William Gibson Virtual Reading "Sells Out"
Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 10:17am
As William Gibson descended from the heavens in a customized shipping container... No, I'm not writing science fiction. Gibson recently finished his virtual reading on Second Life.
Categories: buzz, Authors, SciFi & FantasyTaking the heat off Margaret Atwood
Thursday, Aug 09, 2007 at 11:54am
Ever since famous attempt to defend Oryx and Crake as Speculative Fiction, not Science Fiction (“Science fiction has monsters and spaceships; speculative fiction could really happen.”) she has been held as a bit of a whipping-boy by the genre fans. Finally we have been presented with an alternative, in the form of Booker shortlisted .
Categories: Discussions, Authors, SciFi & Fantasy2 Cyberpunk Links in One Morning
Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:28am
Wired talks to William Gibson about interactive fiction.
Ed points to mp3s of a lost Philip K. Dick Interview.
Previously: Gibson To Take Second Life Plunge.
Categories: Interview, buzz, Authors, SciFi & FantasyPassages: Fred Saberhagen: June 29, 2007
Wednesday, Jul 11, 2007 at 3:28pm
Prolific Science Fiction and Fantasy author died June 29 at the age of 77. Depending who you talk to, he was most well known for one of two things. The first was a long running science fiction series around the Beserkers, a machine race that might well have inspired Star Trek's Borg, which was out to destroy all sentient biological life. The second is a well done series of fictional autobiographies of Dracula, epitomized for many by The Holmes-Dracula File.
More information about his life can be found at Wikipedia:Fred Saberhagen
or at his official website.
Berserkers
Holmes Dracula File
Categories: Authors, SciFi & Fantasy
100th Anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein's Birth
Tuesday, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:05am
Some ruminations on the writing and politics of , whose work (among the most influential in Science Fiction) spanned half a century.
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