Recently, TIME Magazine put together a list of the 100 Best Fantasy Books, containing some of the most beloved titles of readers around the world, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has issued a press release pointing out that … Continue reading
(1) THE DOCTOR AND ROSE. Bustle previews a new installment of David Tennant Does A Podcast With…Billie Piper. …Tennant met Piper 15 years ago on the set of Doctor Who. He entered in her second series and it’s hard looking back to … Continue reading
Six suggestions from AudioFile Magazine of new and classic sff audiobooks for fans to enjoy this fall. DON’T PANIC: Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman | Read by Simon Jones, Neil Gaiman [Intro.] [Harper Audio] … Continue reading
(1) PUBLISHER CUTS TIES WITH MYKE COLE. Angry Robot, which published their first Myke Cole book, Sixteenth Watch, in March, says they won’t be bringing out any more. Cole previously had a trilogy published by Tor, and another series by … Continue reading
From AudioFile Magazine, a sampler of new and classic sff audiobooks for fans to listen to this winter. THE BONE SHIPS by RJ Barker | Read by Jude Owusu (Earphones Award Winner) Review Jude Owusu narrates a vibrant nautical fantasy … Continue reading
(1) EXPELLIARMUS. No wands, no dragon? Who snitched? “Community board says no to ‘Harry Potter’ dragon landing in Flatiron District” reports Crain’s New York Business. The enchanted world of Harry Potter has crashed broomstick-first into the less magical world of New York … Continue reading
(1) ADVANCED CREATURE ACCOUNTING. If there had been a test I would not have passed… Lesson of the Day: Know Your Cephalopods https://t.co/lYT7A8osmW pic.twitter.com/zduDHg7Gvy — Nnedi Okorafor, PhD????? (@Nnedi) December 2, 2017 (2) LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY. Excitement this … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: THE SUPERGIRLS: FASHION, FEMINISM, FANTASY. AND THE HISTORY OF COMIC BOOK HEROINES By Mike Madrid Has Wonder Woman hit the comic book glass ceiling? Is that the one opposition that even her Amazonian strength can’t defeat? Entertaining … Continue reading
Open Road Media will publish 10 ebooks by Octavia E. Butler — including Nebula Award-winner Parable of the Talents and the Xenogensis trilogy — in electronic form for the first time. Betsy Mitchell, Open Road’s strategic advisor for science fiction … Continue reading
(1) DEAD SCIENCE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT. James Davis Nicoll brings us “Five SF Novels Inspired by Disproven Scientific Theories” at Reactor. The history of science is filled with beautiful hypotheses slain by ugly facts. The tendency of the universe to … Continue reading