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SCI FI DRIVE-IN
Good news! SciFi.com has made available free-to-watch streamed scifi movie classics, including Metropolis! The bad news? Damn things won't play for a UK head using Firefox. Typical.SCI FI Wire interviews Watts on 'Blindsight'
"...it's got space vampires. Or at least one drug-addicted space vampire. Or at least one drug-addicted terrestrial vampire shot into space." He speaks the truth.Why, Singularity, We Scarcely Knew
"This Thursday evening [Vernor] Vinge will challenge his own idea for the first time: 'I have some plausible, non-singularity scenarios that get us into a human-scale world with long time horizonCharlie Stross interviewed
"Escapist fiction gives us a vehicle for vicariously experiencing stuff that's actually quite painful, unpleasant, and undesirable -- and romance and adventure at the same time (which are also abINTERVIEW - Peter Watts on consciousness, first person narratives and how the future belongs to sociopaths
"The single best thing about following a scene, any scene, closely is being in a position to uncover a diamond in the rough." SF Diplomat renders the point of me interviewing Peter Watts negMegastructures, by Paul Lucas
"Just as mankind has created new, artificial chemical elements, so too is it possible for the human race to eventually create entirely new classes of worlds. Worlds that may stretch around planetThey walk among us
Science fiction is written predominantly by white, western males. For them, the alien may be found beyond borders, across continents. The Other is someone with a different language, skin colour, evenWhen Cory Doctorow Ruled the World
"Interviewing Cory Doctorow is easy. You just flip the on switch by asking the first question, and he emits a constant stream of brilliant, insightful stuff." Interviewed by R. U. Sirius.The Horror, The Horror
"I have always been an admirer of John’s criticism, but never uncritically so [...] Nevertheless I tend to nod along with what he has to say, until every so often something just makes me stop deaJJLA update: 4 new authors, 2 book deals
"It's been all engines full-ahead at the John Jarrold Literary Agency recently..." I'm particularly pleased to see a deal for Chris Beckett in this list; that guy deserves hugeness.'Glorifying Terrorism' - Brit sf writers break the law
"Glorifying Terrorism is a new anthology of short stories by British SF authors in praise of "terrorism" -- from Nelson Mandela on." This plug on BoingBoing should do wonders for sA Political History of SF
"The history of modern SF is one of five attempted revolutions — one success and four enriching failures." Whoo - some contentious stuff in here. Let battle commence! Link via various sourceThe SF Site: Best Read of the Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Does exactly what it says on the tin, unsurprisingly. An interesting selection, though, chosen by the site's contributors.Karl Schroeder: 'Queen of Candesce' cover
"It doesn't get any better than this. Stephan Martiniere has beautifully rendered one of the opening scenes of QoC for the novel's cover." Damn, that guy's good. Shame he doesn't do more worTom Baker Blog
"A fellow once said to me, 'Don't say anything Doctor, I'll just look at you.' I told him that was absolutely fine, but after an hour of being stared at I began to feel a bit impinged upon!"Hub - Speculative Fiction News, Reviews, Features, Interviews and Original Writing
"Hub is the UK's newest bi-monthly SF Genre magazine, focusing on new writing from the world's best established and emerging writers." Can they pull it off in a sparse market? Go buy an issuMurky Depths - new genre fiction mag in the offing
"Murky Depths is a new magazine with a difference, featuring top quality speculative fiction with sprinklings of horror and fantasy that push the boundaries of science fiction." Blimey, anotThe War of the Worlds - Book Cover Collection
"The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells, has been continuously in print for over 100 years. Collected here are the covers of many of those editions, submitted by generous fans from around the worlShould Economics be Part of Hard SF?
"Maybe a true hard sf author in 2020 will have to master not just physics, biology, computer science, economics, sociology, psychology - and write well, of course. We better invent brain enhancemCharles Stross interviewed by Scalzi
"Over the past few years, it's become almost impossible to win a Hugo without releasing a short story or novella on-line for the voters to read ... I think the same is, to a lesser extent, happen
