Surfing the Event Horizon of SF Pseudo-Cyberspace
Written by: Jamie Mathieson
Directed by: Kenny Glenaan
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The One Where: George writes a list and puts the wolf to sleep, getting a new girlfriend, a new job and lycanthropic Tourette’s in the process. Mitchell and Ivan team up to…
If you’ve spent any time online exploring your sci-fi and fantasy interests you will have come across Geek Syndicate before. It’s a UK based fan group fronted by David Monteith and Barry Nugent, producing a weekly podcast celebrating and commenting on all…
Elizabeth Moon has announced her resignation from the Board of Directors of SFWA effective immediately. Moon has stated that her resignation is due to issues external to SFWA and in no way due to any conflicts with SFWA, the other officers, or any members. President Russell Davis has announced Michael Capobianco, who has [...]
Author Kage Baker (b.1952) died on January 31. Baker was the author of several novels in the “Company” series and won the Sturgeon Award for her novella “Empress of Mars,” which was published in an expanded version in 2009. She began publishing with the short story “Noble Mold” in 1997 and followed up [...]
James Cameron may not have won a Director’s Guild Award Saturday (he lost to ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow for Hurt Locker), but his Avatar conquered the box office for the seventh weekend in a row.
The Hollywood Reporter says:
According to studio estimates Sunday, James Cameron’s 3D epic added $30 million to bring its total to $594.5 million. It has already set a worldwide boxoffice record, and it is on track to soon overtake the domestic record set by Cameron’s Titanic.
James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi spectacular has grossed $594.5 million to date and should surpass the $601 million tally of the filmmaker’s 1997 melodrama “Titanic” by Wednesday, the News Corp. (NWSA.O …
In honor of tonight’s Grammy Awards, Turner Classic Movies has released a list of what they consider to be the 15 Most Influential Film Soundtracks. Four out of the fifteen films are scifi flicks including soundtracks by groundbreaking composers Bernard Herrmann and John Williams.
“It is nearly impossible to think of certain films without remembering their music scores. Casablanca, Laura, An Affair to Remember, The Magnificent Seven – the list is endless,” said TCM host and film historian Robert Osborne. “Our list celebrates the most memorable and groundbreaking soundtracks, the ones which took the art of film music to [...]
Post from: SF Universe
An email from the Libertarian Futurist Society announces the finalists for their 2010 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. The chosen works are:
“As Easy as A.B.C.,” a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912)
Cryptonomicon, a novel by Neal Stephenson (1999)
“No Truce with Kings,” a story by Poul Anderson (1964)
“’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman,” a story by Harlan Ellison [...]
Jason Sanford writes to let us know that the Million Writers Award is open for nominations for 2010. The award is for stories published in online magazines, and while it is a mainstream award it has often featured speculative fiction stories. As with last year, Jason is asking for donations to help fund prizes.
The success of 3D sci-fi sensation Avatar and a rebound in advertising revenues have provided a lift for media giant News Corp.