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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Building a new Foundation
Foundation, the international review of sf, has reached its hundredth issue and celebrates with an anthology of fiction. Their special editions are usually worthwhile reading (the last being papers from the conference on British sf) and this is no exception. … Continue reading
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The imagination that books built
E Nesbit is a tricky writer in her contradiction. Though her politics were radical, she was fairly conservative when it came to women. She uses Modernist techniques and intertextuality in her fiction to draw the reader into the book – … Continue reading
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Seasons of horror – John Clute interviewed about Darkening Garden
John Clute‘s Darkening Garden is one of the finalists of the Locus Non-Fiction book awards and has been nominated by the International Horror Guild for the best Non-fiction book award. As ever, he has created a thoughtful and thought provoking … Continue reading
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Cory Doctorow, creative commons and readers
Cory Doctorow has a piece on Creative Commons “freekonomy” posted on the Locus magazine site. As ever he ably shows how free ebooks can be used to support and encourage sales of writers. The major problem is that there is … Continue reading
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Smart Mobs and Urban Spaces
Nothing directly to do with sf, but somebody dugg this link from Web Urbanist on flash mobs and street art. William Gibson and Cory Doctorow have referred to these in their work and Howard Rheinhold wrote Smart Mobs and the … Continue reading
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Heroes comes to Earth
Yippee… The BBC have managed to secure first options on all seasons after season 2 of Heroes from NBC Universal. Of all the terrestrial channels, the BBC are the only ones who have made any commitment to regular hours (Channel … Continue reading
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Ridley Scott talks final Blade Runner
Ridley Scott spoke about the forthcoming final absolute director’s version of Blade Runner, which is due out during the Winter, saying that he had too little experience of the film industry which led to the first version. “A good film … Continue reading
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Spying on authors – File on Orwell released
The Guardian has a short piece on the police and MI5 spying attempts on George Orwell, as does the Independent. Some of the comments are wonderful. Having been kept secret for nearly 60 years, the newly released files show how … Continue reading
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Mind the gap – Dr Who to skip a year after next season
The BBC have just posted news that they wil be taking a gap year after the next season. Tennant will be reprising his role in some one-offs in 2009 but is (unconfirmed at the moment) slated to appear in Hamlet … Continue reading
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