• Daniel Abraham talks writing

    Updated: 2010-08-31 18:44:47
    Daniel Abraham is interviewed by Peter Orullian. They talk about the upcoming Dragon’s Path, writing, genre, and music. Read the whole thing here.

  • Google Wave Will Ride Through the Rest of 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-31 17:45:48
    While some of us at Techland mourn the impending loss of Wave more than others, Google released a “quick note” on what's next for Wave. • Wave.google.com will be available at least through the end of the year • There will be ways to export your waves before the end of the year

  • What is the Science Fiction Equivalent of Sword & Sorcery?

    Updated: 2010-08-31 17:29:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST Beware The Hairy Mango : Joe the Larry' What is the Science Fiction Equivalent of Sword Sorcery This week's SF Signal podcast asks the question : What is the SciFi equivalent of Sword Sorcery I was delighted to see this topic strike a cord with the podcast panel and thought it would make a good topic to throw at you , dear . reader Sword Sorcery has been getting a lot of press thanks to high-profile anthologies like Swords Dark Magic edited by Lou Anders Jonathon Strahan . But what , if anything , equates to this genre in the pure science fiction realm Jay Garmon I think , said it best : Sword Sorcery is the gritty , personal down and dirty alternative to epic high fantasy . It might be

  • Beware The Hairy Mango: 'Joe the Larry'

    Updated: 2010-08-31 17:25:00
    : : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST REVIEW : Time Bomb 1 After Dark 1 Driver for the Dead 1 Radical Comics NEXT POST What is the Science Fiction Equivalent of Sword Sorcery Beware The Hairy Mango : Joe the Larry' Hunger no more for podcast excitement . Line up Signal-file for your free steaming bowl of Beware The Hairy Mango Sate your belly with a magical tale of love and water-skiing . Hear the Oz that never was . With only two sentences I've pretty much given the entire episode away but humor us , please , and give a listen to Joe the Larry . anyhow Warning Adult situations for immature audiences BTHM-Episode40-JoeTheLarry.mp3 Comments 0 PermaLink Category : Beware The Hairy Mango Posted by Matthew Sanborn Smith at

  • Wonder Woman Struts Her Stuff in DC Universe Online

    Updated: 2010-08-31 15:30:09
    Hey, she's a member of the DC Comics' holy trinity so you knew she was going to show up. Still, it's good to see Princess Diana lassoing up Greco-Roman demons alongside some create-a-characters. It's a safe bet that Paradise Island/Themyscria will be one of the environments that the MMO's missions will send you to, like [...]

  • Tuesday Tune: Star Wars Ewok Gospel

    Updated: 2010-08-31 06:20:00
    : : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST Fan Made Star Wars TV Show Sandrima Rising NEXT POST REVIEW : Time Bomb 1 After Dark 1 Driver for the Dead 1 Radical Comics Tuesday Tune : Star Wars Ewok Gospel Star Wars and gospel go together like , well , Star Wars and gospel but in this case it works exceptionally well . I know what you're thinking , Ewoks Ewoks Who the hell likes those guys And yes , the only thing even more reviled amongst most fans than Ewoks is Jar Jar but Billy Dee lays out the Ewok righteousness for all to hear . Can I get an Amen It's enough to make you like the Ewoks . again For a little bit . anyway Bonus Bill Dee Williams commercial after the jump Want to know where Lando got all his smooth moves Apparently

  • Fan Made Star Wars TV Show - Sandrima Rising

    Updated: 2010-08-31 06:15:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST SF Tidbits for 8 31 10 NEXT POST Tuesday Tune : Star Wars Ewok Gospel Fan Made Star Wars TV Show Sandrima Rising Now that it looks like the proposed live action Star Wars TV show is on hold something about an intergalactic TV series with spaceships and aliens and lasers being too expensive to produce , I know right maybe it's time for the fans to come up with something . Well this group of fans did back in 2008 and produced Sandrima Rising Sure the acting is bad but some of the effects are decent and really , is this worse than any SyFy original movie No , I don't think . so The vibe I get from watching this is Serenity set in the Star Wars universe , which intrigues the hell out of me .

  • SF Tidbits for 8/31/10

    Updated: 2010-08-31 06:05:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST WINNERS : 1 Matthew Hughes Prize Pack 3 Hughes Books NEXT POST Fan Made Star Wars TV Show Sandrima Rising SF Tidbits for 8 31 10 Interviews Peter Orullian interviews Daniel Abraham The Outer Alliance interviews Karen Romanko Hour of the Wolf interviews Sybil's Garage podcast Betsy Mitchell interviews Harry Connolly Angela Slatter interviews Jeffrey Ford and Alisa Krasnostein John Scalzi's The Big Idea : Mark Van Name René A . Guzman interviews Chris Roberson Joseph Mallozzi's readers interview Lou Diamond Phillips SFF Ausio interviews Luke Burrage and Gregg Margarite podcast Daniel Goodman interviews Charles Yu How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Thanks for the shout-out

