Jeff VanderMeer’s “Science Fiction Chronicle” column was launched in America’s leading paper a few weeks ago. His reviews have been popular, but the choice of title has taken Andrew Porter by surprise. “I am just back from my extended month-long trip to Australia … Continue reading
(1) MEMORIES. “Neil Gaiman at Bard College” in The Millbrook Independent. …Gaiman described how forgetting the name of a close friend became the inspiration for a story he wrote called “The Man who forgot Ray Bradbury.” His friend, who had … Continue reading
(1) VINTAGE OR VINEGAR? At Young People Read Old SFF, James Davis Nicoll tasked the panel to read Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson. Click through to hear what they thought about it. Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists focuses on … Continue reading
(1) ANSWER THAT RING. Vanity Fair has a gallery of “first look” photos accompanying its article: “Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Rises: Inside ‘The Rings of Power’”. Galadriel’s world is a raging sea. Far from the wise, ethereal elven queen that Cate Blanchett … Continue reading
(1) ROBOT IN MY I. Louder revisits the Seventies to find out “How Alan Parsons made I Robot, his science fiction masterpiece”. It was June 1977, and the US was being invaded by robots. Leading the charge were R2-D2, C-3PO … Continue reading
(1) SF ENCYCLOPEDIA MILESTONES. John Clute regaled Facebook followers with the latest box score: SFE hubris moment again; we’re free online so hope we can intrude this way . We’ve just hit 75,000 titles listed with full context in Encyclopedia … Continue reading
(1) HELP IS ON THE WAY. Jimmy Kimmel Live plugs the “Game of Thrones Hotline for Confused Fans.” There is a lot going on in “Game of Thrones,” and it can be difficult to keep track of what’s what and … Continue reading
(1) SUPERHEROES BY ACCIDENT. The DC Universe streaming service debuts Doom Patrol on February 15. Just like us. Only totally different. #DCUDoomPatrol series premiere on February 15, only on #DCUNIVERSE. DOOM PATROL reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of … Continue reading
We interrupted our regular coverage of Hugo Awards and Australian camels for a news flash about WisCon’s cancellation of Elizabeth Moon as GoH. A many-sided discussion proceeded at a furious pace, then strangely dissipated into a cozy chat roasting George Bush. … Continue reading
I wrote a response to Dave Locke’s comment about “sci-fi” with some kind of bug in my code that keeps all the text from displaying. I couldn’t find the problem, so I will post a blog entry instead because that’s working fine. Dave, this may … Continue reading