Daily Archives: July 3, 2008
Entering Slow Time
Posted on July 3, 2008 25 Comments
Travel + Holiday Weekend + Guest of Honor spot at InConJunction = Don’t expect much here through Sunday. I may post an entry or two, but then again I might not. Likewise comments. For those of you who are Americans: Happy Independence Day tomorrow. For those of you who are Britians, Happy Holy Crap We […]
The Big Idea: David Louis Edelman
Posted on July 3, 2008 11 Comments
David Louis Edelman has been making a name for himself in science fiction over the last couple of years with his Jump 225 trilogy of books, the first of which Infoquake, racked up some nice reviews and helped propel Edelman into nominations for two different kinds of John W. Campbell award (one for Best Novel, […]
Don’t Make Me Laugh
Posted on July 3, 2008
If it’s Thursday, it’s time for another AMC SF movie column. This week, I look at why so few science fiction movies are genuinely funny (and why Wall-E, which is genuinely funny, is funny in a different way from most science fiction comedies). In this column, rather than opining with heedless confidence, I admit I’m […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying