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Your April 2009 SFcrowsnest.com scifi issue is enclosed
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Mar 31, 2009 13:46 PST
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STEPHEN HUNT'S SFCROWSNEST.COM
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com | Issue 185. April 2009.
"Another one of them new worlds. No beer, no women, no pool parlors,
nothin'. Nothin' to do but throw rocks at tin cans, and we gotta bring
our own tin cans."
The Cook on Altair-4 - Forbidden Planet (1956).
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RUBBING THE MONOLITH: TOM HUNTER INTERVIEWED
The Nest's Paul Skevington talks to Arthur C. Clarke Award administrator
Tom Hunter about running the UK's main literary science fiction award.
Tom talks about the astonished reactions of some mainstream critics upon
seeing literary authors on the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist and
pushing the boundaries of SF. Yes, he stands in the shade of the big
man's monolith, as do we all.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13702.php
DOCTOR WHO SAYS WELCOME ABOARD TO UNCLE GEOFF
I'm not sure if this should appear in the review column or as a guide to
putting this model kit together. For those of you living in the UK,
you've no doubt seen the Doctor Who: Welcome Back kit adverts in the
media mags looking very impressive although I did wonder how many of you
were put off by lack of modelling ability.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13724.php
PROJECT TIC-TOC. AN EXPLORATION OF THE TIME TUNNEL AND HOW IT WORKED AND
FAILED.
If it wasn't for a budget-conscious Senator Leroy Clark, says Uncle
Geoff, the top secret Project Tic-Toc also more commonly known as the
Time Tunnel hidden below the Arizona Desert might have been a complete
success. The premature test by its deputy scientist, Doctor Anthony
Newman using his new radiation treatment trapped him on the Titanic in
1912 on the eve its destruction.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13727.php
DEMON SLAYER OR POLITICALLY INCORRECT COP: PHILIP GLENISTER INTERVIEWED
Everyone's favourite copper, brash but loveable DCI Gene Hunt, is back
in time travelling sci-fi cop series Ashes to Ashes, policing the
streets of early 1980s London. Actor Philip Glenister, recently seen as
demon slayer Rupert Galvin in Demons and donning breeches as Mr Carter
in Cranford, explains why he still relishes playing the politically
incorrect Mancunian.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13722.php
KEELEY HAWES INTERVIEWED: FROM SPY-FI TO SCI-FI
Viewers last saw DI Alex Drake in despair in the scifi cop series Ashes
to Ashes, after being unable to save her parents from the car bomb that
killed them. It's now 1982 and Alex is settling into Eighties life while
her memories of 2008 begin to fade. Actress Keeley Hawes, who starred in
the first series of the BBC's spy-fi drama Spooks, plays the sassy DI
and explains what is in store for Alex.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13723.php
CORDEN BENNET!
James Corden, 50 per cent of the hero-duo battling it out in the Lesbian
Vampire Killers movie, answers SFcrowsnest.com's cheeky questions about
his new movie.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13699.php
WE'VE GOT THE HORNE
Mathew Horne, the other half of the Gavin & Stacey comedy duo talks to
the Nest about his part in the new Lesbian Vampire Killers flick. What
with Shaun of the Dead, is this part of some new British renaissance of
horror movie making - or just a sly chance for some Carry On-style
comedy debauchery?