  • WINNERS: 1 Matthew Hughes Prize Pack + 3 Hughes Books

    Updated: 2010-08-31 06:04:00
    : : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST The SF Signal Podcast Episode 005 Interview with Karen Burnham NEXT POST SF Tidbits for 8 31 10 WINNERS : 1 Matthew Hughes Prize Pack 3 Hughes Books The winners of our Matthew Hughes contest have been randomly chosen and . notified Congratulations : to Caitrin . C from NV Prize Pack Winner Jeffrey . H from FL Andrew . W from Ontario David . H from Washington , DC Thanks to everyone who . entered Comments 0 PermaLink Category : Contest Posted by John DeNardo at Tuesday August 31, 2010 at 12:04 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

  • Technical Difficulty

    Updated: 2010-08-31 05:59:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Monday , August 30, 2010 Technical Difficulty Sorry for the gap in posts . I am back at the seminary , but I'm experiencing some difficulties with the internet connection . Posts will resume in the near future . Share Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 10:59 PM Labels : updates Technical Difficulty Sorry for the gap in posts . I am back at the seminary , but I'm experiencing some difficulties with the internet connection . Posts will resume in the near . future Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by . Disqus blog comments powered by Disqus Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Blog Archive 2010 80 August 23 Technical Difficulty A Brief Reflection on Michael D .

  • Recent Arrivals: Audio Realms and Dark Realms Audio

    Updated: 2010-08-31 05:01:56
    Here’s a stack of mostly horror titles that have been inching their way into my dreams! It’s a solid mix of public domain novels (and collections) along with brand spanking new series and standalones. Check out Brian Keene’s modern horror tale, Castaways (its at the bottom). Keene writes comics, it may be the best place [...]

  • Dueling Zombie Authors!

    Updated: 2010-08-30 22:34:09
    , , Home About Orbit FAQ Publishing Schedules Contact Us Sign Up Death Most Definite Trent Jamieson Reaping . It's a grim job , but someone's got to do it . rdquo Steven de Selby Read chapter one Blameless Gail Carriger Alexia is back , and this time she's the scandal of the London season . Read chapter one On Content , Execution , and the Future of Genre Building The Wall of Night : An Interview with Helen Lowe Dueling Zombie Authors DongWon Song August 30th , 2010 Over at Babel Clash authors Mira Grant and Jesse Petersen are going head to head with two very different visions of the zombie apocalypse . The only thing they seem to agree on is that most of us are . lunch Also , click back through the last few posts to see Nicole Peeler and Jaye Wells having way too much fun in . public This

  • YouTube profile of Huffduffer

    Updated: 2010-08-30 19:00:57
    I say what this guy says, about HuffDuffer.com, all the time. Check out what this guys says… Posted by Jesse Willis

  • The SFFaudio Podcast #073

    Updated: 2010-08-30 07:01:43
    The SFFaudio Podcast #073 – Jesse talks with Luke Burrage and Gregg Margarite about the Audible Frontiers/Brilliance Audio audiobook of Earth Abides by George R. Stewart! Talked about on today’s show: Earth Abides by George R. Stewart, New York City, Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the best post-apocalyptic novel, a lost classic, a calm [...]

  • The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 005): Interview with Karen Burnham

    Updated: 2010-08-30 06:29:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST John Joseph Adams' New Zombie Anthology , The Living Dead 2, Gets a Cool New Website with Free Fiction NEXT POST WINNERS : 1 Matthew Hughes Prize Pack 3 Hughes Books The SF Signal Podcast Episode 005 Interview with Karen Burnham In the fifth episode of the SF Signal podcast , Patrick Hester is joined by John Anealio Jay Garmon Karen Burnham JP Frantz and Matt Sanborn Smith to discuss the science fiction equivalent of Sword . Sorcery Later , Patrick Hester sits down with Karen Burnham who talks about blogging at SF Signal and writing reviews . She also reveals her upcoming , previously-unannounced , super-secret . project Download The SF Signal Podcast Episode 005 Comments 2 PermaLink

  • Books Received: August 30, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-30 06:11:00
    : : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST SF Tidbits for 8 30 10 NEXT POST Halo : Reach Live Action Trailer Books Received : August 30, 2010 In the interest of full disclosure because we all know how painful partial disclosure can be here's the stuff we received this week . Comments 0 PermaLink Category : Books Posted by John DeNardo at Monday August 30, 2010 at 12:11 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 .

