Genre Covers of the Month -

Just saw this posting for voting on the genre cover of the month on Ariel’s blog, Genrephiles . So go on vote…
Its a good idea since, lets face it, genre readers are vocal on the rights and wrongs of covers (and the contents!) in spite the commercial pressures that publishers face in actually selling [...]

Forthcoming goodies courtesy of Locus

Locus Online: Forthcoming Books

Locus magazine has the list of the forthcoming genre books for the next few months online. Lots of good stuff.

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CSI NY

I’m still not entirely sure what to make of last night’s CSI: New York episode Oedipus Hex. CSI NY did the whole Goth thing as a freaky outsiders thing (yawn) but on reflection something deeper was going on with the episode if you also look at the interaction with Lindsay and the mother of the [...]

Steampunk

steampunk magazine - putting the punk back into steampunk

I have no idea whats in the water right now but just came across this Steampunk magazine on BoingBoing. Free download or $3 for print version (though you’ll need to add postage I’ll susepct from the US).
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Steampunk Star Wars

Eric’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea: steampunk star wars
Just take a look at this reimagining of Star Wars. Great art and fun reimagining of well known Star Wars characters. I really love the Darth Vader.

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Glorify Terrorism? - Stand up for civil liberties

This is not an easy anthology to talk about but it is a necessary book. It highlights the inconsistencies in the current war against terror but it also covers and admits a range of political opinions, from Andrew McKie’s introduction to Ken Macleod and Charlie Stross’s stories. This is its achievement as well as the [...]

The end of Harry?

A chance re-discovery of a letter from the Guardian (I would say the date but I’ve ripped it off the cutting) from an American asking for “a tutor in advanced imagination” or a new Tolkien intrigued me.
He wants Harry to live into adulthood (I have to confess I’m on the side of Harry dying) and [...]