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Written by Scifi Fan| Date: Feb 1, 2010. 2009 BSFA Award shortlist. The shortlist for the 2009 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards have been announced and include Ursula Le Guin for new novel Lavinia and Adam Roberts for the acclaimed … Best Non-Fiction. Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe; Canary Fever by John Clute; I didn’t Dream of Dragons by Deepa D; A Short History of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social …

A few days ago, Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist posted the first look from Warriors, the Tor Books anthology edited by George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois. The excerpt was from The Mystery Knight, which is the third novella written by George set …

I especially loved that it was sci-fi with ordinary people. Charlie is a mild-mannered clerk in the Department of Changes and Modifications. Every day he stamps incoming requests with a big official “no.” But one day he wonders what …

Keanu Reeve is no stranger to science fiction having been in many of the best and worst films in the genre, it seems that despite having played memorable roles in such as The Matrix, The Day The Earth Stood Still and of course Bill and …

Anthony Boucher, then editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction put together this collection of stories that all just happen to fall into the science fiction realm. Clarke, Brown, Asimov and Leiber were all authors I have … What today would have been written as a more lurid, “bad company corrupts good morals”, tale turns out to be an innocent but fascinating wish-fulfillment story, done sci-fi style. I couldn’t help but imagine how great the environmental …

MEGAPIRANHA Asylum has eked out another shadow film, but the funny twist is, they’re copying a crappy/funny scifi horror comedy Piranha 3D with a crappy probably not so funny or scary movie Megapiranha. But Tiffany – yes, that Tiffany – and one of the … SS Humanity Matthew Ladensack’s 17-minute short premiered at the Seattle’s Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, but if you can watch it here if you missed the big debut. The shorty takes place in the future, …

Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She was born in Hollywood, California and has lived there and in Pismo Beach most of her life. Before becoming a professional writer she …

The fantasy -tinged romantic comedy When in Rome, meanwhile, opened in third place, with about $12.1 million. More soon … By SCI FI Wire Staff 1:43 PM ON 01/31/10. Add this article to your Facebook page · Post to Delicious · Post to Stumble …. People don’t need to go online to hammer on a movie to such an extent, so they can place science – fiction into a inflexible box. Plus, “The Dark Knight” is not science – fiction . Its a comic book. By classy at 4:41 PM ON 01/31/10 …

And there was a Lost sighting during the week, but it was only a repeat episode to gear fans up for the sixth season premiere which comes this Tuesday. Here is the full breakdown of the numbers for all of the Science Fiction and Fantasy …

I’m only surprised that I didn’t get to them before now to be honest and I actually nabbed this first one, Lord Valentine’s Castle, from my daughter who got a bunch of sci fi books free from Devon Freecycle. … I couldn’t make up my mind whether this book was science fiction or fantasy . It’s actually a mix of both. It’s made clear that Majipoor is a planet that has been settled by humans but that they share the planet with other intelligent species. …