Scifi Picks http://www.scifipicks.com The latest science fiction news and info Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 SF Fandom Blog: Robert Sawyer says don't self-publish SciFi novels http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/sf-fandom-blog-robert-sawyer-says-dont-self-publish-scifi-novels/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/sf-fandom-blog-robert-sawyer-says-dont-self-publish-scifi-novels/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:54:00 +0000 Enlickice http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/sf-fandom-blog-robert-sawyer-says-dont-self-publish-scifi-novels/ News and information about the SF-Fandom science fiction and fantasy fan forums. SF-Fandom is part of the Xenite.Org network. Free registration is required to post. Please be sure you read our Posting Guidelines. …

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]]> http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/sf-fandom-blog-robert-sawyer-says-dont-self-publish-scifi-novels/feed/ 0 The Sci-Fi Experience Challenge: Update « The Broken Bullhorn http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/the-sci-fi-experience-challenge-update-%c2%ab-the-broken-bullhorn/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/the-sci-fi-experience-challenge-update-%c2%ab-the-broken-bullhorn/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:00 +0000 miha_tatu http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/the-sci-fi-experience-challenge-update-%c2%ab-the-broken-bullhorn/ Just a day under three weeks remaining in the Sci-Fi Experience Challenge. Since January 1, 2010 I have read 6 qualifying books: The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt – fantasy . Snake Agent by Liz Williams- science fiction /occult/ fantasy …

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]]> http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/the-sci-fi-experience-challenge-update-%c2%ab-the-broken-bullhorn/feed/ 0 Dr. Metablog: Insects, Drugs, Science Fiction http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/dr-metablog-insects-drugs-science-fiction/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/dr-metablog-insects-drugs-science-fiction/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:16 +0000 Demncidecheed http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/dr-metablog-insects-drugs-science-fiction/ In my pupal stage, I was an indiscriminate reader of the genre known as fantasy and science fiction . Inhabiting, as I did, the wrong body, and having been birthed in the wrong time and place, I preferred fantastic alternative universes to … I subscribed to a bunch of pulp mags and I also gobbled the extensive collections of sci-fi in the local public library. Not everyone will recognize the writers who were then my literary heroes, but for me they were names as familiar …

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]]> http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/two-genres-seperated-by-a-common-setting-%c2%ab-jeff-offringas-journal/feed/ 0 Peter Straub brings forth A Dark Matter | Sci Fi SoundTrack http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/peter-straub-brings-forth-a-dark-matter-sci-fi-soundtrack/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/peter-straub-brings-forth-a-dark-matter-sci-fi-soundtrack/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:57:00 +0000 MichelleWatson http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/peter-straub-brings-forth-a-dark-matter-sci-fi-soundtrack/ Peter Straub brings forth A Dark Matter · Remembering Golden Age Science Fiction Author William Tenn [In Memoriam] · The Thing Claims Its First Prequel Victims [The Thing] · Nice Succinct Story-Telling in Google’s Superbowl Ad …

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]]> http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/peter-straub-brings-forth-a-dark-matter-sci-fi-soundtrack/feed/ 0 Forgotten Bookmarks: Giveaway: Fun Five Ways http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/forgotten-bookmarks-giveaway-fun-five-ways/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/forgotten-bookmarks-giveaway-fun-five-ways/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:44:00 +0000 exspymannn http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/forgotten-bookmarks-giveaway-fun-five-ways/ Hard to pick, but I think I’d like the Sci-fi / Fantasy the most. On February 8, 2010 3:42 PM , Diana Troldahl said… ohhh man, I would LOVE to win the Fantasy / Science Fiction . On February 8, 2010 3:44 PM , SalT said… Classics. …

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]]> http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/super-bowl-movie-trailers-sci-fi-soundtrack/feed/ 0 365 Days of Manga, Day 146: Nestrobber | Sci Fi SoundTrack http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/365-days-of-manga-day-146-nestrobber-sci-fi-soundtrack/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/365-days-of-manga-day-146-nestrobber-sci-fi-soundtrack/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:38:24 +0000 Foushiodo http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/365-days-of-manga-day-146-nestrobber-sci-fi-soundtrack/ NESTROBBER • Jo Duffy (story), Maya Sakamoto (art) • Blue Sky Blue (1992-1994) • 2 issues • Science Fiction Action • Unrated/All Ages (violence) Unfinished action-espionage series, drawn by a Japanese artist and written by early manga …

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]]> http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/365-days-of-manga-day-146-nestrobber-sci-fi-soundtrack/feed/ 0 Marooned: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror books on Mars: Comic … http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/marooned-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-books-on-mars-comic/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/marooned-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-books-on-mars-comic/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:01:00 +0000 dreamand http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/marooned-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-books-on-mars-comic/ Martians, Go Home, a new six-issue comic book adaptation of science fiction author Fredric Brown’s classic 1955 “paranoia” Sci-Fi novel, has been shelved because of the “shitty economy.” Written by Martin Powell and illustrated by …

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]]> http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/marooned-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-books-on-mars-comic/feed/ 0 Weekly Update: Avatar Finally Falls from Number 1; Will the iPad … http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/weekly-update-avatar-finally-falls-from-number-1-will-the-ipad/ http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/weekly-update-avatar-finally-falls-from-number-1-will-the-ipad/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:27:28 +0000 axxmart http://www.scifipicks.com/2010/02/08/weekly-update-avatar-finally-falls-from-number-1-will-the-ipad/ Also, following are some highlights of Science Fiction and Fantasy related stories from our reddit.com page The Sci Fi Scroll (sign up and submit your own stories): Neil Gaiman Confirms That He’s Written An Upcoming Episode Of Doctor …

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