Monthly Archives: August 2007
Is sf film dying – Ridley Scott thinks so…
At the Venice film festival (being feted on the BBC for Keira Knightley in Atonement), Ridley Scott has opined that the sf genre is dying filmwise and Paul Howlett somewhat disagrees. Scott argues that it is tired and unoriginal but … Continue reading
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Edward Gorey’s Trouble with Tribbles
Shaenon Garrity over on LiveJournal found an article regarding Edward Gorey’s love of Star Trek , though he claims to have never watched the Trouble with Tribbles episode. Well she’s put this right with a great cartoon.
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SFWA issues DMCA takedown notices
Cory Doctorow has written an impassioned piece on BoingBoing regarding the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc‘s (SFWA) use of the DMCA to take down work from Scribd. It appears that they were removed after an email was … Continue reading
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Golden Compass game designer interviewed
Wired have an interview with the designers of the Golden Compass game and the challenges that they faced with the differing audiences. The discussion about (re-)creating the universe of both Pullman and Weitz is intriguing and pertinent to shared universes. … Continue reading
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Moving time…
I’m in the process of changing ISPs so if you are trying to email me in the next few days, please do bear with me whilst I disconnect and reconnect. Well what are holidays for apart from sorting out the … Continue reading
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Rich Cando does the Simpsons does Star Wars
I’ve just come across this Simpsons meets Star Wars spoof lovingly prepared by a guy named Rich Cando. It looks like there are a few more of the around as well. At under a minute, its about the right length … Continue reading
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A writer with a name – Emily Gee interviewed
A short while ago,I wrote up Thief with No Name by Emily Gee. She was kind enough o answer a couple of questions about the book. What drove you to write your novel? I loved the darkness of the story–although … Continue reading
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Fan theses online
The Comparative Media Studies course at MIT has placed it theses on fandom online. Some aren’t linked but there are some interesting studies on there. The course is taught by Henry Jenkins, to whom I’ve linked before and who is … Continue reading
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SF Awards site
Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee have developed a new site, Science Fiction Awards Watch, to contain all the news about sf awards. It will have: – A list of awards, with details of how they are decided – Prompt news … Continue reading
Tor to start podcasting
According to SFScope, Tor are debuting their podcasts at Worldcon this year with daily shows interviewing authors and discussing panels and so on. They will be available from the Tor/Forge podcast site, iTunes, Yahoo, Google and RSS. The series will … Continue reading
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