watching Diego sexist . pig February 10, 2010 10:58:00 AM MST Beowulf said . noooo , we lost our list of cool girls blowing stuff up I just finished Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla no walking away from explosions per se , but it has a girl curbstomping and macrossing Godzilla in a mecha February 21, 2010 10:13:00 PM MST Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Do Something to Halt the Advance of the Brave New World This Blog Protected by Mischievous

  • January Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour

    Updated: 2010-01-30 02:44:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Sci Fi Catholic Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Friday , January 29, 2010 January Christian Science Fiction Fantasy Blog Tour Exclamation Point In the Middle of a Sentence Okay , actually remembering to post for the tour this time around is me , your host . Looking up from a textbook of epistemology . ugh . I notice this month's tour goes out to Andrew Peterson and his novel North Or Be Eaten Now , if I were a phenomenalist , I would rewrite that title as , Do that which will produce the sense data you interpret as moving north , or else experience the sense-data--followed by the immediate cessation thereof--you would interpret as being eaten . I humbly propose that the the phenomenalists be eaten . first This is the second book in this series . The first , previously mentioned runs under the ambitious title of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness a title I am convinced could lose at least one word without incurring major . damage The story of this new novel follows a trio of children who find out they are actually lost royalty , and who must escape the damnable Fangs of Dang to

  • Gaze Upon m4H Aw3S0m3SAuc3!

    Updated: 2010-01-25 02:45:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Sci Fi Catholic Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Sunday , January 24, 2010 Gaze Upon m4H Aw3S0m3SAuc3 Some dear friends of mine , aware that I was in the seminary , were also aware that my regular clothing was severely lacking in Aw3S0m3SAuc3. In order to correct this , they kindly sent me a hat designed to add the right amount of Aw3S0m3SAuc3 to my otherwise dull . attire So , as you can see , they constructed for me the steam-powered , hamster-operated hat from MegaTokyo Detail of this panel As you can see , the makers of this hat are aware of my weakness for wuzzy stuffed animals . The operator of this fine headpiece is a little hamster who tells me he is my conscience , but he doesn't bother me such since he only squeaks . L33T Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 7:45 PM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Do Something to Halt the Advance of the Brave New World This Blog Protected by Mischievous Adolescent Saint Philomena , unofficial patroness of wangsty science fiction writers , pray for us D . G . D . Davidson Snuffles the Dragon

  • Virtual March for Life

    Updated: 2010-01-20 03:34:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar The Sci Fi Catholic Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Tuesday , January 19, 2010 Virtual March for Life Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 8:34 PM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Do Something to Halt the Advance of the Brave New World This Blog Protected by Mischievous Adolescent Saint Philomena , unofficial patroness of wangsty science fiction writers , pray for us D . G . D . Davidson Snuffles the Dragon Lucky the Goldfish Click to subscribe FeedBurner Enter your Email Preview Powered by FeedBlitz Subscribe to Comments Feed Blogroll Me Get great free widgets at Widgetbox Rate Me on BlogHop.com help Who links to me Read My Conversion Story Currently Reading D.G.D . Someone recently told me I need to be more manly . I assumed he meant I need to read more manly military space opera . For sheer manliness , you can't go wrong with a book entitled Armor by a guy with steak in his name . dang , that sentence contains so much testosterone , my biceps grew a quarter inch while I was writing it . Anyway , this novel , about soldiers in powered

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