tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203605012011-09-03T11:54:27.669-05:00Michael Raynoreply@blogger.comBlogger1991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-28087480306142833532009-06-28T13:32:00.005-05:002009-06-28T13:43:34.143-05:00Neal Stephenson’s <em>Cryptonomicon</em> - Characters and cryptography at <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=blog&amp;id=36197">Tor.com</a><br /><img style="margin:5px;height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/Ske4mivwo3I/AAAAAAAAAkU/J-588V24HkE/s200/cryptonomicon.jpg" border="0" ><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-2808748030614283353?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-44045853226356685802009-06-28T12:36:00.001-05:002009-06-28T13:46:05.111-05:00Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at <a href="http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-finally-made-an-art-movie?skyline=true&amp;s=x">io9</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/Ske6FcITKDI/AAAAAAAAAkc/OmcFhcHCBWA/s1600-h/Transformers_-Revenge-bigpi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 425px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/Ske6FcITKDI/AAAAAAAAAkc/OmcFhcHCBWA/s320/Transformers_-Revenge-bigpi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352451284766238770" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-4404585322635668580?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-5715292710578836282009-04-13T22:02:00.001-05:002009-04-13T22:05:01.761-05:00At <a href="http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/">Bibliophile Stalker</a> - <a href="http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-14-2009-links-and-plugs.html">post</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-571529271057883628?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-26349956348694198302009-03-22T20:08:00.007-05:002009-03-22T20:28:57.924-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/ScbkxKQakTI/AAAAAAAAAik/gr8Ax002VEc/s1600-h/SBWPtn.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/ScbkxKQakTI/AAAAAAAAAik/gr8Ax002VEc/s200/SBWPtn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316187943375376690" /></a><br />If you are a sci-fi watcher at all, this is the one that matters:<br /><br />The bloggers over at Tor.com <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=18499">discuss the finale</a> and we can join in.<br /><br />At SciFi wire: <a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/david-eick-assesses-battl.php#more">David Eick discussed</a> Battlestar Galactica's legacy and looks ahead to Caprica.<br /><br />Sigh.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-2634995634869419830?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-4043278077994722022009-03-19T20:19:00.003-05:002009-03-19T20:34:34.374-05:00The full list of <a href="http://anticipationsf.ca/English/Hugos">Hugo Nominations</a> at the next WorldCon's site.<br />I'm pleased to see the guys I have been following teh most in recent years are all nominated for Best Novel:<br /><a href="http://anticipationsf.ca/English/Hugos">Anathem by Neal Stephenson</a> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Book-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060530928/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237512347&sr=1-1">The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman </a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765319853/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237512437&sr=1-1">Little Brother by Cory Doctorow</a> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Saturns-Children-Charles-Stross/dp/B001QXC48Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237512514&sr=1-1">Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross </a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zoes-Tale-John-Scalzi/dp/0765316986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237512725&sr=1-1">Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-404327807799472202?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-82105883857948111182009-03-19T14:59:00.003-05:002009-03-19T20:36:25.881-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/ScKlAn-HEMI/AAAAAAAAAic/_aXOnR18FuU/s1600-h/Untitled-1_05.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 121px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/ScKlAn-HEMI/AAAAAAAAAic/_aXOnR18FuU/s200/Untitled-1_05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314991940398682306" /></a><br />I can't pass up a good list. <br />Makes me want to dig out some DVD's, <br />redo my Netflix cue, and download a <br />few torrents <a href="http://io9.com/5170814/10-greatest-science-fiction-tv-show-endings-ever">article at io9</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-8210588385794811118?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-3098178776594491172009-03-18T10:39:00.001-05:002009-03-18T10:40:59.367-05:00<a href="http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula2009.html">2009 Nebula Awards Nominees</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-309817877659449117?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-70497898731796366432009-03-18T10:18:00.002-05:002009-03-18T10:22:21.189-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/ScEREEKa-hI/AAAAAAAAAiM/4zur96Yi9_Q/s1600-h/11SyfyLogo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 167px; height: 125px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/ScEREEKa-hI/AAAAAAAAAiM/4zur96Yi9_Q/s200/11SyfyLogo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314547796808497682" /></a><br />Syfy. Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden egg, "<span style="font-style:italic;">Sci Fi is coming off the best year in its history. In primetime it ranked 13th in total viewers among ad-supported cable networks in 2008. It’s a top-10 network in both adults 18 to 49 (up 4%) and adults 25 to 54 (up 6%).</span>" So to capitalize on this growth they are going to "<span style="font-style:italic;">build off of that to build a broader, more open and accessible and relatable and human-friendly brand</span>.” In other words, they are going to turn away from what has made them successful and become like every other channel.<br />Of course, truthfully, most of what the <a href="http://www.scifi.com/">SciFi Channel</a> has done outside of <a href="http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/">Battlestar Galactica</a> has been pretty mediocre. So I can't really complain if they have new and hopefully better shows and with BSG ending they are going to have to come up with something new quickly. Nonetheless running away from who you are and what made you successful seems...like a frakking mistake - <a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/sci_fi_channel_aims_to_shed_ge.php">Sci Fi Channel Aims to Shed Geeky Image With New Name - TVWeek</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-7049789873179636643?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-5779756388701563862009-02-07T18:38:00.001-06:002009-02-07T18:39:32.680-06:00The list of everything we should have read this past year: <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/2009/2008RecommendedReading.html">Locus Online: 2008 Recommended Reading List</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-577975638870156386?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-17436950949337935442009-01-27T18:51:00.001-06:002009-01-27T18:52:31.409-06:00<a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4301394.html">Sci-Fi at Sundance 2009 - Popular Mechanics</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-1743695094933793544?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-43153399927684420042008-12-29T23:13:00.008-06:002008-12-29T23:49:55.524-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061474096?ie=UTF8&tag=specficblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061474096"><img style="float:left; margin:10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 107px; height: 160px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/SVm0LqPMRhI/AAAAAAAAAfk/gxwuMzo7ioQ/s320/anathem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285453750105556498" /></a>The <a href="http://www.bookgasm.com/">Bookgasm blog</a> provides us with a fine list: <br /><a href="http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/5-best-sci-fi-books-of-2008/">5 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2008</a>. <br /><br />They also have a great website desription: <br />"BOOKGASM, the site dedicated to READING MATERIAL TO GET EXCITED ABOUT. That includes all kinds of genre fiction, from horror and sci-fi to mystery and suspense. It also includes graphic novels, trashy paperbacks, cheap magazines and other things that much of America pretends to be ashamed of, for no good reason."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-4315339992768442004?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-17759941403485965232008-12-23T18:15:00.003-06:002008-12-23T18:33:39.043-06:00I have listened to sevral stories and a couple of novels from BoinBoing's Cory Doctorow's site: <a href="http://craphound.com/">Craphound.com</a>, he has <a href="http://craphound.com/index.php?cat=6">podcasted</a> many of his stories and a couple of novels, including <a href="http://craphound.com/index.php?cat=6&paged=2">After the Siege</a>, <a href="http://craphound.com/index.php?cat=6&paged=11">Eastern Standard Tribe, and <a href="http://craphound.com/index.php?cat=6&paged=3">True Names</a></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-1775994140348596523?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-56663126868085576742008-12-23T10:06:00.004-06:002008-12-23T18:06:15.300-06:00On Monday morning (while on the elliptical) I listened to two short stories about which I knew nothing. Oddly they both turned out to be about young women trying to break out of the restrictions of a small isolated community. I enjoyed them both quite a bit - <a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_07_08/"><span style="font-style:italic;">When the Gentlemen Go By</span></a> written by Margaret Ronald from Clarkesworld Magazine and <a href="http://www.alexwilson.com/telltale/audiobooks/tobias_s_buckell/waiting_for_the_zephyr.php"><span style="font-style:italic;">Waiting for the Zephyr</span></a> by Tobias Buckell from Telltale Weekly. I was telling CRL about it and she told me it was in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wastelands-Stories-Apocalypse-Stephen-King/dp/1597801054/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230049288&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style:italic;">Wastelands</span></a> Anthology. which is on my reading list.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-5666312686808557674?