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ENTRY #33
0905.13

I have never been one that has been bothered by spoilers. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I knew about "Luke, I am your father" at least 24 hours before The Empire Strikes Back opened. It was a review that aired on NPR's All Things Considered. I remember hearing the following day that there was much wailing, ( Read more... )

ENTRY #32
0904.07

It started a little over three weeks ago on Diana Peterfreund's (dpeterfreund) blog (March 15, if you want the precise date). She asked her readers a simple question: Who would like an ARC of the fourth and final (or should that be "fourth & final"?) book in her Rose & Grave tetralogy, Tap & Gown? (Obviously, anyone reading the entry was ( Read more... )

ENTRY #31
0812.23

Book Review
BOYS OF THE STEEL: THE CREATORS OF SUPERMAN
by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Illustrated by Ross MacDonald
(Alfred A. Knopf, 2008)

Everyone knows Superman's origin story.

It has been told and retold many times in the 70 years since Action Comics #1 first hit the newsstands. Writers have added things to the story, and ( Read more... )

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ENTRY #29
0809.25

I've been looking through Harlan Ellison's illustrated screenplay for I, Robot. Now, this is not the screenplay for the movie that came out a couple of years ago. You know, the one that claimed to be based on Isaac Asimov's collection of stories, but in reality, the only similarity was the title and the fact that they used ( Read more... )

ENTRY #28
0809.04

Jennifer Estep is running a contest on her website in connection with the release of her third Bigtime novel, Jinx. The narrator of the book has luck as a superpower, and the contest is related to Bella's sometimes capricious power. Estep asked her readers to tell her about their luckiest or unluckiest experience ( Read more... )

ENTRY #27
0804.13

[NOTE: This is being crossposted to worldcons, so there is a slim chance that some of you may be reading this in stereo ( Read more... )

ENTRY #26
0802.29

Magazine Review
SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED

I guess it was about two or three years ago that I lamented the fact that there hasn't been a good general interest science magazine on the stands since Omni folded many years ago. Before you say anything, yes, I am well aware of Discover. I see it quite regularly, and I even look through ( Read more... )