Peter Watts is writing the novelization of Crysis 2.

People have been getting understandably antsy for a WindyCon schedule lately. This thread on Chris Gerrib's journal explains and offers a PDF of the program book to use in lieu of a web schedule. Find it here, for now.

You know, it occurs to me that even though I don't post much here, I might as well at least push my own content generation: read my interview with John G. Hemry (who writes as Jack Campbell)!In addition to continuing author interviews, both related to the reading group and not, I am working on an open-ended series of interviews with political/ ( Read more... )

The April selection for chicago-sf.org's reading group is James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips. The discussion will take place on April 17th at the Oak Park Public Library, 2PM in their second floor book discussion room.

I think this should be of fairly wide interest...

chicago-sf.org's 2010 Council is:

Matt Duhan
Bob Granstaff
Emily Knowles
Rich Riley
Jason M. Robertson

Please give the new kids a little time to settle in before we take over the world. ;)

So, Capricon is almost upon us. I'll be attending. I see they've lost Frederick Pohl as a GoH to some medical concerns, leaving Sawyer as the only topline author GoH. Alas, a substantial feature dieback from their earlier thirtieth anniversary plans. I'm not on any programming or doing anything else of note, I just didn't have the ambition. ( Read more... )

With the Capricon schedule up, here are the details of the events taking place there:

• 2/12 1PM Willow A: Phandemonium reads Very Bad Deaths by Spider Robinson
• 2/12 5:30PM Willow B: Phandemonium reads The Platinum Pohl by Frederick Pohl
• 2/13 1PM Willow B: Phandemonium reads Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
• 2/14 10AM Birch A: chicago-sf.org reads ( Read more... )

2/3 7PM Destination Wonder reads Mainspring by Jay Lake @ DeKalb Public Library (309 Oak Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115-3369)
2/8 6:30PM Chicago Nerds read Makers by Cory Doctorow @ Noble Tree Cafe 2444 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL on the second floor
2/10 7PM Forest Park SF reads The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman @ Forest Park Public Library, 7555 ( Read more... )

SF author I did not expect to post an Avatar review? Greg Egan.

Mister James Morrow, I enjoy your smack talk, sir.

SCOUNDREL OF THE YEAR ( Read more... )