  • SF Tidbits for 8/30/10

    Updated: 2010-08-30 06:05:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST EVENT REPORT : ArmadilloCon 32 NEXT POST Books Received : August 30, 2010 SF Tidbits for 8 30 10 Interviews Profiles The Observer interviews William Gibson via Largehearted Boy Cat Rambo interviews L . Timmel DuChamp Nick Gevers discusses steampunk on BBC's World Service . via Jay Lake John Jospeh Adams interviews John Skipp Cody Goodfellow News 2010 Harvey Awards Announced via Largehearted Boy Issue 13 of HorrorBound Magazine is now available Articles James Wallace Harris on Kindle 3 and Science Fiction Short Stories Nancy Kress on Armadillocon 32, Day 2 Jessica Strider on Fan Expo Canada Part 1 The romance aspect in George Mann's The Osiris Ritual reviewed here Darrell Schweitzer on The

  • Review: Demon: a Memoir by Tosca Lee

    Updated: 2010-08-29 09:17:20
    Review by Jill Williamson Recently divorced Clay is an editor for a publishing house. He has been walking through life in a daze, devastated by his ex-wife’s betrayal. When a strange man named Lucian approaches him and asks him to write his story, Clay doesn’t know what to think. But the more he gets to [...]

  • Lost Rod Serling Video Interview

    Updated: 2010-08-29 06:20:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST Free Fiction for 8 29 10 NEXT POST EVENT REPORT : ArmadilloCon 32 Lost Rod Serling Video Interview From the YouTube : description In 1970 University of Kansas professor James Gunn interviewed a series of science fiction authors for his Centron film series Science Fiction in Literature This footage from an unreleased film in that series featuring an interview with Rod Serling , which wasn't finished due to problems with obtaining rights to show footage from Serling's work in television . This reconstruction is based on the original workprint footage that was saved on two separate analog sources since the audio track was separate . Re-syncing the footage was a long involved process as the

  • Free Fiction for 8/29/10

    Updated: 2010-08-29 06:14:00
    : Home About Us Contact Submissions Books Received Stay Connected : Search this : site PREVIOUS POST SF Tidbits for 8 29 10 NEXT POST Lost Rod Serling Video Interview Free Fiction for 8 29 10 Tor.com : The Speed of Time by Jay Lake Subterranean Online : Dream of the Arrow by Jay Lake Lightspeed Magazine : More Than the Sum of His Parts by Joe Haldeman Issue 126 of Hub Magazine is . posted Strange Horizons : Five Rules for Commuting to the Underworld by Merrie Haskell Gutenberg : Abandoned by Jules Verne Candlelight Stories : Reaping by Pam Farley Author's site : Farm Girl's Lament by C . Ceres Merry The Kenyon Review : The Transfiguration of María Luisa Ortega by E . Lily Yu : ManyBooks.net The Book of Gud by Harold Hersey The Frightened Planet by Sidney Austen The Variant Effect by G .

  • Recent Arrivals: Blackstone Audio

    Updated: 2010-08-29 05:29:34
    Here’s stack of new Blackstone Audio audiobooks! We’ve talked about them on the podcast, now have a gander at the art! Which of these have you heard? Which are you planning to hear? And, in which order? First up, an audiobook I’m going to try to get us reading for an SFFaudio Readalong… Mindswap By Robert Sheckley; Read by [...]

  • Seeing Ear Theatre – Readings: William Gibson and Pat Cadigan

    Updated: 2010-08-28 07:33:15
    Another helpful fellow, with plenty of love for the late lamented Seeing Ear Theatre, has begun uploading missing and missed audio to Archive.org. Here are the first pair, two excerpts from 1999, author readings that that briefly appeared on the Seeing Ear Theatre’s website. Pat Cadigan Reads From Tea From An Empty Cup 1 |MP3| – Approx. [...]

  • Lightspeed Magazine: More Than The Sum Of His Parts by Joe Haldeman

    Updated: 2010-08-27 03:44:24
    Wow! It’s hard to beat the combination of great writer and great narrator in a first person perspective tale. That’s exactly what More Than The Sum Of His Parts by Joe Haldeman is: Amazingly written SF delivered by an amazingly talented narrator. Lightspeed Magazine has it, in its latest issue, and as a podcast. Playboy magazine [...]

  • The Literature of Discovery?

    Updated: 2010-08-25 19:00:27
    Robert Jackson Bennett has some interesting thoughts on the role of genre in fiction over at his blog: here. What do you think? Is literary fiction innovative? Is genre limiting? Is Mr. Shivers the best debut you’ll read this…

  • Films of High Adventure

    Updated: 2010-08-25 18:59:07
    The inimitable Jesse Bullington and his friend (and writer) Molly Tanzer have been subjecting themselves to classic films of dubious merit for our entertainment for months now. This week, they take on a personal favorite (an assessment…

  • Ray Bradbury Tribute Song, Sort Of

    Updated: 2010-08-25 16:30:47
    On a double dog dare, I’ve decided to post this very funny and controversial video by Rachel Bloom. The controversy isn’t on the prominent use of the F-Bomb, but whether Ray Bradbury is the best Science Fiction writer in history. I hope we can agree that he is a great writer of fantasy/science fiction. More [...]

