You might also want to check out more cool film items at Boston Sci-fi
And coming up Memorial Day weekend: the Balticon Film Festival!
Friday, March 30, 2012
... and there's still time to get to Seattle
for their "First Annual Science Fiction Film Festival."
You might also want to check out more cool film items at Boston Sci-fi
And coming up Memorial Day weekend: the Balticon Film Festival!
You might also want to check out more cool film items at Boston Sci-fi
And coming up Memorial Day weekend: the Balticon Film Festival!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
A great day to have been in Tampa ...
From the University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences website (with some links added):
... Then on Tuesday, March 20, two leading apocalyptic science fiction writers: Joe Haldeman and Nancy Kress will speak at USF. Haldeman, who teaches science fiction writing workshops at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of nearly 30 novels and short story collections. His work has won numerous awards and his 1998 novel, “Forever Peace,” won the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell Award. Nancy Kress has authored 26 novels and collections, often focusing on genetic engineering. She has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards and her novel, “Probability Space,” won the 2003 John. W. Campbell Award.
The authors will treat audiences to a reading on March 20, at 7 p.m. in the TECO Room (Education Building), preceded by a wine and cheese reception and book launch in the rotunda outside the TECO room, starting at 6 p.m. Kress will sign copies of her brand new book, “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall,” while Haldeman will present his 2011 book “Earthbound.” ...
... Then on Tuesday, March 20, two leading apocalyptic science fiction writers: Joe Haldeman and Nancy Kress will speak at USF. Haldeman, who teaches science fiction writing workshops at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of nearly 30 novels and short story collections. His work has won numerous awards and his 1998 novel, “Forever Peace,” won the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell Award. Nancy Kress has authored 26 novels and collections, often focusing on genetic engineering. She has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards and her novel, “Probability Space,” won the 2003 John. W. Campbell Award.
The authors will treat audiences to a reading on March 20, at 7 p.m. in the TECO Room (Education Building), preceded by a wine and cheese reception and book launch in the rotunda outside the TECO room, starting at 6 p.m. Kress will sign copies of her brand new book, “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall,” while Haldeman will present his 2011 book “Earthbound.” ...
Sunday, March 11, 2012
75 days to Balticon
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Yesterday: a Leap (Day) ... Today: a Big Jump
The Big Jump by Leigh Brackett is the Phoenix Pick free e-book for March. Not receiving our monthly newsletter, which contains the code for the free e-book? Sign up by sending us an e-mail ... click here.
For more information about Leigh Brackett, check out these sites:
An interesting way to explore things related to Leigh Brackett
Not from Sweden, but close ... Finland.
"Leigh Brackett: Much More Than the Queen of Space Opera!"
"The Astounding Leigh Brackett"
The Leigh Brackett Solar System (from Wikipedia)
Mars in the fiction of Leigh Brackett (from Wikipedia)
An audio interview with Leigh Brackett
An interview with Leigh Brackett & Edmond Hamilton
An appreciation of Leigh Brackett by Michael Moorcock
Leigh Brackett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
And, of course, there's the "Star Wars sequel" screenplay.