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Website Update
My website www.stephendedman.com has been updated, with details of my latest books; please check it out!
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It's the End of the (Fringe) World As We Know It...
I didn't get to the Fringe World Awards because I was volunteering at another venue at the time, which is also the reason I saw almost none of the shows that won said awards (I did see the first few minutes of Yummy Deluxe at the end of a shift, but bailed because of the stage smoke). I'm particularly sorry to have missed multiple award winner YUCK ( Read more... ) -
SFTV 101
SFTV 101: 1952 to 1980
For anyone interested in the history of science fiction, fantasy and horror on television, here is a list of episodes recommended as an introduction to the most significant series of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Feel free to use it to plan a video stream at an sf convention, a class on science fiction, or just a marathon to satisfy ( Read more... ) -
E-books, Part II
Here are the 42 stories I'm planning to include in my new collection(s). Please feel free to suggest additions, deletions, running order, etc.
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E-books
Ok, time for me to get serious about self-publishing some e-books.
I need a cover for my crime novel Immunity: thinking of a photo of a petri dish (probably with a germ culture) on a black background with some handgun ammunition (9mm parabellum, by preference). Anyone able to help, please let me know, and we can talk payment.
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Movie Quotes Acrostic
Partly to let me know whether anyone still reads my dw or lj accounts, but mostly just for fun, a collection of movie quotes. Guess the titles: the first letter of each will spell out another movie title.
1 “Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril.”
2 “Your work is puerile and under-dramatized. You lack any sense of structure, character and the ( Read more... ) -
My predictions for this week in US politics
Wayne LaPierre will blame the audience at the concert in Vegas for not carrying high-powered sniper rifles. A congressman voting to allow everyone to buy silencers will say that if Paddock had used a silencer, people would have been able to listen to at least one more song before evacuating. And the President will meet with the families of the ( Read more... ) -
The future of Australian higher education
From GetUp!"The Turnbull Government is inviting students, parents, employers, higher education providers and peak bodies to consult on its proposed changes to higher education - including slashing federal funding and fee deregulation for flagship courses ( Read more... ) -
Ratfan's Book Blog: North of the Dragonlands; by Stephen Dedman
Originally posted by ratfan at Book Blog: North of the Dragonlands by Stephen Dedman
This book is YA, probably fine for reasonably literate children from around 10 or so through teens, but also readable for an adult. It's very well and clearly written. On one level, Dragonlands is a fantasy novel where a civilization that has domesticated various kinds of ( Read more... )