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Art Appreciation 101

    Updated: 2010-08-25 16:09:50
    Today at io9.com, Orbit Creative Director Lauren Panepinto provides a fine introduction and overview of what makes an unforgettable cover unforgettable, be it for a work of epic fantasy, space opera, urban fantasy or

  • Review of Heist Society by Ally Carter

    Updated: 2010-08-25 04:54:11
    Heist Society By Ally Carter; Read by Angela Dawe 5 CDs, 1 MP3-CD or Audible Download – Approx. 6 Hours 7 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: February 9, 2010 ISBN: 1441826734 (cd), 9781441826756 (mp3-cd) Themes: / Crime / Caper / Heist / Grifting / Art / Europe / Romance / SAMPLE |MP3| Since she can remember, Katarina’s relatives have been grooming her [...]

  • Orbit Needs You!

    Updated: 2010-08-24 20:36:22
    Orbit UK is looking for an Editorial Assistant to join its publishing team based in London. You have until 6th September to apply. If interested, you can either: a) Follow this link and follow instructions: http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/About/JobVacancies b) Spend eternity…

  • io9′s Four Fall 2010 Must-Get Orbit Titles

    Updated: 2010-08-24 17:16:48
    io9.com has posted their list of the forthcoming Autumn 2010 SF/F titles readers won’t want to miss, and it goes without saying (though we’ll say it) that there are Orbit titles on the list — Gail Carriger’s Blameless, Iain…

  • The Incomparable Podcast

    Updated: 2010-08-24 01:04:07
    Here is the first episode |MP3| of The Incomparable Podcast. It appears to be all about SFF books! Huzzah! Here’s the description: Climb in your Zeppelin, grab a self-burning book, and prepare for the first Incomparable Podcast, in which we discuss “The City and The City,” “The Windup Girl,” “For The Win,” and more. Plus we [...]

  • The SFFaudio Podcast #072

    Updated: 2010-08-23 07:01:27
    The SFFaudio Podcast #072 – Jesse and Scott talk with Julie Davis, of the Forgotten Classics podcast about Assam And Darjeeling by T.M. Camp |READ OUR REVIEW|. Talked about on today’s show: Assam & Darjeeling by T.M. Camp, Podiobooks.com, iTunes, serialized fiction, entertaining copyright notices, where do you do your podcast listening?, I’ve got my hands full [...]

  • The New York Times Book Review Podcast: YA Literature

    Updated: 2010-08-23 06:00:52
    The August 6th episode of The New York Times Book Review podcast has a segment on Young Adult literature: This week: Francine Prose on the novels of Hans Keilson; Pamela Paul on adults who read Y.A. novels; Mary Roach on her new book, “Packing for Mars”; Julie Bosman with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler [...]

  • Seeing Ear Theatre: Tripping Astral

    Updated: 2010-08-23 01:00:32
    One very kind person has added an early (perhaps the first) Seeing Ear Theatre production to the Internet Archive! It’s called Tripping Astral and it’s described thusly: When a matter transfer experiment goes wrong, a scientist finds himself stranded on a alien planet. I am, of course, adding it to our popular Seeing Ear Theatre post and [...]

  • The Unique Strength of Science Fiction

    Updated: 2010-08-22 04:46:44
    Most Popular Posts Ten Things I Hate About Science Fiction Ten Issues for Hard Science Fiction Top Ten Science-Based Sci-Fi Movies Five qualities required to be a Scientist . Ten Superpowers You Can Have Now The Hard SF Writer's Bookshelf Outside the Ghetto and the Ghastly Example of Michael Crichton The Importance of Science in our Lives Ten Science Fiction Novelists I Really Like HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SPIES GALAXY BLACK HOLE EVOLUTION IN ACTION Links American Astronomical Society Astronomy Picture of the Day Bad Astronomy Boing Boing Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium Cracked Fark Finding Free eBooks Heroes Network Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers Live Science Living in Brazil Page 69 Test Scientific American Slashdot Space.com Superuseless Superpowers The Great Geek Manual

  • Top 10 SF Movie Lists and the Top SF Movie of All Time Can You Guess It

    Updated: 2010-08-21 20:44:55
    Most Popular Posts Ten Things I Hate About Science Fiction Ten Issues for Hard Science Fiction Top Ten Science-Based Sci-Fi Movies Five qualities required to be a Scientist . Ten Superpowers You Can Have Now The Hard SF Writer's Bookshelf Outside the Ghetto and the Ghastly Example of Michael Crichton The Importance of Science in our Lives Ten Science Fiction Novelists I Really Like HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SPIES GALAXY BLACK HOLE EVOLUTION IN ACTION Links American Astronomical Society Astronomy Picture of the Day Bad Astronomy Boing Boing Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium Cracked Fark Finding Free eBooks Heroes Network Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers Live Science Living in Brazil Page 69 Test Scientific American Slashdot Space.com Superuseless Superpowers The Great Geek Manual

  • Lecture on Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

    Updated: 2010-08-21 07:07:43
    Here is David Gill’s fascinating three part lecture on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? as recorded at the 2010 Philip K. Dick Festival in Colorado. I’m afraid there is no HuffDuffing these MP3 files, but they are downloadable. David Gill on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? part 1 by Philip K Dick Festival David Gill on [...]

