Book News: Realms of Fantasy, the Kindle Two, and Magazine Woes

Here are a few big stories for today: Kindle 2.0Apparently the new Kindle has been revealed (CNET has the story). The prognosis is good, but not great. While it has a lot of new features, there aren’t any features, according to CNET, that make the Kindle Two more appealing to the mainstream market. I have […]

Frederick Pohl, the Blogger

It’s unfortunate that I forgot to blog about this, but SF great Frederick Pohl has started blogging. If you don’t know who that is, you should. He’s one of those classic authors who filled the early-ish days of SF and the years following with wonderful books on all sorts of nifty SF topics. I suppose […]

Giveaways and Announcements

First things first, some giveaways: Enroute to Life has a giveaway for The Terror by Dan Simmons. Drey’s Library has a whole collection of Kitty Norville books (that’s six books). Stephanie’s Confessions of a Book-a-holic also has a giveaway for The Terror by Dan Simmons. The Discriminating Fangirl also has a whole collection of Kitty […]

Courage Campaign Against Prop 8: Sign the Petition

I recently came across a petition against the Kenneth Starr case that, if successful, will legally divorce 18,000 gay and lesbian couples in the state of California. That’s right, the state will legally strip them over those marriages. We’re not talking choice. They have no choice if Starr wins. Think about it. I’m not going […]

2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Announced

I think I may have mentioned all this before, but it seems that there was an email glitch that prevented the official news from getting out there from the GSAs. So, I’m here to tell you that the official winners have been announced (make sure to click the link so you get the shortlisted works […]

John Christopher’s Tripod Trilogy Off to the Movies

As the title says, apparently John Christopher’s Tripod Trilogy is being adapted to the big screen (by Touchstone Pictures). I’ve never read the books, but I’m entirely cool with more science fiction novels being turned into movies. The more the merrier. Any thoughts from folks who have read the series? Or are those of us […]