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-48254342800188846962008-12-14T22:35:00.003-06:002008-12-14T22:43:35.235-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tor.com/images/stories/stories/Doctorow/The_Things_That_Make/Doctorow_RedNose_80_60.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 60px;" src="http://www.tor.com/images/stories/stories/Doctorow/The_Things_That_Make/Doctorow_RedNose_80_60.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>The <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=stories">stories that Tor.com has on their website</a> have been impressive. Some of my favorite new authors - Stross, Scalzi, Doctorow, all have quality stories there. I've downloaded the mp3s and listened to them while on the elliptical torture device. It's been a perfect way to lose track of time while getting my exercise.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-4825434280018884696?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-23431606357801723162008-12-13T10:41:00.002-06:002008-12-13T10:58:42.798-06:00<a href="http://escapepod.org/">EscapePod</a> has been a great source of SpecFic audio for me to listen to - especially while exercising. I searched mp3's for Hugo stories and ended up there. They have short stories from the last couple of Hugo years, in addition to their weekly stories. They're on a break, but the archive (down left column) is well worth a look.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-2343160635780172316?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-90905076705589564902008-09-02T06:32:00.000-05:002008-09-02T06:33:46.871-05:00<a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20008970,00.html?iid=top25-20080830-21+horrible+sci-fi+futures">21 Horrible Sci-Fi Futures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-9090507670558956490?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-40851278026824268862008-08-24T22:37:00.002-05:002008-08-24T22:47:50.831-05:00Blogger Ian Sales started it by saying that <a href="http://justhastobeplausible.blogspot.com/2008/08/dont-look-back-in-awe.html">we shouldn't be awed by Golden Age sci-fi</a>, that a lot of it is bad writing, and that we shouldn't introduce people to sci-fi by telling them to read the old stuff. The Crotchety Old Fan <a href="http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/oooooo-that-just-makes-me-sooooooo-mad/">took exception</a>, and then <a href="http://futurismic.com/2008/08/22/nostalgia-does-science-fiction-a-disservice/">Futurismic took up Sales argument</a>, calling on anyone to name some classic sci-fi that they would actually recommend. Author/Blogger <a href="http://neilwilliamson.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/untinted-spectacles/">Neil Williamson chimed in</a>, and <a href="http://io9.com/5040839/is-sf-too-obsessed-with-its-history">io9 widened awareness</a> of the debate - with comments galore across the board. Just what the internet is good for - enjoy the philosophical fisticuffs.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-4085127802682426886?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-12083835428290859192008-08-23T10:59:00.001-05:002008-08-23T11:01:20.433-05:00<a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4256186.html?page=1">The 10 Most Prophetic Sci-Fi Movies Ever in Popular Mechanics</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-1208383542829085919?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-18585176294563796792008-08-17T14:42:00.003-05:002008-08-17T15:00:20.351-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/SKiCzaAsPnI/AAAAAAAAAV8/jCG7BOIxo2o/s1600-h/1162_145x80_generated.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C41_G-vz9G4/SKiCzaAsPnI/AAAAAAAAAV8/jCG7BOIxo2o/s200/1162_145x80_generated.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235578386485362290" /></a><a href="http://io9.com/5037850/will-thewb-be-your-new-favorite-website">io9</a> reports on a new website - <a href="http://thewb.com/">The WB.com</a> that will have some serious specfic on demand: Angel, Babylon 5, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, Roswell and Veronica Mars. In addition they'll have more mundane fare: from Friends to In Living Color. It appears that the site will be basically be a video-on-demand network not unlike <a href="http://www.hulu.com/">hulu.com</a>. It will launch Aug. 27. Signed up for the beta.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-1858517629456379679?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-34423139263860408162008-08-10T10:10:00.002-05:002008-08-10T13:19:13.062-05:00at <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=3270">Tor.com</a><br /><br />One of our favorites, John Scalzi, won a Hugo! <br /><br />I read Old man's War and I'm reading Ghost Brigades. Listened to his After the Coup from Tor.com (set in that 'world'). There's a novelette, The Sagan Diary, and a 4th novel, Zoe's Tale. <br /><br />He won the Campbell as best new sci-fi writer of 2005. <br /><br />Both Old Man's War & The Last Colony were nominated for the Hugo. <br /><br />Scalzi won the 2007 Hugo last night as 'Best Fan Writer' for his work about sci-fi at his blog whatever.com and at AOL.com and at amctv.com.<br /><br />He's suddenly at the forefront of new sci-fi writers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-3442313926386040816?