  • LibriVox: X-Minus One Project

    Updated: 2010-08-20 04:16:35
    Now here is a cool project, and it’s one recently mentioned on one of our podcasts! It’s an effort to source and record and proof the “public domain science fiction stories which were turned into half-hour plays for the classic mid-1950’s American radio series, X Minus One.” This collection includes eight such stories. Which one [...]

  • LibriVox: The Thing In The Attic by James Blish

    Updated: 2010-08-19 21:42:55
    Gregg Margarite has narrated The Thing In The Attic for LibriVox. This is one of James Blish’s “Pantropy” tales and makes up one quarter of his fixup novel The Seedling Stars. Here’s a snippet from the Wikipedia entry on pantropy: “Pantropy is a hypothetical process of space colonization in which rather than terraforming other planets or [...]

  • Forgotten Classics: Michael Flynn on Science And Science Fiction Michael Flynn

    Updated: 2010-08-18 23:00:39
    My friend, Julie D. of the Forgotten Classics podcast, reads an incisive Michael Flynn essay from The Forest of Time and Other Stories |MP3|. Well worth hearing. Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/forgottenclassics Posted by Jesse Willis

  • Review: The Wolf of Tebron by C. S. Lakin

    Updated: 2010-08-17 21:52:52
    Review by Jill Williamson Joran sent his wife away when he discovered something about her that he could not forgive. But then he discovered that she never arrived. He can’t stand not knowing what happened to her, so he investigates and discovers that his wife is being held captive by the moon. Joran embarks on [...]

  • The SFFaudio Podcast #071

    Updated: 2010-08-16 07:01:22
    The SFFaudio Podcast #071 – Jesse and Scott talk with audio dramatist George Zarr! Talked about on today’s show: George Zarr of Seeing Ear Theatre fame, SciFi.com (aka Syfy.com), Brian Smith, John Colluci, RealAudio, NPR, Satellite Radio, “doing your laundry by flushing it down a toilet”, seeing the power of a budget, what audio drama should be [...]

  • Quick Links: Mark Shea Posts on the Catholic Writer's Conference

    Updated: 2010-08-16 03:53:00
    : : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Sunday , August 15, 2010 Quick Links : Mark Shea Posts on the Catholic Writer's Conference See it here Share Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 8:53 PM Labels : quick links Quick Links : Mark Shea Posts on the Catholic Writer's Conference See it here 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 Blog Archive 2010 80 August 23 Technical Difficulty A Brief Reflection on Michael D . O'Brien's Landsca . August Christian Science Fiction Fantasy Blog To . Father Thomas Euteneuer on Harry Potter Steven Greydanus : Where Are the Good Men Mark Shea on Somebody Else on Anne Rice My Granddad Can

  • Quick Link: Anne Shulock on Fiction with Young Narrators

    Updated: 2010-08-14 18:05:00
    : : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , August 14, 2010 Quick Link : Anne Shulock on Fiction with Young Narrators As a culture , we have an odd relationship with high-achieving youths . The media scrambles to cover four-year-old abstract artists , 12-year-old fashion bloggers , 13-year-olds who climb Mt . Everest—but we regard the little prodigies with a mix of admiration , disbelief , mistrust and even hostility . In an age of shortening attention spans and the glorification of stupidity , I find it comforting and exciting to spend time with young characters for whom books , maps , notebooks , letters , research , drawings , imagined inventions and classic films are central and essential . Precocious narrators , and the

  • Utah Writing Event

    Updated: 2010-08-13 04:03:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Thursday , August 12, 2010 Utah Writing Event I learned of this from Brandon Sanderson's blog In Sandy , Utah , on the 21st of August a Saturday there will be an all-day writing workshop . nbsp Money goes to supply books for needy children . nbsp The even will feature a number of local authors . nbsp I'm going to see if I can make it . nbsp Brandon Sanderson will be there in the evening . nbsp Here's the website with info . Share Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 9:03 PM Labels : events Utah Writing Event I learned of this from Brandon Sanderson's blog In Sandy , Utah , on the 21st of August a Saturday there will be an all-day writing workshop . nbsp Money goes to supply books for needy children

  • Best Chad Vader Episode Ever?

