Just found out that Philip Jose Farmer has died.

For the reason why I feel this is worth mentioning above many of the others we've lost, you just need to read these paragraphs from the CNN report :
Critics said Farmer was the first author to address adult sexual themes in science-fiction novels.

Jonathan Strahan, an editor and critic for Locus ( Read more... )

The episode of Dr. Who entitled Blink just won the Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, beating out the only other real contender (IMO), Razor. Of the five nominations, three were BBC productions, the winner, Human Nature / The Family of Blood from Dr. Who, and the episode entitled Captain Jack Harkness (the dance, the kiss) ( Read more... )

I wonder what most people think that line from the Divinyl's I Touch Myself means? Still, a fun song. Should probably be sung more often by guy's in drag. :)

It's been fun listening to well known old music on headphones for a change. I notice things I've never noticed before. Like f'rinstance, in U2's I Will Follow, I remember the driving ( Read more... )

People reading this are probably familiar with the demonstration of evolution in clocks. The other night I was listening to some keyboard music (the piece from the end credits of Rah Xephon), and became fascinated with the way keyboards have evolved. I have also finished reading Permutation City by Greg Egan. I say that because it's "Autoverse" may ( Read more... )

Passing on from /. in case any of the sf buffs on my flist missed it :
Tor Books is launching a new site and running a campaign in which they are giving away e-books (free as in beer) until the site goes live. To get in on the deal, fill out the form at their site, and each week you will receive a newsletter containing links to download a new book ( Read more... )

I was reading an old White Dwarf today, and discovered the following passage of alien anal rape from Ian Watson's Deathwing.A coccyx of bleached bone jutted into space, bearing the sphincter at its tip like a quartet of triangular haemorrhoids clutched within bands of livid muscle. Where the heads of these scarlet protuberances touched, a tiny hole ( Read more... )

Somewhere over Australia I read yet another Australian-written aftermath scenario. Is it because of Australia's great deserts that the land generates so much armageddon fiction? Or is it that belief, perhaps first articulated in On The Beach, that Australia's remoteness and the hardiness of Australians both native and imported would mean they would ( Read more... )

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association of America (SWFA) has been issuing bogus DMCA take-down orders to Scribid to remove educational booklists, free webzines such as Ray Gun Revival, and works licensed under Creative Commons, such as Cory Doctrow's Down and Out in the Magic KingdomThose at the SWFA should be feeling a bit worried ( Read more... )

Nimoy was joined by the newly named young Spock, "Heroes" star Zachary Quinto, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Nimoy.

Just had to pass this on from elfs, the latest Diesel Jeans advertising campaign