Actor Paul Newman Dies
Actor, racer, philanthropist Paul Newman (1925-2008) won an Oscar and an Emmy, and was nominated for many others, in a long, distinguished career. He also...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
DreamWorks extends option on John Wyndham’s Chocky
DreamWorks renewed its option on John Wyndham's 1968 novel Chocky, although expected Hollywood moves...
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Chinese spacewalk, listen to the astronauts, and send your name into space
Three space news stories: China has launched its third manned mission, intending to walk in space; NASA has opened up the phone lines to listen in on the ISS; and NASA's Glory satellite...
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Guillermo del Toro and Richard Hogan sell vampire trilogy to William Morrow
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and thriller writer Chuck Hogan are combining forces to write a vampire thriller trilogy, to which William Morrow has bought world rights...
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Non Prophet—a review of Fringe’s “The Ghost Network”
The show is leavening the dark, brooding mysteries with just the right amount of humor and little snippets of character development... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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David Gemmell Legend Award to honor fantasy novels
The David Gemmell Legend Award, named for the British heroic fantasy author, will recognize the best in fantasy novels...
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Bartholomew of the Scissors is a burned, rather than drawn, comic
Artist Daniel Crosier uses what may be a unique technique with new comic Bartholomew of the Scissors: wood burning...
Read more [...] Serpentarius Magazine Dies
Quarterly speculative fiction webzine Serpentarius has died under the assault of hackers...
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Lee and Miller’s web serialization the stuff of print news
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's success with serializing two novels on the web has garnered them traditional print news attention...
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Paolini’s Brisingr Brings in the Sales
The third volume of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle sold more than half a million copies in its first 24 hours on the shelves...
Read more [...] Hard Lessons—a review of Terminator: TSCC’s “The Mousetrap”
Terminator makes a roaring come-back with a killer ep; let's hope the audience notices... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Still more Plague Year sales, and the use of a trailer
Jeff Carlson's self-produced trailer resulted in further sales of his Plague Year and Plague War...
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Peter V. Brett goes European
Peter V. Brett travels to England for the British debut of The Painted Man, and sells more book to Spain...
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JABberwocky foreign rights sales for Hemry, Hines, Howison & Gelb, McCollum, and Sanderson
Joshua Bilmes reports foreign rights sales for John G. Hemry ("Jack Campbell"), Jim C. Hines, Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Michael McCollum, and Brandon Sanderson...
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SFPA’s sf poetry contest winners
The winners of the Science Fiction Poetry Association's third annual contest have been announced...
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