    Updated: 2010-08-11 04:26:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Tuesday , August 10, 2010 Best Chad Vader Episode Ever Okay , the vampire guy had me laughing until I cried . Share Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 9:26 PM Labels : humor Best Chad Vader Episode Ever Okay , the vampire guy had me laughing until I . cried 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 Blog Archive 2010 80 August 23 Technical Difficulty A Brief Reflection on Michael D . O'Brien's Landsca . August Christian Science Fiction Fantasy Blog To . Father Thomas Euteneuer on Harry Potter Steven Greydanus : Where Are the Good Men Mark Shea on Somebody Else on Anne Rice My

  • Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle

    Updated: 2010-08-10 22:03:51
    From Audible: Neal Stephenson’s monumental series of novels that blows through 17th- and 18th-century Europe like a hurricane of history, science, intrigue, and adventure – is now finally available in unabridged audio. Part historical fiction, part scientific exploration, and part swashbuckling adventure, The Baroque Cycle appeals to fiction lovers of all types. With the author’s help, we’ve [...]

  • News from the Fish Bowl

    Updated: 2010-08-10 04:34:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Monday , August 9, 2010 News from the Fish Bowl Whew . it had been so long since I posted , it was really hard jumping in and out of my fishbowl to hit the keys last time I'm really sore , so I might not have as many articles : tonight i09 ON SCIENCE FICTION AND KANT A musing essay that's worth a look . nbsp Read it here SF SIGNAL S SF TIDBITS Including interviews and some oddball news items . nbsp Read them here THE IRONICALLY NAMED SFGate HAS SF BOOK REVIEWS Here CHINA MIEVILLE GIVES TALK AT SAN DIEGO LIBRARY Here's an : excerpt One genre convention that particularly ticks Miéville off and which he’s deliberately tried to avoid or subvert in his own work is the notion of the Chosen One , 8221

  • CBC NXNW: Studio One Book Club interview with Guy Gavriel Kay

    Updated: 2010-08-09 17:03:20
    I tell people I don’t listen to the radio much anymore, but that’s not quite true. Every single morning I wake up to the sound of CBC Radio One on my clock radio. And on Saturday and Sunday mornings this means I wake up to the sounds of North By Northwest, a BC based radio [...]

  • The SFFaudio Podcast #070

    Updated: 2010-08-09 07:01:58
    The SFFaudio Podcast #070 – Jesse and Scott talk about the most recent arrivals and the latest audiobook releases! Talked about on today’s show: The Big Time by Fritz Leiber, public domain, Brilliance Audio, Audible Frontiers, Scott Danielson’s Audiobook Fix, Fafhard And The Grey Mouser, Death’s Excellent Vacation, a new Sookie Stackhouse book, Charlaine Harris, True Blood, [...]

  • JAMES BOND: You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming

    Updated: 2010-08-08 21:22:25
    “You only live twice: Once when you’re born And once when you look death in the face.” -James Bond If you’ve only seen the movie version of You Only Live Twice you’re in for a very pleasant surprise. Ian Fleming’s original novel is strikingly different from the movie of the same name. The [...]

  • The National Catholic Register on Anne Rice

    Updated: 2010-08-07 05:56:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Friday , August 6, 2010 The National Catholic Register on Anne Rice The Strange Inner World of Anne Rice by Joan Frawley Desmond No surprise , then , that the new chapter in Rice’s life like the author herself is a bit more complicated than the recent headlines suggest . As one news story noted : Rice is not necessarily leaving belief in God or even belief in Jesus . Rice makes it clear that her departure from religion is not theological as much as it is moral . 8221 Apparently , Rice’s new position is that she still believes in Christ , but repudiates the Church’s controversial stance within the framework of the culture wars . In her view , the person of Christ transcends the negativity of the

  • John C Wright on Good Science Fiction Movies

    Updated: 2010-08-07 05:25:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Friday , August 6, 2010 John C Wright on Good Science Fiction Movies John C . Wright , Catholic convert and one of the most brilliant sf authors I've ever read , often seems to have oddball taste in sf movies , as I've mentioned before . nbsp He now explains : why I judge science fiction movies by a sequence of carefully chosen criteria : 1 first , is there a hot babe in a skintight and or revealing future-suit at any point in the film 2 Is there a gorilla 3 Is there a robot 4 Does any character have Way Cool mind powers And , most importantly , 5 Does a planet get blown up I then award stars according to how many of these five criteria are met , giving me a ranking from zero to five . Add an

  • Lux Radio Theatre: No Highway In The Sky based on the novel No Highway by Nevil Shute

    Updated: 2010-08-07 00:21:35
    I was talking with a friend of mine about Nevil Shute. Shute has been blipping onto my radar since about ten years ago when my Science Fiction uncle gave me a copy of Slide Rule: The Autobiography Of An Engineer. Over the years I’ve gotten into Shute’s fiction, notably On The Beach and A Town [...]