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13700.php
HUGGING THE HOODIE: JONAS ARMSTRONG INTERVIEWED
Actor Jonas Armstrong talks to the Nest about playing the lasted
incarnation of Robin Hood in the BBC's fantasy TV series, and tells us
how he felt about donning the hood of justice without Maid Marian by his
side.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13729.php
FROM SPOOK TO GUY OF GISBORNE: RICHARD ARMITAGE INTERVIEWED
Richard Armitage sets the hearts a-fluttering with his bad-boy dark
leather clad villain act from BBC One's 3rd series of Robin Hood. He
chats with the Nest about murdering poor old Marian and wanting
everything that Robin has.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13730.php
FROGGATT ABOUT IT: JOANNE FROGGATT INTERVIEWED
It's a brave girl who steps into Maid Marion's shoes in the BBC's Robin
Hood TV series, not least because her life expectancy isn't exactly
likely to last too long. Actress Joanne Froggatt is up to the challenge
and loves watching fantasy on television, though.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13731.php
TUCK-ING IN: DAVID HAREWOOD INTERVIEWED
Actor David Harewood chats with the Nest about playing Friar Tuck in the
new Robin Hood - fat, happy and hair-challenged he ain't. In fact, his
last role was playing Nelson Mandela and he trained in martial arts for
the Tuck role.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13732.php
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Beyond The Gap by Harry Turtledove
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13753.php
Black Man by Richard Morgan (US title: Thirteen)
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13762.php
Bureau Of Special Investigations Starside: Final Inquiries by Roger
MacBride Allen
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13758.php
Chapterhouse Dune audio book by Frank Herbert
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13755.php
Conversions of the book kind: April 2009
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13733.php
Cry Of The Newborn by James Barclay
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13739.php
Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13766.php
Dark Shadows: The Wicked And The Dead by Eric Wallace
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13747.php
Doctor Who Companion Chronicles: The Darkening Eye by Stewart Sheargold
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13744.php
Doctor Who: Key 2 Time: The Chaos Pool by Peter Anghelides
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13745.php
Doctor Who: Orbis (Parts 1 and 2) by Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13746.php
Eclipse One edited by Jonathan Strahan
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13742.php
Empire Of Ivory (Temeraire book 4) by Naomi Novik
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13741.php
Ender's Game audio book by Orson Scott Card
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13752.php
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13764.php
Halo: Ghosts Of Onyx audio book by Eric Nyland
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13734.php
Harsh Oases by Paul Di Filippo
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13751.php
Heir Of Autumn (The Heartstone Trilogy book 1) by Giles Carwyn and Todd
Fahnestock
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13750.php
Heir To Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13749.php
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke translated by Anthea Bell
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13763.php
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13769.php
Peril's Gate (Book 3 of The Alliance Of Light) by Janny Wurts
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13765.php
Postscripts #17
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13748.php
Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004 by Frank Garcia and Mark
Phillips
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13743.php
Shout For The Dead (The Ascendants Of Estorea book 2) by James Barclay
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13738.php
Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 3 by Nicholas Knight
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13760.php
Terminator Salvation: From The Ashes by Timothy Zahn
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13754.php
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Official Illustrated Movie
Companion by Ernie Malik
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13736.php
The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13759.php
The Magician And The Fool by Barth Anderson
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13737.php
The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 21 edited by Gardner Dozois
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13740.php
The Nightmarist by Duncan Roulau
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13756.php
The Terminator by Sean French
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13735.php
Wanted
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13767.php
Whipping Star by Frank Herbert
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13761.php
Wildstorm: Armageddon by Christos Gage, Simon Coleby, Neil Googe,
Brandon Badeux, Jonboy Meyers, Leandro Ferandez and Talent Caldwell
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13757.php
Zombie-Loan: Vol 2 by Peach-Pit
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13768.php
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Hi again my fellow Nestizens,
One of the nice things about being invited to speak at science fiction
and fantasy conventions is that I often get to meet writers and creators
of books, comics, movies and TV series that I'm a big fan of myself.
Such is the lucky confluence of fate for myself this Saturday 2nd May at
12.30am, when I'll get to meet Bryan Talbot, whose self-created The
Adventures of Luther Arkwright has a pride of place in my comic-book
collection under B (for works of brilliance). He also did the equally
great Nemesis the Warlock for the early 2000AD; ah, the fondly wasted
days of my youth.
I'll be at the literature lab stream of the 8th Annual London
International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film ... AKA
SCI-FI-LONDON 8 - with many fantasy and SF authors including my fellow
scribes Chris Riddell, China Mieville and Joe Abercombie.
My own panel is entitled 'Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1899 - The
Rise Of Steampunk Subculture', and along with Bryan Talbot, I'll be
donning my brass goggles alongside fab fantasy author Chris Wooding, and
the very talented anime/manga artist Paul Duffield. Of course, being a
film festival, there's load of directors and producers around, not to
mention a few actors like Adrian Paul, the star of the Highlander TV
series.
The whole event runs from the 29th April to the 4th May, but I'm only in
London on Saturday 2nd May due to pressures of work etc., so maybe see
you then? Anyone who wants any of my books signed, I'm happy to scribble
away for you after the steampunk panel... just nab me after the audience
starts throwing soggy Martian tomatoes in my direction.
