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This post from BSFA analyzes films based on their looks. The look of the spaceships in them.
David A. Hardy, recent birthday boy, shares his version of Monty Python’s Universe Song
According to this post, SNL thinks it’s hip to mock Boomers. (s’ok. All those mockers are going to end up being “Boomers” for far longer than the Boomers will have been Boomers.)
This is what the leader of a robot rebellion looks like when she’s taking time off from rabble rousing
Dale Russell reviews Allen Steele’s latest Captain Future tale 1,500 Light Years From Home
New Ellison release in pre-order: The Deadly Streets
The world-wide hyperloop system might look like this
In Search of Tomorrow is a sci-fi documentary that’s all about 1980s SF movies
Speaking of 1980s SF Films: A version of 1984 was produced in 1984 and may be where the press coverage of Search of Tomorrow got this headline: “In Search of Tomorrow is a sci-fi documentary of epic proportions that must be enjoyed by genre fans at every level…”. My concern will grow if they announce that the documentary is being shown in room 101. On the other hand, I’m thinking of applying for a job as an enforcer. (“Now just relax while the nurse puts on your eye clamps, we don’t want you to miss a second…”)
A review of some Simak
Some things you might not have known about Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element, like, did you know its based on French SF? (Nooo, you don’t say!)
Yawn? New effort promises Fusion by 2030
Star Trek got an unprecedented two pilots before being approved for airing. Why was the first pilot rejected?
David Gerrold has moved boxes and now has stuff for sale. Visit his Patreon to learn more.
New Trek Film gets 2023 release date. What’s it about? What’s it called? Who’ll direct? What will the Klingons look like? Details not forthcoming.
Another birthday boy, David Langford, has added a new book to his TAFF Library – Creative Random Harris by Chuck Harris
The Guardian rounds up some new releases
FROM OVER THE TRANSOM – EMAILS AND PRESS RELEASES FROM AROUND THE WEB
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From D. L. Gardner
Monthly
Newsletter
Greetings everyone. I hope you had a wonderful holiday and I hope too the weather is to your pleasing. April is here in the US with its daffodils and tulips ready to bud. The sky is cerulean blue with a puff of clouds here and there and sometimes a thunderhead floats over. I’ve planted some corn and tomato seeds and my husband is building a gate to keep the deer out of the cornfield this year, we also have Rose of Sharon we had to protect from wildlife and we built little cages for them.
As far as writing and my books, today is the last day Hoarfrost to Roses will be on sale for .99 so if you can grab it, please do. It’s a sweet historical romance with a little bit of mystery and a ghost. It’s getting praise on Amazon, so do take a look. I would hate for my subscribers to miss the sale!
While discussing the world of publishing with a friend, I was given the link to Dean Weasley, who’s a well-known author, and who has a teaching course for writers. One of his courses, a free one, is on publishing with Kickstarter. If you’ve followed me through the years, you’ll know I’m familiar with crowdfunding, having funded our short film Ian’s Realm through a crowdfunding campaign, so I was immediately curious how it worked for books. Well, I guess Kickstarter has a whole new setup just for funding novels, and they even have a book shop for novels that have had successful campaigns. So of course, being the adventurer that I am, I decided to try something new with Sword of Cho Nisi, the high fantasy/romance series I’ve been working on. And so on April 11 I will be launching my campaign.
One thing about fundraising campaigns, it’s not all about giving money, but rather about getting some awesome awards for supporting the campaign. I would hope you’d think what I’m offering is awesome.
The books both digital and paperback, short stories about the world and the characters that you’ll not find anywhere else, customer stories with you or a loved one in them, and some beautiful graphics by my cover artist Mario Teodosio and maps by cartographer John Renehan. To make sure you hear about the launch, sign up at Kickstarter and you’ll get an email the moment the campaign becomes live..