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-27522218070046292502008-08-06T00:21:00.002-05:002008-08-06T01:03:49.727-05:00<a href="http://www.sciencefictionbuzz.com/">Science Fiction Buzz</a><br /><a href="http://blog.sciencefictionbuzz.com/">Science Fiction Buzz Blog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-2752221807004629250?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-89814456393874420782008-07-28T23:05:00.002-05:002008-07-28T23:08:15.317-05:00Well mainly just hearing. Been listening to specfic mp3's while exercising, and this place, <a href="http://www.sffaudio.com/">SFFaudio</a>, will be invaluable.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-8981445639387442078?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-55442229178084082092008-07-27T23:49:00.002-05:002008-07-27T23:52:26.434-05:00Tons of good links this weekend at <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/">SciFi Wire</a> and <a href="http://io9.com/">io9</a> (particularly on page two).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-5544222917808408209?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-30192236595145638222008-07-26T09:21:00.001-05:002008-07-26T09:22:07.608-05:00From Boston.com, so feel free to didpute: <br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/gallery/topscifishows/">Top 50 science fiction television shows of all time</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-3019223659514563822?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-63759046550374146022008-07-26T02:32:00.002-05:002008-07-26T02:33:52.729-05:00It has become a monster. <br />This news search is amazing: <a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=comic%20con&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn">google</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-6375904655037414602?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-21273411876948409762008-07-23T11:12:00.002-05:002008-07-23T11:17:14.935-05:00It's clear that science fiction often encourages scientists and tech developers in particular (flip-phone, anyone?). But does it ever hinder? I truly wish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_One">Capricorn One</a> had never been made. An <a href="http://io9.com/5024631/the-science-fiction-stories-that-inspire-and-hinder-real-science">discussion</a> on this question by <a href="http://io9.com/people/Annalee/posts/">Annalee Newitz</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-2127341187694840976?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-17864206719399431462008-07-23T11:05:00.002-05:002008-07-23T11:07:09.863-05:00"<a href="http://www.readercon.org/index.htm">Readercon</a> is, depending on your point of view, either an annual literary conference (except it's infinitely more fun than that) or an annual science fiction convention (except we've stripped away virtually everything except talking about and buying books)."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-1786420671939943146?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-88342089533026499232008-07-23T08:55:00.003-05:002008-07-23T09:16:03.802-05:00<a href="http://io9.com/5021701/science-versus-magic-++-is-there-a-difference-in-the-world-of-fiction">Science Versus Magic -- Is There a Difference in the World of Fiction?</a> at <a href="http://io9.com/">io9</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-8834208953302649923?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1166499018293526842006-12-18T21:30:00.000-06:002006-12-18T21:35:28.370-06:00An examination of what should be in the tv sci-fi canon - <a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/column/sfw14429.html">The Canon | Columns | SCI FI Weekly</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116649901829352684?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1165001081761837582006-12-01T13:24:00.000-06:002006-12-01T13:24:41.910-06:00<a href="http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0412/onthenet.shtml">"On the Net: Afraid of the Darknet " by James Patrick Kelly</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116500108176183758?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1164388143463294782006-11-24T11:09:00.000-06:002006-11-24T11:09:03.670-06:00<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/science-forecasts">Special Report on Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years - New Scientist</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116438814346329478?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1163926750910673052006-11-19T02:59:00.000-06:002006-11-19T02:59:12.106-06:00<a href="http://filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/95a45e26914c25ff862562bb006a85f2/6e86919f31c820c50825722a00689c42?OpenDocument">The Top 10 Movie Spaceships : filmcritic.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116392675091067305?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1163182834876318422006-11-10T12:20:00.000-06:002006-11-10T12:20:35.050-06:00<a href="http://www.twitchguru.com/2006/11/07/harlan_llison_interviews_ronald_moore/index.html">Harlan Ellison Interviews Ronald D. Moore on Why "Battlestar Galactica" is So Damn Good | TwitchGuru</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116318283487631842?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1163113846102886452006-11-09T17:10:00.000-06:002006-11-09T17:10:46.196-06:00<a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/outsider.html">Wired 14.11: The Outsider</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116311384610288645?