You can find all the details on the festival over at
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/
Stephen
www.StephenHunt.net
PS - The David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Fantasy Award of 2008 is
shortly closing for online voting by yourself. My second novel, The
Kingdom Beyond the Waves, is up for the award (hint hint). Get yourself
over to http://gemmellaward.com/page/2323348:Page:6781 to make your
voice heard.
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THE LONG IRONIC ARM OF COINCIDENCE
I'm a great believer in synergy. Mostly cos I see patterns line up so
much in my own life and in other events. Things like only having to
think I haven't seen a familiar face in town and up they pop within a
couple weeks is a common occurrence, especially when I'm not looking for
them.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13728.php
DO YOU LIKE CURLING UP AND READING A BOOK?
Do you have a preference for fantasy, SF or horror? Do you find it the
greatest pastime you have next to being on your computer? Are you very
vocal about what you like and don't like in what you read? Would you
like to share your thoughts with others about books? Would you like an
endless supply of books to do this with? Do you live in the UK?
If you've been nodding your head up to this point then link in below and
see if you have what it takes to be a reviewer at SFCrowsnest. If you
have that special knack to read and write or want to develop said skill
then the only way you're going to find out is to take the plunge
yourself rather than wait for others to do it first. It's got to be
better than waiting for the sun to come out. Check out our recruitment
procedures through the following link and let me decide if you have what
it takes.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/contribute.php
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Stephen Hunt's third fantasy novel set in the Jackelian world...
THE RISE OF THE IRON MOON
From the author of The Court of the Air and The Kingdom Beyond the Waves
comes a thrilling new adventure set in the same Victorian-style world.
Born into captivity as a product of the Royal Breeding House, friendless
orphan Purity Drake suddenly finds herself on the run with a foreign
vagrant from the North after accidentally killing one of her guards. Her
strange rescuer claims he is on the run himself from terrible forces who
mean to enslave the Kingdom of Jackals as they conquered his own nation.
Purity doubts his story, until reports begin to filter through from
Jackals' neighbours of the terrible Army of Shadows, Apriling across the
continent and sweeping all before them. But there's more to Purity than
meets the eye.
As Jackals girds itself for war against an army of near-unkillable
beasts serving an ancient evil with a terrible secret, it soon becomes
clear that their only hope is a strange little royalist girl and the
last, desperate plan of an escaped slave.
Available for pre-order now on Amazon - click here.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007232225?ie=UTF8&tag=scienficticrowst&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0007232225
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GAME OF THE MONTH - HEY NECROMONGER
Grab your wand, you dirty wizard, and battle monsters and gain new
skills. You play as a little sorcerer who can destroy evil with the help
of a set of spells. Shoot lightning, fire and use your filthy necro
hands.
Play online at SFcrowsnest Sci-Fi Play and see if you can beat Stephen
or Geoff's high score (well, Uncle Geoff is easy, he's still on a slow
dial-up account in deepest darkest Somerset).
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/games/2572-Hey-Necromonger.html
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- SCIFI Now
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=SciFiNow
- Day Dream
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=DayDream
- Mulluane
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=Mulluane
- Turner
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=Turner
- Bob Lock
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=BobLock
- FantasySci
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=fantasysci
- Scrybe Press
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/profile.php?user=ScrybePress
Set up your own fantasy/SF blog here.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/user_blog.php
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THE 8TH ANNUAL LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND
FANTASTIC FILM ... AKA SCI-FI-LONDON 8
Saturday 2nd May 2009 - 12:30am - 'Tonight I'm gonna party like it's
1899 - The Rise Of Steampunk Subculture.'
Steampunk has been bubbling under for years, but now steampunk theatre
and cabaret scenes are slowly establishing themselves, traditional
'goths' are replacing their eyeliner for googles, cogs and gentlemen's
jackets and Solaris has just published an anthology of steampunk
writing. So why has it taken so long for Steampunk to break through? Why
now? And where do we think it is going?
Panellists: Stephen Hunt, Chris Wooding, Bryan Talbot, Paul Duffield.
