Live, from New York, it’s SFScope!
We're finally back in New York, and the news is all pretty darn good (at least, from the trip). The rest of the sf/f/h news will begin flowing as you've become accustomed to...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
Goin’ East
Returning to New York City after two weeks in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky...
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A review of Merlin’s “Le Morte d’Arthur”
A satisfying, but only acceptable, conclusion to the first series (or season) reveals some secrets... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Publications Received: November 2008
Magazines and other publications received during November 2008. This page is updated throughout the month.
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A review of Merlin’s “To Kill the King”
A darker episode brings the series back to a stronger place... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry Dies
Actress/Producer Majel Barrett Roddenberry (1932-2008) appeared in more Star Trek episodes than any other actor, and was series creator Gene Roddenberry's widow...
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Oh, HELL No!—a review of Pushing Daisies’ “The Norwegians”
How disappointing. The last show of the year, and probably of the series, should be meatier. It was a good episode, with the usual tight dialogue and acting, but the story just wasn't up to snuff... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Datlow and Windling deliver fourth mythic YA anthology
Ellen Datlow reports that she and co-editor Terri Windling have turned in The Beastly Bride and Other Tales of the Animal People—the fourth book in their mythic series of young adult anthologies—to Sharyn November at Viking, for publication in Spring 2010.
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A review of Merlin’s “The Labyrinth of Gedref”
A fairly weak episode as not even writers are willing to take risks... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Actor Sam Bottoms Dies
The third of four acting brothers, Sam Bottoms (1955-2008) appeared in The Last Picture Show, Apocalypse Now, and a handful of sf/f/h films...
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WorldCon announces Hugo base design winner and increasing membership rates
The 2009 World Science Fiction Convention has announced the winner of this year's Hugo Award Base Design Competition, and that membership rates will increase on 1 January 2009...
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Fantasy novels becoming 3D miniatures
Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn" series is now being realized as 3D RPG miniatures by Garden Ninja and Crafty Games. GN will also do characters based on Jim C. Hines's "Goblin" novels...
Read more [...] 2009 SAG Award Nominees
The nominees for the Screen Actors Guild awards include a few more genre productions than last year...
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John Moore’s Slay and Rescue back in print
John Moore's long out of print debut novel, Slay and Rescue, is now back in print and available in a new Science Fiction Book Club exclusive hardcover edition. Agent Joshua Bilmes of the JABberwocky Literary Agency handled the deal.
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Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood around the world
Charlaine Harris's "Sookie Stackhouse" series is big news nearly everywhere, with translations into two dozen languages, and the HBO series True Blood, based on her novels, is or will be airing on at least four continents...
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