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1162585727515658992006-11-03T14:28:00.000-06:002006-11-03T14:28:47.666-06:00<a href="http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html">Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116258572751565899?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1161050226271955252006-10-16T20:57:00.000-05:002006-10-16T20:57:06.333-05:00<a href="http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/index.htm">British Fantasy Society</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116105022627195525?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1161040044269458632006-10-16T18:07:00.000-05:002006-10-16T18:07:24.270-05:00<a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/index.html">Book Reviews | SCI FI Weekly</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116104004426945863?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1161039822175188452006-10-16T18:03:00.000-05:002006-10-16T18:03:42.176-05:00<a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw13832.html">Blindsight | Book Reviews | SCI FI Weekly</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116103982217518845?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1161039362786500362006-10-16T17:56:00.000-05:002006-10-16T17:56:02.863-05:00<a href="http://www.bookslut.com/specfic%20floozy.php">Bookslut | SpecFic Floozy</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116103936278650036?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1160463114656337842006-10-10T01:51:00.000-05:002006-10-10T01:51:57.136-05:00<a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/news/">SCI FI Weekly</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-116046311465633784?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1158619521934930812006-09-18T17:45:00.000-05:002006-09-18T17:45:24.080-05:00<a href="http://news.bookweb.org/m-bin/by_topic?topic_id=17">Science Fiction & Fantasy: Articles of Interest</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115861952193493081?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1157844453624664442006-09-09T18:27:00.000-05:002006-09-09T18:33:39.423-05:00<center><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1365/74/1600/insp_ingenuity.jpg"> <br /><br><a href="http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html">Star Trek Inspirational Posters</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115784445362466444?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1156187037963357042006-08-21T14:01:00.000-05:002006-08-21T14:03:57.976-05:00<span style="font-style:italic;">The chronicles network has purchased Ascifi, and successfully merged the forums from both sites, to create the internet's largest general science fiction and fantasy forum</span> - <a href="http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum/31961-press-release-chronicles-network-acquiries-ascifi.html">Link</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115618703796335704?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1156079393984743222006-08-20T08:09:00.000-05:002006-08-20T08:09:53.993-05:00The beginning of tha fall season has slowed us down here at <a href="http://specfic.blogspot.com/">Speculative Fiction</a>. We will pick it back up this week. - MR<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115607939398474322?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1154322695080692182006-07-31T00:11:00.000-05:002006-07-31T00:11:35.466-05:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gemmell">David Gemmell, 1948-2006</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115432269508069218?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1153501337773298812006-07-21T12:02:00.000-05:002006-07-21T12:02:55.803-05:00"Mission: Impossible III director JJ Abrams has confirmed he's set to save the Star Trek franchise after signing on to produce the next film in the sci-fi series" - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-07-21/celeb/3"> Link</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115350133777329881?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1152635176707772722006-07-11T11:26:00.000-05:002006-07-11T11:26:16.830-05:00<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71267-0.html?tw=wn_technology_1">Wired News: The Cult of Leia's Metal Bikini</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115263517670777272?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1152592757358729542006-07-10T23:39:00.000-05:002006-07-10T23:39:17.373-05:00<a href="http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004325.html">Whatever: The Top 50 Personal Blogs in SF/F, v. 1.0</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115259275735872954?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1152592731799609812006-07-10T23:38:00.000-05:002006-07-10T23:38:51.856-05:00<a href="http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004325.html">Whatever: The Top 50 Personal Blogs in SF/F, v. 1.0<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115259273179960981?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1152216399326714262006-07-06T15:06:00.000-05:002006-07-06T15:06:39.736-05:00<a href="http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/07DoctorowCommentary.html">Locus Online: Locus Magazine, Cory Doctorow Commentary, July 2006</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115221639932671426?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151710897270015432006-06-30T18:41:00.000-05:002006-06-30T18:41:37.320-05:00<a href="http://david-drake.com/baen.html">Jim Baen</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115171089727001543?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151466051942949482006-06-27T22:40:00.000-05:002006-06-27T22:41:00.440-05:00<a href="http://cgd.best.vwh.net/home/naturism/nudesf.htm#heinlein">Nudity in Science Fiction</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115146605194294948?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151387230116968052006-06-27T00:47:00.000-05:002006-06-27T00:47:10.186-05:00<a href="http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/">World Fantasy Awards Home Page</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115138723011696805?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151288908552006982006-06-25T21:26:00.000-05:002006-06-25T21:29:08.570-05:00I sent off my short story, "The Ancient Bridge", to the <a href="http://www.writersofthefuture.com/index2.htm">L. Ron Hubbard Writer's of the Future competition</a>. (It's just about the only thing of his legacy untainted by Scientology.) My story is straightforward sword story, coming of age - with the help of an old warrior. I should hear within a month, then I'll move on to the magazines.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115128890855200698?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151276252231382382006-06-25T17:57:00.000-05:002006-06-25T17:57:32.280-05:00<a href="http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/">Robert Charles Wilson - Official web page</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115127625223138238?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151263293896049842006-06-25T14:21:00.000-05:002006-06-25T14:21:33.966-05:00<a href="http://www.cthreepo.com/cliche/">The Grand List of Overused Science Fiction Cliches</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115126329389604984?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151250208507034262006-06-25T10:43:00.000-05:002006-06-25T10:43:28.506-05:00<a href="http://www.georgerrmartin.com/chapter.html">Excerpt from A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R. R. Martin. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115125020850703426?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151250060962618032006-06-25T10:41:00.000-05:002006-06-25T10:41:01.026-05:00<a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/sci-fiindex.html">science fiction short stories</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115125006096261803?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151180783492103402006-06-24T15:26:00.000-05:002006-06-24T15:26:23.506-05:00<a href="http://www.scifisource.com/index.php">ScifiSource - Your Source for Science Fiction on the Web</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115118078349210340?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151179185585634022006-06-24T14:59:00.000-05:002006-06-24T14:59:45.650-05:00<a href="http://www.ralan.com/wrtlink/wrtlink.htm">Ralan's Webstravaganza - Links for Hungry Writers</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115117918558563402?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1151088505716366732006-06-23T13:48:00.000-05:002006-06-23T13:59:38.540-05:00The first book was not bad. Seemed like an RPG world. I've maintained that Rule #1 is that "People are Stupid" long before this was written - <a href="http://www.objectivistcenter.org/ct-1695-Goodkind.aspx">The Randian Fantasies of Terry Goodkind</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115108850571636673?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1150772066434763002006-06-19T21:54:00.000-05:002006-06-19T21:54:26.500-05:00<a href="http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/sfra/sfra-review.html"> SFRA - [Science Fiction Research Association] Review</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115077206643476300?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1150690492821542692006-06-18T23:14:00.000-05:002006-06-18T23:35:18.440-05:00<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/B000BF6Y0Y&tag=coachingfootball&camp=1789&creative=9325"><img border="0" src="http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/4530/dq8zu.jpg" align="right"></a> Spent all day & night Saturday running a Dragonquest roleplaying game based in the world of my short story, "The Ancient Bridge" with six of my good friends from college. A fine time was had by all.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115069049282154269?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1150645850707189122006-06-18T10:50:00.000-05:002006-06-18T10:50:50.783-05:00Stross, Doctorow, Link & more - <a href="http://locusmag.com/2006/News/06_LocusWinners.html">Locus Online News: Locus Awards Winners</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115064585070718912?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1150414085774066462006-06-15T18:28:00.000-05:002006-06-15T18:28:05.846-05:00<a href="http://www.helixsf.com/index.htm">Helix :: a Speculative Fiction Quarterly</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115041408577406646?