More details over at http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/
WATCHMEN
06/03/2009
United States
Cinema release
THE 60TH BRITISH NATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION
10/04/2009 - 13/04/2009
United Kingdom - Bradford
Science Fiction Con
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT TIME TRAVEL
13/03/2009 - 13/04/2009
United States
Cinema release
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
03/04/2009
United States
Cinema release.
More sci-fi events at...
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/events/arc/lists/hm_events.php
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RANDOM RECENT HIVEMIND MEMBER OF THE MONTH
Favourite SFF books: Have Spacesuit, Will Travel (my very first SF
book), Talent series = Ann McCaffrey, Anything by James White, Anything
by Zenna Henderson, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
About her: I'm an SFF and astronomical artist. I've been a fan of
astronomy since the age of 4 and a fan of SSF since the age of 11. Been
active in fandom since the Brighton WorldCon.
Join SFcrowsnest.com's HiveMind, the social networking hub only for
science fiction and fantasy fans - people just like you, in fact. Unlike
FaceBook, we probably haven't been banned from your work yet!
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/home.php
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+++ Stephen Hunt's THE KINGDOM BEYOND THE WAVES - Paperback out now
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Professor Amelia Harsh is obsessed with finding the lost civilisation of
Camlantis, a legendary city from pre-history that is said to have
conquered hunger, war and disease -- tempering the race of man's baser
instincts by the creation of the perfect pacifist society.
It is an obsession that is to cost her dearly. She returns home to the
Kingdom of Jackals from her latest archaeological misadventure to
discover that the university council has finally stripped her of her
position in retaliation for her heretical research. Without official
funding, Amelia has no choice but to accept the offer of patronage from
the man she blames for her father's bankruptcy and suicide, the fiercely
intelligent and incredibly wealthy Abraham Quest.
He has an ancient crystal-book that suggests the Camlantean ruins are
buried under one of the sea-like lakes that dot the murderous jungles of
Liongeli. Amelia undertakes an expedition deep into the dark heart of
the jungle, blackmailing her old friend Commodore Black into ferrying
her along the huge river of the Shedarkshe on his ancient u-boat.
With an untrustworthy crew of freed convicts, Quest's force of female
mercenaries on board and a lunatic steamman safari hunter acting as
their guide, Amelia's luck can hardly get any worse. But she's as yet
unaware that her quest for the perfect society is about to bring her own
world to the brink of destruction!
HARDBACK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007232209/ref=nosim/scienficticrowst
PAPERBACK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingdom-Beyond-Waves-Stephen-Hunt/dp/0007232217
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Shock new look for Doctor Who's TARDIS
SFcrowsnest has had the new designs leaked for the TARDIS in the next
season of Doctor Who. Yes, not only is Doctor Who getting a total Time
Lord makeover in the form of boyish actor Matt Smith, but the Type 40
TARDIS gets a whole new look as its chameleon circuit briefly starts
working again, only to become frozen in the shape of a super-loo.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13771.php
First look: The Goon
Fantasy horror comic The Goon is one of the comic-to-movies that is
currently making the jump from graphic novel to the big screen, and
lucky old SFcrowsnest, we have some of the first stills from the
animated film.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13725.php
Are these the droids you're looking for?
