Archive for the 'Science Fiction' Category
Sunday, June 5th, 2005
- Carmen Dog, Carol Emshwiller
- The book that inspired the Tiptree Award
- Camoflage, Joe Haldeman
- 2004 Tiptree winner
- Dread Empire’s Fall: The Praxis, Walter Jon Williams
- First half of a space opera
- Everything Bad is Good for You, Steven Johnson
- Instead of simpler, games and media have become more complex.
- Life, Gywneth Jones
- The life of a woman working in biology, as the world becomes more reactionary
- Planetes, vol. 1-4.1, Makoto Yukimura
- Straight up near-future science fiction manga
source: May 2005 Books
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Saturday, June 4th, 2005
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
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Monday, May 16th, 2005
If you’re writing about WisCon in your weblogs and public LiveJournals, add a ‘tag’ to your posts so we can round them up.
The syntax is easy. Add this to your WisCon related posts:
wiscon
Your post will be picked up on Technorati, which will automatically generate one big con report on one page.
If you tag your public Flickr photos with wiscon they’ll also appear on the page.
Technorati: wiscon
source: Blogging WisCon
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
Whedon and Apple just go together, eh?
source: Serenity Apple Geekery
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Sunday, May 1st, 2005
What do you know, The Hitchhiker’s Guide has an entry on weblogs. I guess it wouldn’t be the best selling book in known space if it wasn’t up to date.
By the way, according to The Guide, you’ll need to increase the size of your ego if you’re going to write a weblog. I don’t know if it needs to be larger than Zaphod’s.
source: H2G2 entry on Weblogging, available through iTMS
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Saturday, April 30th, 2005
Bill Humphries,
April 30th, 2005
Rating: 2 out of 3
It works, mostly.
Parts of the film seem rushed and confused, as if the director became self-concious of the expository lumps.
Trillian’s character has been reworked as a romantic interest for Arthur Dent, a move necessitating the transformation of Beeblebrox from lovable goof to goofy thug.
Sam Rockwell’s Zaphod Beeblebrox, the President of the Galaxy, comes off as a mixture of George W. Bush sneer, and self-absorbed rock star swagger.
There are some nice nods to Hitchhiker’s Guide creator the late Douglas Adams: Trillian’s costume at a fancy dress party, and a certain computer company’s logo on a giant computer.
The visuals are great, especially the interior of the planet manufacturing planet of Magrathea, and the Vogons, who have been reworked into bureaucrats. The bits of business involving paperwork turned out great.
If you like the original radio play, the books, or the BBC TV adaptation, you’ll enjoy it.
source: H2G2 Review
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Saturday, April 30th, 2005
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2005
OMG! The Browncoats launch on September 30th!
Translation from Fanboy speak: Universal Studios released a trailer for the upcoming Joss Whedon film Serenity, based on his TV series Firefly. The film opens on 30 September 2005.
source: Serenity Trailer
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