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Orbit books, one of my favorite publishers, just put out their yearly “State of Fantasy Cover Art” chart. It’s a quick glance at some of the biggest clichés in fantasy novels, as well as some of the new fads we’re living through (e.g. zeppelins). Without further ado: I think I get what most of the [...]
This ad might come off as too clever by half to some, but frankly, I think it’s truth-value outweighs any of its kitschy flaws.
Hey folks, good news! The Tangled Bank, an anthology of spec-fic centered around themes Darwinian, has launched. Edited by Chris Lynch, it’s an anthology that strives to fill a fairly shocking gap in science fiction — fiction about evolution. It’s amazing that, given that evolution may be the single greatest, life-changingest scientific discovery ever, there [...]
So on January 14–my birthday!–I and two other contributors to the Interfictions 2 Anthology gave a reading at the Solas Bar that was sponsored by St. Mark’s Bookstore. Jeffrey Ford and Alaya Dawn Johnson read, respectively, “The War Between Heaven and Hell Wallpaper” and “The Score,” while I got through about half of “The Assimilated [...]
So if you haven’t heard of Henry Jenkins yet, where the hell have you been? Jenkins may very well be the very best academic blogger the Interwebs have yet to produce. Covering culture, technology, and a polymathic (dear OED, is that a word?) array of subjects, Jenkins is pretty much the guy I want to [...]
Hey folks, here are just a few shots from the reading I participated in on Thursday for the _Hit List_ anthology. I’m going to edit this post to add a few more shots: these are just of me, but some of the better pictures are the group shots featuring the other readers – Liz Martínez, Richie Narvaez, [...]
Spoilers! Be warned! 1. The movie’s ending is better than the original. The Giant Squid ending always rankled me; I’d complained about it since I read the book. Because it’s not just a giant squid: it’s an asploding giant squid. That asplodes Manhattan. Cough. I “get” the idea that only something so contrived could save [...]
Nerds are wetting themselves left and right with the imminent release of the movie version of Watchmen. And after Wesley Crusher announced to the world that the movie is “fucking awesome,” a collective sigh of release could be heard from every collector and cosplayer this side of Metropolis. Could it be that the movie will actually do [...]
So the new Tor.com is out, and it is pretty snazzy. For those of you who haven’t been following, Tor has, for months now, been teasing the sci-fi community with freebie fiction and wallpaper giveaways, all building up to their new vision for a sci-fi/fantasy/horror/bizarro clearinghouse. You ask me, I think its plans for the [...]
There’s a new book out my a pair of Harvard Professors that defends the thesis I have always believed: that video games are a part of the social fabric and have not created a generation of sociopaths. The book is called “Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can [...]
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