Manion's Auction House reports a Sci-Fi collectibles auction for Star
Wars, Star Trek, Godzilla, Ultraman and X-Men gear, said auction to
close on the 26th April 2009.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13726.php
Ashes To Ashes II: time travel 1970s style
The first series of sci-fi cop show Ashes To Ashes saw DI Alex Drake -
aka Keeley Hawes - time travel with a bang in 1981. Series two kicks off
in 1982 where leg warmers are cool, fluorescent is the colour of choice,
Thatcher is in her element and bullish DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister)
is back, policing the streets in his politically incorrect and
loud-mouthed style.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13721.php
Your chance to star as an alien on Doctor Who
Not normally known for its science fiction output, BBC One's Tonight's
The Night TV programme will be running a competition for a viewer to
take part in a Doctor Who scene and work with the Doctor Who production
team.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13719.php
Titmouse hits the Heavy Metal
Titmouse Games is partnering up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
co-creator and publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine, Kevin Eastman, to
create sci-fi games based on the publication's illustrated fantasy
tales.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13720.php
New Moon running with the wolves
Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson
Houseman are to star as members of the Wolf Pack in the horror flick The
Twilight Saga: New Moon.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13716.php
Third Trek trailer
The unkindly dubbed Star Trek Academy movie has a new trailer out. Here
it is for your viewing edification.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13717.php
Interview a trois
Beiramar Emmanuel, the editor-in-chief and grand fromage of the aptly
URL'd French fantasy site www.fantasy.fr, has written in to let the Nest
know that he has some new author interviews published in English over on
their online magazine. Greg Bear, Karen Miller, and Peter V Brett are
the fantasy and sci-fi names in Le frame.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13718.php
Delta Film Award 2009
Steve Green writes in to tell us that submissions are now being
solicited for the 2009 Delta Film Award, presented to the best amateur
sci-fi movie screened at the 20th Festival of Fantastic Films at
Manchester, UK, 16-18 October 2009.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13703.php
2009 Hugo nominees announced
The Hugo Awards and John Campbell Award ballot has been announced. The
Awards for the best science fiction novel will be presented at the 67th
Worldcon, Anticipation, August 6th-10th 2009 at the Palais de Congrès in
Montreal, Québec.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13704.php
Being Human
BBC Three has commissioned a one-hour special documentary on the
horror-fi TV series Being Human to run in the UK on Saturday 28th March
at 9.15pm.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13705.php
Harlan Ellison sues over Star Trek
Writer of the teleplay for the original Star Trek episode, City on the
Edge of Forever, Harlan Ellison has sued Paramount for allegedly failing
to account to or pay Ellison for the merchandising and publishing of the
teleplay, from inception to date.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13706.php
JF Lewis and Juliet McKenna
The Ghost in the Machine podcast, hosted by fantasy author Gail Z.
Martin, is hosting authors JF Lewis (Staked, Revamped) and Juliet
McKenna (Irons in the Fire).
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13707.php
Escape Velocity
After a delay through the latter half of 2008, Adventure Books of
Seattle have reported the release of Issue 4 of Escape Velocity, the
magazine of scifi and fact, a glossy print-on-demand produced 100+ pages
science fiction magazine.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13708.php
Resonance
Chris writes in to tell us that his science fiction novel, Resonance -
published by Baen in 2005 - is now available for free download. There
are five e-book formats to choose from and all are DRM lite.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13709.php
Lionsgate gets hungry
Movie studio Lionsgate has bought the film rights of Suzanne Collins'
scifi YA novel, The Hunger Games.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13710.php
Aurora nominees are in for 2009
Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, has reported
the Prix Aurora nominees for 2009. The Auroras recognise Canadian
science fiction and fantasy artwork, writing, and fan activities.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13711.php
David Hardy guests at Birmingham Science Fiction Group
July 2009 is the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon-landing. To
commemorate this Dave has produced a new presentation called 'Faces of
the Moon'. It covers all aspects of the Moon, with an accent on art:
Art/Science, Fact/Fiction, Past, Present and Future.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13712.php
Is Anybody Out There
Marty Halpern writes in to tell us that he and o-editor Nick Gevers have
sold Fermi Paradox-themed original anthology, Is Anybody Out There?
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13713.php
The Riverworld flows
SyFy and RHI are to make three new fantasy and science fiction movies.
The four-hour movies will be Riverworld, The Phantom and Alice - with
casting underway for each. Riverworld and The Phantom will both serve as
pilots for potential TV series.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13714.php
Jonathan Maberry and Christina Barber pod it up
The Ghost in the Machine podcast, hosted by fantasy author Gail Z.
