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7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics

Other than science fiction, writing, and writing science fiction, one of the things that gives me true delight in life is to search through various humor sites for viral videos. Now not being one to take credit where credit isn’t due, this article came to me on the much loved humor site, Cracked.com and I [...]

Five Ways SF/F Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money and Promote Publicity III

This is the third part of my four part series entitled “Five Ways Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money, and Promote Publicity”. For those interested in viewing Part I (Click Here) and Part II (Click Here).

Offer More Contest / Giveaways!

It’s true, people like free stuff, especially books, and readers tend to take note of a [...]

Review: Earth 2100

Last night (June 3, 2009) ABC presented a two-hour long special entitled “Earth at 2100”, a fictional documentary outlining what the next century might look like if the environment is not left in check, a snapshot, if you will, of the impending natural disasters to follow and the social, financial, and physical consequences of those [...]

Melko Wins Compton Crook Award

Cover of Singularity’s Ring

Paul Melko’s Singularity’s Ring won the 2009 Compton Crook Award for the best SF/fantasy first novel from the previous year, which includes a plaque and a $1,000 cash prize. The award will be presented May 22, 2009 at Balticon, and is sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society.

According to the inside jacket [...]

2009 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists

Now a lot of people are probably going to give me a hard time with this post considering it has nothing to do with science fiction and more to do with fantasy than anything else. Nevertheless, since there are many commonalities between the two genres and both are inclusive to all readers I thought people [...]

Big Bang Theory Renewed for Two Seasons

Now for those of you who celebrate complete nerdom and all things geek-chic, you’ll probably know that no show does this better than The Big Bang Theory. This show was introduced to me a few weeks ago by a good friend and quite honestly I’m addicted.

The show revolves around four uber-geeks in their mid-to-late twenties [...]

Sturgeon Award Finalists Announced

While I don’t keep up to date with the latest in short fiction by science fiction/fantasy authors I realize that a lot of my readers do. I also know the painstakingly arduous task that comes with writing short fiction, so when the annual Sturgeon Award Finalists are announced, you can be sure I’ll write a [...]

Review: Little Brother

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I’ve read everything Cory Doctorow has written since his debut novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom back in 2003. I’ve always felt that he was a man of [...]

Five Ways Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money, and Promote Publicity II

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Here is part two of my four part series entitled “Five Ways Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money, and Promote Publicity”. For those that haven’t read part one (Click Here) otherwise check out the list below.

1) Highlight Editors Blogs

If there’s something I love more than reading the blogs of my favorite science fiction [...]

‘Game’ Trailer Released

Take all the movies based on a video game and clump them together, you probably won’t begin to come close to ‘Game’ the coolest movie centered around a video game (albeit a fictional one) since last year’s Death Race. Gamer is an upcoming science fiction action thriller written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian [...]