  • Return of the News Ticker

    Updated: 2010-08-06 04:01:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Thursday , August 5, 2010 Return of the News Ticker A book review is in the works , but may not appear for a few days , as some events are coming up here that will keep me from writing . nbsp In the meantime , we have a new feature . nbsp Previously , we had a news ticker in the sidebar delivering stories on Catholicism and science fiction . nbsp That news ticker eventually stopped working and I deleted . it But the news ticker is back This one is similar to the last , but its options are more limited , so it is , at least at present , a science fiction news ticker only . nbsp I may consider adding a Catholic one later , but the site is getting overly . cluttered I'm still rearranging the blog

  • Review of Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin

    Updated: 2010-08-05 15:47:29
    Rocannon’s World By Ursula K. Le Guin; Read by Stefan Rudnicki 5 CDs, 5 hrs – [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Blackstone Audio Published: 2007 ISBN: 9781433210822 Themes: / Science Fiction / Anthropology / Interstellar travel / Aliens / Telepathy / Against a cold war subtext of a well-meaning interstellar civilization trampling other cultures in its blind panic to defend itself against a nebulous [...]

  • Jeff Wayne’s “War of the Worlds” concert live Richard Burton narration

    Updated: 2010-08-04 14:55:40
    Inspired by The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells comes… [via Bill Hollweg] Posted by Jesse Willis

  • Voices In The Wind Audio Theatre

    Updated: 2010-08-04 06:33:50
    Executive Producer David Farquhar of the audio drama troupe called Voices In The Wind Audio Theatre, writes in to tell me about audio drama production group. From the website: Voices In The Wind– Audio Theatre, formally Design Sound Productions. Our mission is to produce quality audio drama programs which reflect a wide range of genres including [...]

  • Ray Bradbury Talks About Religion

    Updated: 2010-08-04 03:13:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Tuesday , August 3, 2010 Ray Bradbury Talks About Religion Ray Bradbury was my favorite sf author as a kid , and I began writing because I wanted to imitate his style . nbsp With CNN he discusses his views on : religion He describes himself as a delicatessen religionist . He's inspired by Eastern and Western . religions The center of his faith , though , is love . Everything the reason he decided to write his first short story at 12 his 56-year marriage to his muse and late wife , Maggie his friendships with everyone from Walt Disney to Alfred Hitchcock is based on . love Allusions to Christianity are common in his stories , but Bradbury doesn't define himself as a Christian . He considers Jesus

  • FREE LISTENS review: A Princess of Mars

    Updated: 2010-08-03 17:26:21
    Source: Librivox | (14 zipped mp3s) Length: 7 hr, 26 min Reader: Mark Nelson The book: While prospecting for gold in the Wild West, John Carter, formerly of the Confederate Army, is attacked by a band of hostile Apaches. He escapes into a cave, but finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars. On Mars, or [...]

  • New Releases: Tantor Media

    Updated: 2010-08-02 18:56:07
    Of the latest Tantor Media releases, here are my picks for the three most exciting titles. Check out their complete August catalog here |PDF|. The Most Powerful Idea In The World: A Story Of Steam, Industry, And Invention By William Rosen; Read by Michael Prichard 11 CDs or 2 MP3-CDs – Approx. 13 Hours 30 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Tantor [...]

  • The SFFaudio Podcast #069

    Updated: 2010-08-02 07:01:30
    The SFFaudio Podcast #069 – Jesse and Scott are joined Allan Kaster, the editor of Infinivox’s new audiobook anthology: The Year’s Top Ten Tales Of Science Fiction 2. Talked about on today’s show: Infinivox, Summer, the first time we had Allan Kaster on the podcast, The Year’s Top Ten Tales Of Science Fiction, Great Science Fiction [...]

  • Mister Ron: The Steam Man Of The Prarires by Edward S. Ellis

    Updated: 2010-08-02 06:18:55
    Mister Ron, of Mister Ron’s Basement Podcast, has posted up the first installment of The Steam Man Of The Plains aka The Steam Man Of The Prairies aka The Huge Hunter. Whatever you call it, I think this is the first American Science Fiction novel with a robot! Written by Edward S. Ellis, it was [...]

  • Congratulations, Sci Fi Catholic, Winner of the Most Cluttered Blog Award

    Updated: 2010-08-02 02:50:00
    : , , Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Sunday , August 1, 2010 Congratulations , Sci Fi Catholic , Winner of the Most Cluttered Blog Award We now officially have too many widgets . nbsp After literally hours of effort , I've finally coaxed Facebook into putting a like button into each post . but it will only like the specific post if you're looking at that post specifically , and not at the whole blog , in which case it will like the whole blog . It's confusing , but it's the best I can do . Share Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 7:50 PM Labels : updates Congratulations , Sci Fi Catholic , Winner of the Most Cluttered Blog Award We now officially have too many widgets . nbsp After literally hours of effort , I've finally coaxed

  • LibriVox: Stamped Caution by Raymond Z. Gallun

    Updated: 2010-08-01 22:01:54
    Stamped Caution By Raymond Z. Gallun; Read by Gregg Margarite 2 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 1 Hour 16 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: LibriVox.org Published: August 01, 2010 When an alien spacecraft crashes in Missouri a team of army investigators is dispatched. Among the debris they find a Martian infant and decide to raise him in their lab. Is [...]