Martin is hosting author and paranormal expert Jonathan Maberry and dark
fiction author Christina Barber.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13715.php
Shortlist is out for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009
Ian R. MacLeod, Paul McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Neal Stephenson, Sherri
S. Tepper and Mark Wernham are the six SF authors shortlisted for the
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009, the main UK prize for science fiction
literature.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13701.php
Goodbye Lady SciFi
The SCIFI Channel is rebranding as Syfy - both on air and on-line - as
of July 7th 2009, The Nest are told by Dave Howe, El Presidente at
SCIFI.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13698.php
Mandvi goes on an Airbender
Actors Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub and Cliff Curtis have just joined the
cast of M Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender sci-fi movie for
Parmount. The science fiction film is due to begin shooting mid-March
2009.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13697.php
Fanning those vampire flames
Dakota Fanning is set to play the role of Jane in the next
vampire-love-movie-thang, The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Fanning will star
opposite Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in the
film directed by Chris Weitz.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13696.php
Watchmen: Mark's take
After years of its fans waiting, Alan Moore's mammoth graphic novel
Watchmen has come to the screen. This is a film of violence, sex,
breaking glass, and spattering blood - dark both literally and
figuratively. Zach Snyder (director of 300) gives us a more-than-ample
163 minutes in this gaudy, ugly world. If, says Mark with a little
sadness in his voice, you are looking for a highly digitally enhanced,
noisy, explosion, hot-grease-in-the-face, fighting, meat-cleaver sort of
film with plenty of people being thrown through plate glass windows in
slow motion this could be one of the biggees of the year for you.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13693.php
Alien life? Here we come...
NASA's Kepler mission has now launched into space from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II. Kepler is
designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at
distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid water
is believed to be essential for the formation of life.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13694.php
Angry Robot launches web-site and reports first four scifi novels
Indy scifi book imprint Angry Robot is launching in the UK in July 2009,
and in the US and the rest of the world from September 2009. Its authors
are two new writers and two established, from the USA, Fiji and South
Africa.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13695.php
Orson Scott Card goes YA steampunk
Orson Scott Card, the sci-fi author behind Enders Game, is to publish a
new series for younger readers with Simon Pulse, aka Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing. Anica Rissi from Simon Pulse acquired World
English rights to the first three books in this as-yet-untitled Young
Adult series through Barbara Bova at The Barbara Bova Literary Agency.
In the same vein as authors like Stephen Hunt, his new works will be
combining elements of steampunk and fantasy.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13681.php
Star Trek trailer
Photon topedoes away, dude. If this online trailer doesn't convince you
to see the new Star Trek movie, nothing will.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13682.php
Fantasycon 2009
The British Fantasy Society is holding its annual convention, Fantasycon
2009, in Nottingham, UK, over the weekend 18th-20th September. The 2009
convention's Guests of Honour are Jasper Fforde, Brian Clemens and Gail
Z Martin. The Master of Ceremonies is Ian Watson. The convention's
highlights include guest interviews, panel discussion and the British
Fantasy Awards Banquet.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13683.php
It's going to be Pandorum out there
Pandorum is a new sci-fi movie with a touch of the film Alien about it.
Here's the online trailer for you to make your own mind up.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13684.php
Suvudu First Book Library goes live
US publisher Random House has unveiled the first five titles in their
Suvudu First Book Library. Designed to introduce new readers to science
fiction and fantasy series, the Suvudu Free First Book Library allows
readers to access free digital copies of the first book in each series.
The program is launching with access to His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi
Novik, Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, Settling Accounts: Return
Engagement by Harry Turtledove, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, and
Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13685.php
Aeon Award winner announced
SF author Ian Watson (and Grand Judge of the Aeon Award) has made his
decision on the winners of the 2008 Aeon Award short fiction contest for
scifi. It was notable that of the top 40, some 18 were by female
authors. Who says spec fic is dominated by men! 1000 Euros go to Colin
Henchley.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13686.php
Craig Hinton gets an anthology
Following the tragic death of Doctor Who author Craig Hinton on 3rd
December 2006, a number of his friends and fans have got together to
compile a fiction anthology dedicated to his memory.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13687.php
Raymond E. Feist drinks some tea with a Mad God
US fantasy author Raymond E. Feist will be coming over to the UK to
celebrate the publication of his new novel, Wrath of a Mad God.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13688.php
DFC comic up for sale
Our chums on the FP blog have just heard via Andrew Wildman that the DFC
comic which launched last year by David Fickling is being put up for
sale by Random House.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13689.php
Elder Sign
One for the HP Lovercraft fans among you. Joseph Nanni has written in to
let us know that there is now a follow-up to his comedy horror short
Casting Call of Cthulhu, called Elder Sign, for you to watch.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13690.php
Apex sci-fi
Jason Sizemore writes in to tell the Nest that the March 2009 issue of
scifi magazine Apex has been posted.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13691.php
Swallow Me Whole
Our friends on the FP blog have just heard from Chris Staros, publisher
at the very fine indy comics mob Top Shelf (who will be publishing Moore
and O'Neill's new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series this year)
that one of their graphic novels, Swallow Me Whole by Nate Powell, is
short-listed for the LA Times Book Prize.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13692.php
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Stephen Hunt's +++ THE COURT OF THE AIR +++
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When streetwise Molly Templar witnesses a brutal murder at the brothel
she has recently been apprenticed to, her first instinct is to run back
to the poorhouse where she grew up. But there she finds her fellow
orphans butchered, and it slowly dawns on her that she was the real
target of the attack. For Molly carries a secret deep in her blood, a
secret that marks her out for destruction by enemies of the state.