What We’re Up To
I do hope you’ll check out the Kickstarter link and grab a copy of Hoarfrost to Roses. I love to write and to create these worlds. Reading is such an enjoyable pastime. I’ve been doing a lot of it lately as well as writing. Books I’ve read in the last few months: Great Expectations, Divide the Dawn, and Pride and Prejudice are just a few of my more recent reads. Remember the best thing you can do for an author if you enjoy their book is to leave a review!
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From Reanimus Press
ReAnimus Press NewsJUST RELEASED! HURRAH!THE BURNING by James GunnFAR OUT by Damon Knight ONE SIDE LAUGHING: STORIES UNLIKE OTHER STORIES by Damon Knight …and lots more… |
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THE BURNING by James Gunn
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Scientist John Wilson cannot deny the accusations coming from the beautiful blonde girl with the burning eyes, nor can he refuse her offer. But in accepting her proposal, John must forgo his first love, science, and resign himself to the will of a higher power—magic. Now the door to his past has slammed shut with terrifying finality, and his future holds a horror that no rational mind can fathom. Will The Burning separate John from the comfort of the reality he loves so dearly or will it open doors in his mind that had been locked… until she arrived?
FAR OUT by Damon Knight
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SFWA Grandmaster Damon Knight was primarily known for his short stories, and this is his first collection of his finest stories.
“To Serve Man”
“Idiot Stick”
“Thing of Beauty”
“The Enemy”
“Not with a Bang”
“Babel II”
“Anachron”
“Special Delivery”
“You’re Another”
“Time Enough”
“Extempore”
“Cabin Boy”
“The Last Word”
ONE SIDE LAUGHING: STORIES UNLIKE OTHER STORIES by Damon Knight
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One of science fiction’s preeminent writers for more than forty years, Damon Knight has always been considered a master of the short story. Deemed “a brilliant craftsman who can handle any story form with crisp finesse” by Alfred Bester, and considered “one of the very finest short-story writers ever to work in the genre” by Gardner Dozois, Damon Knight has authored classics such as “To Serve Man,” “Four in One,” “Stranger Station,” and “The Big Pat Boom.”
In these seventeen tales, ranging from visions of the infinite to perceptions of the pedestrian, Damon Knight remains relentlessly at the top of his form. His vorpal wit glitters in “The Time Exchange,” while “La Ronde” glows with polished beauty; the utopian insight of “I See You” is as sharp as the jagged pain of “Each Prisoner Pent.” “The Very Objectionable Mr. Clegg” turns things on their heads, while “Strangers on Paradise” depicts a world set right—perhaps too right. Throughout these stories runs a deep commitment best called art.
Frequently reprehensible, consistently unclassifiable, elegantly beautiful, and entirely enjoyable, One Side Laughing is a collection of vintage Damon Knight. As powerful as they are pleasurable, these tales are treasures to be read, and read, and read again. Forever.
Praise for Damon Knight
“[Damon Knight] has not only a scintillating imagination but also the mastery of words necessary to describe his visions beautifully.”
—James Michener
“Damon Knight’s own writing has always been a showcase for the best of New Wave ideals. He knows English; he thinks through implications; but his characters live and breathe, and any of the stories in this book may shake your notion of what shape a story may have.”
—Larry Niven
“The fiction of Damon Knight…has that unpretentious ease and rightness which a reviewer calls, for lack of a more analytical term, readability. Though it deals always with ideas and often with technologies, it is miraculously clear even to the reader who has never before encountered science fiction. Knight is surely one of the most civilized of science-fiction writers.”
—Anthony Boucher
“Knight is a man of stature and quality, a writer of importance, and a writer whose works will be a new and perhaps jarring experience for many people.”
—Barry N. Malzberg
And lots more…
See the list of our newest books here. Lots of stuff you’ll love!
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From FANAC the Fan History Project
Forthcoming Zoom cast schedule
After these, we’ll go on break until September. With good weather coming, and vaccines available, we don’t want to stay home on a Saturday and I suspect you don’t either. Thanks for your interest.
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