Yearly Archives: 2008

Justification—a review of Terminator’s “The Turk”

Avoiding the usual second- and third-episode slump, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles manages a very good episode, a thoughtful shoot-'em-up that will keep me coming back... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Mike Allen sells poem to Space & Time

Mike Allen sold a poem called "The Problem with Science Fiction Poetry" to Space & Time magazine... Read more [...]

“Jack Campbell” and Simon Green sell audio rights to Audible

Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky made audio deals with Audible for the first four "Lost Fleet" books by John G. Hemry writing as Jack Campbell, and for The Man with the Golden Torc and Daemons are Forever by Simon Green. Read more [...]

Ekaterina Sedia signs with Jennifer Jackson of DMLA

Author Ekaterina Sedia is now represented by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency... Read more [...]

Harris and Stein promoted at HarperCollins’s Festival

Jodi Harris has been promoted from executive editor to editorial director, and Erin Stein is now executive editor at Festival... Read more [...]

Kat Richardson sells audio rights to Recorded Books

Kat Richardson sold audio rights to Greywalker, Poltergeist, and Underground to Troy Juliar at Recorded Books via agent Steve Mancino... Read more [...]

A. Lee Martinez may be coming to the big screen

A. Lee Martinez's Gil's All Fright Diner has a director attached to it, and she's sold an option on... Read more [...]

Robbie Greenberger has Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Author Bob Greenberger's son Robbie is being treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital... Read more [...]

Actress Lois Nettleton Dies

Actress Lois Nettleton (1929-2008) appeared in several genre movies, The Twilight Zone, Babylon 5... Read more [...]

Actor Heath Ledger Dies

Actor Heath Ledger (1979-2008) was found dead in his apartment. He starred in Brokeback Mountain, the upcoming Dark Knight, and... Read more [...]

Tim Akers sells first novel to Solaris

Tim Akers sold his first novel, Darker Angels, to Solaris via agent Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky. Read more [...]

Character actor Allan Melvin dies

Allan Melvin (1922-2008) made many genre appearances, frequently in animated voice-over roles, which included... Read more [...]

Actress Suzanne Pleshette Dies

Actress Suzanne Pleshette (1937-2008) was best known for her role on The Bob Newhart Show, but also made many genre appearances, including in The Birds, Spirited Away... Read more [...]

Football player Ernie Holmes dies

The former Pittsburgh Steeler, who won two Super Bowl rings, also acted, appearing in... Read more [...]

Ursula K. Le Guin offering free audio files of her work

Ursula K. Le Guin is reading her work and giving away the MP3 recordings on her web site. First up is "The Open Boat," an excerpt... Read more [...]

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