Oliver brooks has led a sheltered existence in the backwater home of his
merchant uncle. But when he is framed for his only relative's murder he
is forced to flee for his life, accompanied by a agent of the mysterious
Court of the Air. Chased across the country, Oliver finds himself in the
company of thieves, outlaws and spies, and gradually learns more about
the secret that has blighted his life.
Soon Molly and Oliver will find themselves battling a grave threat to
civilisation, an ancient power thought to have been quelled millennia
ago.
Their enemies are ruthless and myriad, but indomitable friends in this
endlessly inventive tale full of drama, intrigue and adventure also aid
the two orphans.
"An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels."
- THE TIMES newspaper: May 7, 2007 (Review: Hardback edition, The Court
of the Air)
"Hunt can take his place alongside such eminent Magratheans as JRR
Tolkien, Mervyn Peake and China Mieville. Creating a fully realised
other-world which feels new and different, yet cohesive and believable
is half the battle in a fantasy novel, and it is a battle Hunt wins with
honours... Hunt's world is so rich and colourful it keeps you engrossed
... It's a confident audacious novel."
- SFX magazine: APRIL 2009 (Review: Hardback edition, The Court of the
Air)
"The characters are convincing and colourful, but the real achievement
is the setting, a hellish take on Victorian London where grim,
steam-driven machines work beside citizens with magical powers. The
Court of the Air is aimed at young adults, but the depth and complexity
of Hunt's vision makes it compulsive reading for all ages."
- THE GUARDIAN newspaper: May 21st 2007 (Review: Hardback edition, The
Court of the Air)
'Wonderfully assured ... Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it
to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension'
TIME OUT magazine: October 2007 (Review: Paperback edition, The Court of
the Air)
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One of the nice things about being online is that SFcrowsnest can
publish slightly off-the-wall material that would never find a home in a
highly targeted advertising-ruled print magazine world. An article we
always trot out as an example of this, is Uncle Geoff's piece about what
the heck fuel & engine combination the Thunderbirds craft might have
used in the classic 1960s TV series of the same name.
Let's face it, you're never going to read the likes of that in Analog,
Starlog, Starburst, Interzone or the rest of the print world's
publications! If there's an article inside you - could be continuity
errors in Andromeda, your latest work of short fiction, or just why you
think Iain Banks' novels are the greatest SF since a little man called
Verne put pen to paper - do drop Geoff a line below. Articles, fiction,
reviews and pieces you've already completed should ideally be submitted
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Contact Uncle Geoff in the rainy English countryside at
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We still fund this puppy's bandwidth and other miscellaneous expenses
out of our own pocket, so the spirit of volunteerism is about the only
thing that keeps our happy ship in hyperspace. Any time, articles,
stories or reviews you can submit are always appreciated.
Current requirements: APRIL 2009
- short fiction
- articles
- comment pieces
- convention reports
- web site reviews
- book reviewers (see below)
- Television reviews ... Stargate, Andromeda, Trek etc
- Movie reviews
- Games reviews ... RPGs, scenarios, wargames etc
- SFF models and figures ... reviews, painting tips, scratchbuilds,
conversions
BTW, if you're interested in becoming a book or DVD reviewer, we'd
really, really (no, really) appreciate it if you were UK-based. Posting
out the hundred of goodies we get every week is an expensive business,
and extra airmail costs could lead to Geoff, Jessica, Mark and Steve
eating dog food in a crazed economy-drive of death. Of course, if you're
based in the US, Canada or Australia and you fancy reviewing your own
drip-feed of goodies resulting from your science fiction and fantasy
addiction, then that okay by us ... but we can't supply you ourselves!
Sorry.
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