Below is a post on Patrick Rothfuss’s blog about voting. There is an underlying hint about who he is voting for, but this is exactly the type of discussion we should be having. Unlike my commentary posted under the Commentary section, Patrick Rothfuss talks intelligently and appropriately about a tough subject. Please read the whole [...]
I received an email asking me what I am currently reading. So I thought I’d post it for everyone.
1. Novelette stories I haven’t read yet…namely Glory and Dark Integers
2. Inferno edited by Ellen Datlow
3. Bone Key by Sarah Monette
4. Dark Wraith of Shannara by Terry Brooks (graphic novel)
5. Heliotrope Vol. 3
I will do a review [...]
The 2008 Locus Reader’s Opinion Survey is now available online. If you subscribe to Locus Magazine, and if you don’t, shame on you, go and vote in the survey. GO! NOW!
Few things are more interesting than the crazy geeks that invade the science fiction and fantasy realm (present company not excluded). The idea whether a hierarchy should even be in place for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is much like the debate over the novel of the year; there are a million [...]
I am not sure how many of you are Gaiman fans, but I think he is brilliant. Of course, these big budget things appear to be putting him off his game, but we will see when these movies get finished up. Buzzsugar has a preview of the teaser trailer for Coraline.
I hope the movie does [...]
My thoughts and prayers are with Harriet McDougal for her loss.
Robert Jordan has always been somewhat of an enigma to me; often the source of much debate and laughter around the fantasy tables. The discussion always came back to the same question; Who is Robert Jordan? Every new fantastic author was reputed to be the [...]
Publishers Weekly has listed their Listen Up Awards for 2005. The winners in the Science Fiction/Fantasy section are: Terry Pratchett’s Thud!, read by Stephen Briggs, Ben Bova’s Mercury, read by Stefan Rudnicki, Arte Johnson, and Moira Quirk, and Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase, read by Adams, Simon Jones, [...]
C S Lewis: Beyond Narnia, A short film exploring Lewis’s personal story, starring Anton Rodgers and Diane Venora will air on BBC 2 from 9-9:55 pm. Unlike the full length feature Shadowlands, this short biopic is said to include the character of Tolkien, both as a younger and an older man. This should [...]
NarniaWeb has learned that Douglas Gresham is already busy working on Prince Caspian. They also have the pictures of the Narnia DVD covers that are due out in April.
News from Audio Renaissance. They recently acquired the rights to A Crown of Swords and will be publishing the unabridged audio book this fall. Look for [...]
LACon IV, the 2006 Worldcon, has announced a special Hugo category for Best Interactive Video Game. This category will allow games, for any platform, to be nominated for a Hugo Award. This award is only to be given in 2006 for games released in 2005. The category implies, but does not make it clear, that [...]
