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John Scalzi Rates SciFi Movies by Their EXPLOSIONS!
Wed, Jul 1 | from blogs.amctv.com | More John Scalzi
Celebrate Independence Day with John Scalzi, who's compiled a list of scifi movies, such as Star Wars and Alien, that contain the Biggest Damn Explosions this side of Alderaan. This Saturday, it's July 4, when America celebrates its independence from Britain by blowing things up real go...
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Open Question: Spiritually speaking, where do these people stand in the heart of an atheist?
George Carlin - Richard Dawkins - T. H. Huxley - Charles Darwin - Douglas Adams - Christopher Hitchens - The Pope - Einstein - Sigmund Freud - The founding fathers of America (Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin etc.) - Bill Maher Please tell me what you think about as many of these people as yo...
Mon, Jun 29 | from Yahoo! Answers | More Douglas Adams
Producer Frank Darabont: How Illustrated Man will be 'retro sci-fi'
Frank Darabont is busy trying to mount his own Ray Bradbury adaptation, Fahrenheit 451 , but he's also a producer on director Zack Snyder's proposed adaptation of The Illustrated Man and offered us an exclusive glimpse at what he calls Snyder's "retro" approach to the book. The Bradbury n...
Mon, Jun 29 | from Sci Fi Wire | More Ray Bradbury
Events in Iran Prove Bradbury Wrong
Here's one of the more ironic juxtaposition of events in recent memory: Last week, famed science-fiction author (and anti-censorship advocate) Ray Bradbury came out against the Internet — just as the 'Net's ability to evade censorship played a crucial role in advancing the cause of de...
Thu, Jun 25 | from CIO | More Ray Bradbury
Second gen Zelazny
Trent Zelazny is the author of the novel Destination Unknown, to be released by Brick Tower Press in December of 2009. He is also the author of the collection of thriller/horror short stories entitled The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories to be released by Wilder Publications in late...
Wed, Jun 17 | from Roger Zelazny Fan Community | More Roger Zelazny
Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins blast off to 'Mars'
By Borys Kit Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins will star in "John Carter of Mars," the adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing for Disney. The story centers on a civil war who veteran finds himself mysteriously ...
Fri, Jun 12 | from Hollywood Reporter | More Edgar Rice Burroughs
And Here Comes the 'Total Recall' Remake
Total Recall will receive a "contemporized adaptation," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kurt Wimmer has been hired to write the script, which may or may not be based on "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," the Philip K. Dick story that inspired ...
Wed, Jun 3 | from Cinematical | More Philip K. Dick
Exploring Wold Newton, the motherlode of popular fiction
UK The answer is an ambitious attempt to create a logical universe in which all those fictional heroes could have lived and interacted by the late author Philip José Farmer which has proved to be Nerdvana for that particular sort of reader who simply ...
Thu, May 21 | from EducationGuardian.co.uk | More Philip José Farmer
Heather J. Smith/The Dispatch
NC By November he published the 212-page collection with selections by writers Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman, Tony Ruggiero, Brian W. Aldiss, Larry Niven and other established science-fiction, fantasy and horror authors. "I got quite a few big names for ...
Thu, Mar 26 | from Lexington Dispatch | More Joe Haldeman
Orson Scott Card, Internationally Bestselling Author, to Publish ... - PR Newswire
Orson Scott Card is the Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers. Besides these and other science fiction novels, ...
Thu, Mar 5 | from prnewswire.com | More Orson Scott Card
Watch Words
NC When she was putting together the curriculum for her science fiction class, she focused largely on such famous writers as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. But she knew that she wanted to include a graphic novel, "because graphic novels are a pertinent ...
Wed, Mar 4 | from Winston-Salem Journal | More Isaac Asimov
Fanfiction: "Frost" (Aral/Cordelia)
Series: Vorkosigan Saga Genre: Romance Notes/Warnings: Done for 'red and white' for older_not_dead. Beta-read by beatrice_otter. Aral/Coredlia Disclaimer: The Vorkosigan Saga and characters within belong to Lois McMaster Bujold.
Thu, Feb 19 | from Lois McMaster Bujold Fanfic Community | More Lois McMaster Bujold
Opinion: My family values: Iain Banks Writer
I got grief from my uncles when The Wasp Factory was published. My middle name is Menzies but I took the "M" out of my name and was published as Iain Banks. I decided to put it back in for my science-fiction books. I found out years later that our original family name was Menzies. My paternal grandfa...
Fri, Feb 6 | from EducationGuardian.co.uk | More Iain Banks
Sci-Fi Gadfly Forrest J Ackerman Dies [Forrest J Ackerman]
Sad news: pivotal science fiction figure Forrest J Ackerman has passed away. Ackerman was a true renaissance man; he founded the magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, discovered Ray Bradbury, and is...
Fri, Dec 5 | from Defamer | More Ray Bradbury
Cycle Ninja: <I>The Origin of Species</i> Online Version
Arm yourselves when the frog god smiles." Frank Herbert The Dosadi Experiment. Monday, November 24, 2008. The Origin of Species Online Version. How cool is this? HT: Greg Laden. at 2:28 PM. Labels: Books, science. 0 comments: ...
Mon, Nov 24 | from Cycle Ninja | More Frank Herbert
CrunchGear » Archive » Samsung foldable OLED helps us live the dream
Every since William Gibson described a computer that folded out like a butterfly in Count Zero I’ve wanted something like this. A paper thin polycarbon screen unfurled silently from the top of the unit and immediately grew rigid. ...
Mon, Nov 24 | from CrunchGear | More William Gibson
Podcast: Alan Dean Foster
Talented author spoke to me at Icon convention about his career and works. We cover his start and his writing of novel adaptation novels for Alien, Star Wars A New Hope plus the Star Wars sequel, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye. We also cover his treatment for Star Trek: Motion Picture. Some great in...
Tue, Aug 28 | from Fi Talk | More Alan Dean Foster
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The World Moves Ahead to More Cool Stuff
See the blog of the production company making "The People Vs George Lucas” -- a full length film, due next year, riffing off my book STAR WARS ON TRIAL. Near-Term Beamed Sail Propulsion Missions: Cosmos-1 and Sun-Diver", James Benford and Gregory Benford, Beamed Energy Propulsion, AIP...
Wed, Jul 1 | from Contrary Brin | More David Brin
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