Monthly Archives: June 2007

Getting old gracefully? – Joe Haldeman’s Old Twentieth

I’ve just read Old Twentieth by Joe Haldeman which is an interesting read. In the future, death has pretty much been banished but what replaces it? Whilst travelling through space, Jacob, a virtual reality engineer, is involved with an emergent … Continue reading

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The language of genre

Oxford University Press are not a publisher that one expects in the sf field (apart from the fine fantasy and sf anthologies) but the recently published Brave New Words is an odd book. Its a dictionary of science fiction terms … Continue reading

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To Infinity and beyond…

Solaris have published the Infinity Plus anthology, a bind up of the two PS publishing collections, and its another gem. I’m not going to go into detail in to each story as it has been a while since I read … Continue reading

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Marcus Sedwick held by Ransom

In an interview in the Independent, Marcus Sedgwick discusses his forthcoming novel, Blood Red, Snow White and his fascination with Arthur Ransom, of Swallows and Amazons fame.

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Pullman wins Carnegie of Carnegies

The Guardian have just announced the Pullman has won the Carnegie of Carnegie vote ahead of Phillipa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden. He joked that the initials were right but perhaps it was the wrong book. Will Northern Lights last another … Continue reading

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Eerie happenings in the corner of my eye

I’ve just read Anne Sudworth’s new book, Gothic Fantasies Having seen a few of these works on jacket covers - particularly Storm Constantine – or hanging on walls, it is a pleasure to see how the works are so finely reproduced. … Continue reading

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Futures that Never Were

Cory Doctorow over on BoingBoing has a new link to Henry Jenkins’s awesome blog about his recent comics talk. This is being posted in four parts and part one is fairly heavy on Gibson and Sterling. It’s one of those rare … Continue reading

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The impossibility of space colonisation

Charlies Stross has a great essay on the impossibility of one of sf’s great dreams – colonising space. Whilst Stephen Hawking has said that this is fundamental to the survival of the race, the practicalities make it impossible. As ever … Continue reading

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Neil Gaiman talks to Ain’t It Cool News

As per the title, Ain’t It Cool News has an intriguing interview about Stardust, Beowulf, Death and so on.

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Reviewing

Damn the Australian courts for patronising critics. A judge has just said that a bad review of a restaurant (now deceased) is defamatory. As Liz Hand says on the Inferior 4+1 blog, “time to start that legal defense fund“! This … Continue reading

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