  • LibriVox: The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

    Updated: 2010-08-01 04:08:44
    Robert Louis Stevenson wrote The Wrong Box with his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne. This is the same kid whose drawing had inspired Treasure Island seven years earlier. Interestingly, it was published while Stephenson (age 39), and Osbourne (age 21), were traveling in Polynesia. Here is an 1888 photograph of Lloyd Osbourne and Robert Louis Stevenson in [...]

  • Dave Armstrong on Anne Rice

    Updated: 2010-07-31 16:36:00
    : Science Fiction News Book and Movie Reviews Religious Topics All from a Catholic Perspective Saturday , July 31, 2010 Dave Armstrong on Anne Rice Catholic apologist and popularizer Dave Armstrong has a lengthy discussion on his blog Biblical Evidence for Catholicism of author Anne Rice's abandonment of : Catholicism Note that it is not enough for her to cease being a Catholic . She is ditching any other form of communal , denominational Christianity , too . The examples of people expressing actual overt hatred or purported hatred that she cites are not Catholic ones they are mostly Baptists There are several liberal denominations where her liberal views would fit right in . more . Share Posted by D . G . D . Davidson at 9:36 AM Labels : Anne Rice authors news Dave Armstrong on Anne Rice

  • FREE LISTENS Top 10 Free Stories

    Updated: 2010-07-28 15:55:48
    A few weeks ago Jesse posted my list of Best Free Audiobooks. I got a great response for this post, so I thought I’d do another one with my favorite free short stories that I’ve reviewed at Free Listens. Of course such lists are inherently silly, as they depend upon the listmaker’s tastes, current [...]

  • The SFFaudio Podcast #068

    Updated: 2010-07-26 07:01:33
    The SFFaudio Podcast #068 – Scott and Jesse talk about recently arrived audiobooks. Talked about on today’s show: Recent arrivals, Penguin Audio, The Books Of Elsewhere: The Shadows by Jacqueline West, The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, TheBooksOfElsewhere.com, inherited books, The Green Knowe series, kids love series, Nelson DeMille’s The Lion, Lion’s Game, Collected Fictions by [...]

  • Treehouse Of Horror XVII: The Day The Earth Looked Stupid

    Updated: 2010-07-25 18:33:34
    Speaking of Gloomy Sunday and the 1930s … October 30th, 1938 was a Sunday. And as it happens an important one. I’ve been re-watching all The Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror episodes. There’s a terrific, and hilarious sequence in The Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror XVII called “The Day The Earth Looked Stupid.” It’s a [...]

  • Jake Sampson: Monster Hunter

    Updated: 2010-07-25 17:39:25
    1936, a Sunday in June. The tides of woe are sweeping in. Today is Robert E. Howard’s funeral. Gloomy Sunday (1936) by Paul Whiteman with Johnny Hauser |MP3| That must mean… there’s a new Jake Sampson serial starting up. Episode 1 of Jake Sampson: Monster Hunter: The Gods Of War |MP3| is out now! Jake Sampson: Monster Hunter is [...]

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the on Sherlock Holmes and psychic matters

    Updated: 2010-07-25 02:33:13
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a man with gigantic mentality and gigantic faith… Myself, I prefer the mentality in his fiction to the fiction in his mentality. [via OpenCulture] Posted by Jesse Willis

  • Comment on About/Contact by Chris Northern

    Updated: 2010-07-22 14:41:35
    I didn't know that JPH had left us until right this moment. The work he would otherwise have produced will be missed - can't speak for the man as I never met him, though I suspect I would have liked him tremendously and regret the opportunity missed.

  • LibriVox: The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum

    Updated: 2010-07-21 09:16:28
    At 110 years old The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (aka The Wizard Of Oz), is one of the few children’s classic novels, that children read, and that WAS a children’s novel from the very beginning. Today a tour through the kids literature section of your local big box bookstore will probably turn up a dozen [...]

  • The SFFaudio Podcast #067

    Updated: 2010-07-19 07:01:58
    The SFFaudio Podcast #067 – Scott and Jesse talk to Dan Carlin, of the Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts! Talked about on today’s show: Hardcore History, Common Sense, the Rashomon effect, Gilligan’s Island, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, defensive reporting, nuance vs. talking points, BBC, NPR, PBS, Wikileaks, Common Sense Show #179 – GenX Journalism, the Martian [...]

  • LibriVox: The Iron Heel by Jack London

    Updated: 2010-07-17 00:46:50
    The Iron Heel, one of the books from our 4th Annual SFFaudio Challenge. It is now complete and available free from LibriVox! Narrator Matt Soar sez: I have just this afternoon finally finished the last chapter of Jack London’s The Iron Heel. Phew! It’s been quite an experience – begun in Montreal, completed in France, six [...]

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