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1150326093551010242006-06-14T18:01:00.000-05:002006-06-14T18:01:33.606-05:00<span style="font-style:italic;">Your new anthology, Feeling Very Strange, attempts to provide a definition of and a canon for slipstream fiction. What inspired you to put together such a book?</span> <a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw12963.html">SCI FI Weekly</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115032609355101024?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1150058555154596712006-06-11T15:42:00.000-05:002006-06-11T15:42:36.333-05:00<a href="http://www.sfwa.org/writing/turkeycity.html">Turkey City Lexicon</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115005855515459671?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1150050266366992922006-06-11T13:24:00.000-05:002006-06-11T13:24:27.680-05:00<a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/">Fantastic Fiction</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-115005026636699292?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149980057060715282006-06-10T17:54:00.000-05:002006-06-10T17:54:18.330-05:00<a href="http://manybooks.net/">manybooks.net - Free eBooks</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114998005706071528?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149966609974809512006-06-10T14:10:00.000-05:002006-06-10T14:10:09.990-05:00<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news69039322.html">'Mind over matter' no longer science fiction</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114996660997480951?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149965868015981002006-06-10T13:57:00.000-05:002006-06-10T13:57:48.030-05:00<a href="http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/SF-Index.html">ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114996586801598100?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149965238632031722006-06-10T13:47:00.000-05:002006-06-10T13:47:18.826-05:00<a href="http://lib-edit.tamu.edu/cushing/sffrd//">Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114996523863203172?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149915086048947862006-06-09T23:51:00.000-05:002006-06-09T23:51:26.096-05:00<a href="http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/biz2/future/frameset.exclude.html">Business 2.0: Big Sellers from the Future</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114991508604894786?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149898713362088322006-06-09T19:18:00.000-05:002006-06-09T19:18:33.363-05:00<a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/">Google Directory - Arts > Genres > Science Fiction and Fantasy</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114989871336208832?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149898617403519132006-06-09T19:16:00.000-05:002006-06-09T19:16:57.416-05:00<a href="http://www.bestsf.net/index.html">BestSF.net - for the best in short SF</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114989861740351913?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149897591752397052006-06-09T18:59:00.000-05:002006-06-09T18:59:51.793-05:00<a href="http://www.baens-universe.com/">Jim Baen's Universe</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114989759175239705?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149890588088949462006-06-09T17:03:00.000-05:002006-06-09T17:03:08.206-05:00<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Accelerando_Technical_Companion">Accelerando Technical Companion - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114989058808894946?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149751019532423322006-06-08T02:16:00.000-05:002006-06-08T02:16:59.546-05:00<a href="http://www.irosf.com/index.qsml">The Internet Review of Science Fiction</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114975101953242332?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149748854980997282006-06-08T01:40:00.000-05:002006-06-08T01:40:55.016-05:00<a href="http://www.seventhsanctum.com/">Seventh Sanctum</a> - Writers' Resources<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114974885498099728?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149655671022038172006-06-06T23:47:00.000-05:002006-06-06T23:47:51.023-05:00<a href="http://lyceum.kapo.ws/">The Lotus Lyceum</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114965567102203817?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149655251681260522006-06-06T23:40:00.000-05:002006-06-06T23:40:51.680-05:00<a href="http://news.ansible.co.uk/a227.html">Ansible 227, June 2006</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114965525168126052?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149655016514575602006-06-06T23:36:00.000-05:002006-06-06T23:36:56.646-05:00<em>The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume novel, or single-author story collection for adults published during the previous year that best exemplifies “the spirit of the Inklings”</em> - <a href="http://www.mythsoc.org/awards.html">Mythopoeic Awards</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114965501651457560?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149567330643805762006-06-05T23:15:00.000-05:002006-06-05T23:15:30.653-05:00<a href="http://ldopa.net/2006/06/04/cory-doctorow-visits-a-radio-shack/">ldopa.net » archive » cory doctorow visits a radio shack</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114956733064380576?