Monthly Archives: September 2007

Flurb 4 online

Rudy Rucker’s sf story zine, Flurb, has its fourth issue up online at the moment. As ever its great mixture of newer writers, such as David Agranoff and Gord Sellar,  and established ones such as Kim Stanley Robinson, John Kessell … Continue reading

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Harry and the Potters rock out

This made me giggle from Wired – the idea of Harry Potter inspired rock. Oh dear.

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Douglas Hill, ya sf author, has died

Julia Eccleshare of the Guardian has written this obituary of Douglas Hill, a yound adult SF author, who was knocked down at a zebra crossing.

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David Gill talks to Jonathan Lethem about Phil Dick

Article journal has an interview with Jonathan Lethem about Philip K. Dick conducted by David Gill who runs the awesome totaldickhead blog (a worthwhile stop for anybody interested in PKD or how to blog about one author obsessively and successfully). … Continue reading

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Robert Jordan death announced

News has broken that Robert Jordan died yesterday from cardiac amyloidosis which he’d been suffering from for a while. Apparently he was still finishing the final book in the Wheel of Time series and there is some hope that it … Continue reading

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One for Joy – Christopher Barzak interviewed

Christopher Barzak’s debut novel, One for Sorrow, has just been published in the States and he was kind enough to answer a couple of questions regarding his writing. In “What we know about the lost families of — House” in … Continue reading

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Adam Roberts talks Jules Verne

Adam Roberts has an excellent piece on the Guardian today talking about Jules Verne. He places him into context and discusses more than Captain Nemo. Verne’s novels deal with the every day and the dissonance between technological progress and the … Continue reading

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What would Aunt Lucy Say? – Paddington swap to Marmite

Paddington Bear, that travelling doyenne from Darkest Peru found 49 years ago at Paddington Station, has swapped his trademark marmalade sandwiches for Marmite. Sigh. Next he’ll stop being “at a loose end”.

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The Times is proof against Death and Tarantino

The Times has a piece on Tarantino about his new film, Death Proof. Perhaps, like Shymalan, Tarantino has made his best movies but I’m still angling to watch Death Proof (though I’d love to have seen the fully version of … Continue reading

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disLocated reading

Ian Whates of Newcon Press has a new collection, launched at Recombination, in which we are taken from our comfort zones. It has an intriguing set of contributors from the well known to the less so, including Pat Cadigan, Brian … Continue reading

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