February 28, 2008
The eminent SF utopian/heterotopian author, Kim Stanley Robinson will be at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia next week for a radio interview, a public lecture, and book signing. Georgia Tech with its Bud Foote Science Fiction Collection (Bud Foote interviewed Robinson for Science-Fiction Studies #62, here) curated by Professor Lisa Yaszek is a nexus of significant work within academia as well as providing public events involving leading figures within the field. Robinson, the author of the Mars Trilogy and the Three Californias Trilogy (which I find compelling and enjoyable), is the most recent SF author to make an appearance at Georgia Tech following other notable authors such as Kathleen Ann Goonan and Paul Di Filippo.
Here’s the schedule for Robinson’s visit to Georgia Tech:
Thursday, March 6
11AM-12PM – WREK FM 91.1 Interview and Author Q&A in the Library East Commons
4PM-6PM – Lecture on “Representing Climate Change in Science Fiction and the Real World” in the Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center (reception follows)
Friday, March 7
12PM-1:30PM – Book signing at Barnes and Noble on Spring Street in Tech Square
I’m insanely jealous that I can’t make it to the event since I’m snowed-in up in Kent, Ohio (and that I have a lot of fucking work to do). Pass along my best to Mr. Robinson!
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February 27, 2008
Stop by and pick up a hot off the press PDF of Steampunk Magazine here. They’re up to issue four.
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February 25, 2008
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America recently announced the finalists for this year’s Nebula Awards:
Novel: Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman, The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson, Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
Novella: “Awakening” by Judith Berman, “The Helper and His Hero” by Matthew Hughes, “Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress, “Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard, “Kiosk” by Bruce Sterling, “Memorare” by Gene Wolfe
Novelette: “The Children’s Crusade” by Robin Wayne Bailey; “Child, Maiden, Woman, Crone” by Terry Bramlett; “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang; “The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change” by Kij Johnson; “Safeguard” by Nancy Kress; “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter” by Geoff Ryman; “The Fiddler of Bayou Teche” by Delia Sherman
Short Story: “Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse” by Andy Duncan, “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler, “Titanium Mike Saves the Day” by David D. Levine, “The Story of Love” by Vera Nazarian, “Captive Girl” by Jennifer Pelland, “Pride” by Mary Turzillo
Script: Children of Men by Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby; Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro; Dr. Who, “Blink,” by Steven Moffat; The Prestige by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan; V for Vendetta by Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski; Star Trek: New Voyages, “World Enough and Time,” by Marc Scott Zicree and Michael Reaves
Awards always indicate how far behind I am on my reading! Best of luck to all the contenders. Check out the full news release on SCI Fi Wire here.
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February 23, 2008
I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago–Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s new, online SF steampunky comic FreakAngels is now live! It’s a great read so far, and I believe that it has a lot of potential.
Read Episode 0001 here.
Read Episode 0002 here.
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February 23, 2008
That right–I’m a blog S&M junkie. Not that I’m into S&M blogs, but I derive a certain amount of pleasure ignoring my blog while pursuing other, arguably more important, matters. So it goes.
I’m currently pulling double duty on papers. I’m knee deep in tank books describing their development and first battles. I believe there is a connection between those first terribly aborted battles and H.G. Wells’ “The Land Ironclads.” Also, I’m trying to fit in some time to work on my Transformers-ICFA paper between course work and readings. There never seems to be enough time in the day for working out, studying, and R&R.
While taking notes, I’m posting new videos to YouTube of last Thursday’s Club Khameleon Open Mic here. This will be the largest performance posted thus far, so it’ll take a few days for all of the songs to appear. Enjoy!
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February 16, 2008
Catch the latest installment of the Georgia Tech SF Lab Radio Show on FM91.1 in Atlanta, Georgia or online at wrek.org tomorrow night, Sunday between 7-9 PM. This episode focuses on SF film, and I’ll be reading an 8 minute review based on my “Forced Deep Throat in AVP2” blog post.
Mark your calendars that the third Sunday between 7-9PM is the new time slot for the SF Lab Radio Show. Here’s a sneak peak at the upcoming episodes:
- March 16th – SF and Environmentalism
- April 20th – Gaming
- May 15th – TBD
- June 15th – TBD
Tune-in and enjoy!
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February 14, 2008
The teaser trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is now available here. This deserves mentioning, because I’m curious about the Roswell container featured in the trailer. Is a SF thematic element added to the franchise, or is this only a minor scene in the overall film? I guess we’ll all find out on 22 May 2009!
Visit the official Indiana Jones website here.
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February 14, 2008
This Valentine’s Day I heart the evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson. She recently posted, “A Tyrannical Romance” to her New York Times blog. It’s a fun piece about what happens when, “two T. rex got it on.”
If you haven’t read it, you should also check out her entertaining and informative book on the realities of sex (believe it or not, it’s not all binary out there in the real world)–Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation.
I wonder if I can win her heart with a dozen fossilized flowers and the finest bottle of “Tyrannosaurus Red?”
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February 3, 2008
I’ve been meaning to post updates to the site lately, but I’ve been bogged down with presentations among other things. Last week I presented on “Weapons and Tactics” in World War I Literature, and this week I’m presenting on two essays by Judith Butler in Queer Theory. Once I’m done with this stuff, I can turn my attention to the paper I’m writing for ICFA as well as Dynamic Subspace. See you soon.
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February 3, 2008
Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren will fuck with your dreams.
It’s an amazing work, and I’m glad to have read it. However, I feel the urge to read it again in order to make more sense of the vectors and puzzles that shot off the rails of the “real.” That will have to wait until I’m caught up with everything else.
I regret not having read this book a long time ago.
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