Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming Splice – bone chilling to say the least.
Read the full story »Charles Stross continues his series, Common Misconceptions About Publishing, with his 9th installment about ebooks.
US ebook sales rocketed in 2009, growing to over $167M — up nearly 50% on the previous year. Which may sound good, until you realize that according to the Association of American Publishers, the US publishing industry reported book sales of $23.9Bn in 2009. Yes: ebooks accounted for a gigantic 0.7% of the publishing industry’s revenue.
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Keeping the Door is back up and running with a review of Robin Hobb‘s Dragon Haven;
With Dragon Haven, fantasy master Robin Hobb has begun to rekindle some of the magic that had left her most recent …
Stross continues his series of blogs, unraveling the myths surrounding the publishing and writing industry. In this blog, Charles explains what it’s really like to be a fiction author writing for money…
Most people have a very …
Two young scientists (Brody and Polley) achieve fame by splicing human DNA with the DNA of different animals to create a new creature. In the process they ignore their society’s ethical and legal boundaries. The scientists name their …
China Miéville has won the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke award for the 3rd time;
“His first venture into crime fiction – albeit with a fantastical edge – has won China Miéville the UK’s most prestigious science …
An interesting tidbit at i09.com about what is shown after the final credits in Iron Man 2….
“If you stick around after the ending credits of Iron Man 2, you’ll get a surprise that expands the Marvel …
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MTV recently spoke to Ridley Scott about the upcomgin Alien prequel. Here’s a small bit of what he had to say;
MTV: We’re very excited about your return to the “Aliens” world — what’s going on …
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Australian author, Karen Miller, has announced the completion of book 2 of the
Australian author, Karen Miller, has announced the completion of book 2 of the
So you’ve seen the movie with Doogie Howser and thought it was good, but have you read the book by Robert A Heinlein?
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Hugo Awards winning novels, it is a …
Over at SciFi Scanner, Mary Robinette Kowal has defined 8 simple rules to follow when discussing fantasy;
1. What are the sub-genres?
Everyone thinks they know what fantasy is, and immediately turn …
