Daily Archives: August 8, 2007

Neil Gaiman’s Eternals

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

I started reading the Eternals again last night, having read the comics as and when, and it sort of confirmed what I thought at the time. This is a decent and fairly entertaining world but I always get the feeling … Continue reading →

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The Culture Matters to Iain M Banks

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

Ed Ashby posts the currently known details and jacket image of the new Iain Banks Culture novel, Matter, on his blog. Thanks to UKSFBookNews for the heads up.

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Philip Palmer debates his breaking point

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

UKSFBookNews has heard that Philip Palmer has a play, Breaking Point, on Radio 4 this Friday, August 10th. His debut novel, Debatable Space, comes out from Orbit books next year.

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Hartwell talks Westerns

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

Space Westerns has this interview with David Hartwell (from the parishes of Tor/Forge, New York Review of SF) talking about how he got into them and his current and forthcoming projects.

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Sarob Press closing down

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

Ansible also reports that Sarob Press will closing down at the end of the year. According to Ansible “Robert Morgan is ‘giving up the rat-race and the daily 130 mile commute and moving abroad’, to France.”

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Christmas Future – Nature on the hunt for a Christmas short story

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

Ansible carries this notice that Henry Gee of Nature Physics is looking for a topical Futures short story for the Christmas edition. Nature runs some great short stories from some awesome authors which tie science and science issues in with … Continue reading →

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When the world became virtual

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

Darn it, I missed this. On August 7th, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee posted to the alt.hypertext newsgroup that the World Wide Web was born.

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Tintin imperilled (again…)

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Iain

The Forbidden Planet blog has an article on a Congolese political science student who is pressing charges against Moulinsart for the racism in Tintin in the Congo. This follow the Commission for Racial Equality wanting it pulled from the shelves. … Continue reading →

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