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149453433007797992006-06-04T15:37:00.000-05:002006-06-04T15:37:13.006-05:00<a href="http://explorers.whyte.com/sf/sfindex.htm">Science Fiction index page</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114945343300779799?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149453347583785912006-06-04T15:35:00.000-05:002006-06-04T15:35:47.593-05:00<a href="http://www.librarything.com/">LibraryThing | Catalog your books online</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114945334758378591?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149399714355425432006-06-04T00:41:00.000-05:002006-06-04T00:41:54.416-05:00<a href="http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell/">John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award: Eligible Authors</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114939971435542543?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149209134105956312006-06-01T19:45:00.000-05:002006-06-01T19:45:35.120-05:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism">Transhumanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114920913410595631?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149185509262438902006-06-01T13:11:00.000-05:002006-06-01T13:11:49.283-05:00<a href="http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/">Aphelion: The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114918550926243890?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149177800819636682006-06-01T11:03:00.000-05:002006-06-01T11:03:20.893-05:00<a href="http://www.sliceofscifi.com/index.php">Slice of Scifi - Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114917780081963668?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149123764438555392006-05-31T20:02:00.000-05:002006-05-31T20:02:44.456-05:00<a href="http://memetherapy.blogspot.com/2006/05/underrated-science-fiction-writers.html">Meme Therapy: Underrated Science Fiction Writers</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114912376443855539?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149051156494229022006-05-30T23:52:00.000-05:002006-05-30T23:52:36.496-05:00<a href="http://www.fantasybookspot.com/">Fantasybookspot s</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114905115649422902?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149051030724286452006-05-30T23:50:00.000-05:002006-05-30T23:50:30.776-05:00<a href="http://jaytomio.wordpress.com/">The Bodhisattva</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114905103072428645?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1149029112790135842006-05-30T17:45:00.000-05:002006-05-30T17:45:12.840-05:00<a href="http://greatsfandf.com/directory-organization.php">Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works: Site Organization</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114902911279013584?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1148993037088939342006-05-30T07:43:00.000-05:002006-05-30T07:43:57.126-05:00<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/ghostrider/">Apple - Trailers - Ghost Rider</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114899303708893934?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1148836442145123122006-05-28T12:14:00.000-05:002006-05-29T07:33:02.896-05:00<li><a href="http://userpages.burgoyne.com/workshop/">Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop Newsletter</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.speculations.com/index.html">speculations.com</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.hatrack.com/writers/index.shtml">Hatrack River Writers Workshop</a><br></li><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114883644214512312?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1148793774538732472006-05-28T00:22:00.000-05:002006-05-28T00:22:54.546-05:00<a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/wr.html">Writing Speculative Fiction, by Mary Soon Lee</a> and <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/mag.html">Speculative Fiction Markets</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114879377453873247?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1148793107421369012006-05-28T00:11:00.000-05:002006-05-28T00:11:47.430-05:00<a href="http://www.scifieditor.com/">Science Fiction Book Editor</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114879310742136901?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1148791898667452352006-05-27T23:51:00.000-05:002006-05-27T23:51:38.676-05:00<a href="http://www.blackgate.com/articles/years_best.htm">Rich Horton's Virtual Best Short Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: 2005</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114879189866745235?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1148789997075688702006-05-27T23:19:00.000-05:002006-05-27T23:19:57.076-05:00<a href="http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell.htm">The John W. Campbell Award</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114878999707568870?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360501.post-1148789888771812452006-05-27T23:18:00.000-05:002006-05-27T23:18:08.773-05:00<a href="http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/sturgeon.htm">The Theodore Sturgeon Award</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20360501-114878988877181245?l=specfic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Raynoreply@blogger.com0