The Early Work of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Breakfast at Twilight and Other Stories
iainclaridge.net (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
I am a huge, huge fan of the film Blade Runner, considering it one of my favourite movies and certainly my absolute favourite science fiction film, so I was delighted to stumble across this piece of Blade Runner ephemera at Letters of Note via Steve Lee. Blade Runner was based on the novel Do Androids Dream [...]
Blog Absolute Point (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Who Won Dancing With The Stars Last Night The Adjustment Bureau , a sci-fi romance based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Directed by George Nolfi. Shooting continues to mid-December. With Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. Principals: Mackey Sandrich Casting, 180 Grand St., 3rd fl., NYC 10013 … see more. See also: dancing with [...]
CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Film geeks still slaver over the early output of John Woo such as Hard Boiled and The Killer for their devotion to style and fantastic action sequences. However, the mid-90s and early aughts brought disappointment in the director for his less-than-stellar fare including Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target , the shockingly bad Mission: Impossible II , and the forgettable Philip K. Dick adaptation...
Silliman's Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
(Photo used by permission, all rights reserved, © Fiona Templeton) Annette Barbasch & Steve Buscemi in Fiona Templeton’s Against Agreement , 1982 Fiona Templeton & Poets Theater § Hail, poetry! § Tan Lin Chalk Playground & LitTwitChalk A review by Thom Donovan § Arkadii Dragomoshchenko on Alexei Parshchikov § Talking with Rosmarie Waldrop Waldrop, reading...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Sometimes you can predict déjà vu. The moment that Life on Mars became a big hit, for example, it was a pretty solid bet that within a couple of gestational cycles we'd be looking at another time-anomaly cop show, and sure enough here comes Paradox . You can't always predict how déjà vu will operate, though. The odds against Paradox getting commissioned would have been...
Night Shade Books (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Sacramento Book Review reviews THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi: – "Reminiscent of Philip K. Dick's Blade Runner. … Bacigalupi has created a fully imagined world in The Windup Girl that is densely packed with ideas about genetic manipulation, distribution of resources, the social order, and environmental degradation. However, he is never pedantic in addressing [...]
Feral Strumpet Teatime (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On our first night in Berlin, M and I spied a translation of Philip K. Dick in the window of a bookshop: Marsianischer Zeitsturz. We were consumed with laughter. Zeitsturz, time slip/fall/stumble…that’s exactly what it felt like to be here twenty years to the day after the wall had come down. We were time travelers [...]
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
With the Holidays just around the corner, I invited publishers to come up with special prize packs for the biggest giveaways of the year. In the next couple of weeks, you'll see similar contests cropping up, all of them a mix of autographed copies, bestselling titles, and Advance Reading Copies. The idea is to offer something that everyone will want to win. Tor Books, Orbit US, Del Rey and Bantam Spectra...
bookeywookey (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Today’s question was suggested by Barbara : Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era might be read 100 years from now? I am not sure what qualities Barbara thinks give Dickens, Austen, and Bronte their status but I would say that, through a combination...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Fiction and fantasy book covers can be as awe-inspiring as the stories they are trying to sell. We asked this week's panelists: Q: Which are the most memorable book covers in science fiction and fantasy? (You can name up to 10.) Read on to see their favorites ...and not-so-favorites... Dave Seeley Dave Seeley was an award winning architect before becoming a full time illustrator. Equally at home with...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
[Interviewer's Note: This is a series of interviews featuring the contributors of The Apex Book of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar. It'll run every Monday to Friday until I run out of interviews. Two of these interviews will be reprinted in Apex Magazine but the rest are exclusive to SF Signal.] Jamil Nasir has published short fiction in numerous science fiction venues in the US and UK, including...
The World in the Satin Bag (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
I’ve had a most curious epiphany. Apparently if the description of the book is so far out there, so absurdly bizarre and unimaginably unintelligible in the light of logic, then I’m instantly fascinated by it and must have it in my collection. I don’t mean books with twisted or disturbing plots, but books with plots that simply don’t make sense, that are intentionally inconsistent...
Snarkmarket (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
This Flickr gallery created by Britta Gustafson is a delight. She imagines Blade Runner set in San Francisco—the setting of Philip K. Dick’s original story “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.” In the reimagined movie, where does Deckard live? What would happen at Alcatraz? (Something would have to happen at Alcatraz.) “Such a pretty city! All [...]
Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I'm still digging out from WFC and had an eventful week. I did receive two rejections for stories this week. Ah well. It's all a process. I just have to kick them back out there. I've also rejoined a critique group and met with my new business partner in yet another endeavor. I'll be team teaching workshops on developing an online presence with Jennifer March of JMA Services . My review of The Owl...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Opposites Attract Challenge Hosted by: Jen's Book Talk To play just read books that have at least one word in the title opposite to another book title's word. You can only use a book once though; not in 2 different sets. And be sure to use some of these with your other challenges if you can! There are many possibilities and combinations to come up with! Also if you have to; use the authors name as...
Videos