Déjà vu, déjà vu—Stargate Universe’s “Time”
A good exploration of time, but the story itself, well… (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Tag Archives: Star Wars
SciFinal aims to be the TV Guide of sci-fi web series
StoryForge Labs has launched SciFinal, aiming to be a directory/website showcasing sci-fi web series online...
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Author Aaron Allstron suffers heart attack
Novelist and rpg game designer Aaron Allston suffered a heart attack at the end of his recent book signing tour...
Read more [...] Why does Oscar hate SF?
SFScope reviewer Sarah Stegall takes the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to task for an 81-year history of slighting science fiction, fantasy, and horror movies...
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Win a copy of K.E. Mills’s The Accidental Sorcerer
Fantasy novelist Karen Miller, writing under her pseudonym, is starting a new comic fantasy series, and publisher Orbit is giving away...
Read more [...] Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge winners on Comedy Central
The winners of this year's Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge will be airing on Atom TV's program on Comedy Central several times this week...
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LucasBooks and Del Rey renew licensing agreement through 2013
LucasBooks and Del Rey have extended their 30+ year agreement for another five years, which should see the publication of 35 more novels...
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Further to Lucasfilm/Ainsworth suit over Star Wars storm trooper helmets
Further to this article from April, about Lucasfilm's suit against Andrew Ainsworth of Shepperton Design Studios over copyright infringement for Ainsworth's sale of Star Wars storm trooper outfits, there is now a ruling. High Court judge anthony Mann has issued what is basically a split decision: he ruled that Ainsworth did violate Lucasfilm's US copyrights by selling the helmets to customers in the US. However, he also ruled that, in Britain, the English copyrights had expired. Further, Mann refused Read more [...]
John Joseph Adams announces open science fiction anthology: Federations
John Joseph Adams will be reading original science fiction stories and paying 5 cents per word when his reading period opens on 1 November...
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2008 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge finalists announced; voting period is now open
The previously announced Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge has chosen 41 finalists, and is looking for voters to pick the Audience Choice Award. Deadline to vote is 10 July...
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Review of MAD About Star Wars
Short form: is it possible that any fan of either MAD Magazine or Star Wars won't love this book? Answer: nope...
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Del Rey publishing five Clone Wars tie-in novels
Del Rey is publishing the first of five Star Wars: The Clone Wars tie-in novels next month...
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Del Rey offering Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal as free e-book
To promote the forthcoming release of the last volume in the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series, Del Rey is offering the first, Betrayal, as a free e-book...
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Lucasfilm suing over Storm Trooper armor “replicas”
Lucasfilm is suing the original British manufacturer of the Storm Trooper armor, which appeared in Star Wars. The manufacturer is making "replicas" of that costuming from the original molds...
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Amazon’s Science Fiction Sale
Amazon.com's April sales include hundreds of DVDs, books, toys, and television downloads...
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