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Year 2009

 

Rate Science of economics is more like fantasy in an unpredictable world

Original at The Herald external link    Fri, Jun 12

 UK Recently I read an article written in 1991 by the late Isaac Asimov about economics. Asimov, a polymath best known for his science fiction writing, simply could not understand "the dismal science" and I must admit neither can I. "People may say they ...

Rate Nautilus Fantasy

Original at Jurnalul National external link    Sat, May 16

 Romania O singură recomandare, dată de însuşi Isaac Asimov, pare suficientă: "Cea mai bună repovestire a legendei lui Arthur citită vreodată. Cu totul irezistibilă". Omenirea a părăsit Pământul distrus de războaie şi sa stabilit pe planeta Harmony. ...

Rate Broker of rare books preserves his product

Original at DetNews.com external link    Wed, May 13    8 related articles

 MI award-winning science fiction and fantasy books, most of them signed or inscribed by their authors, many of which are famous personalities. Attention then turned to The Fine Books Company, owned by David Aronovitz, who collects Asimov to Zelanzny ...

Rate NC State's John Kessel Wins Nebula Award for 'Pride andprometheus' - Carolina Newswire

Original at Carolina Newswire external link    Wed, Apr 29

One of his students, Josh Eure, won this year's highly coveted Dell Magazines Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (formerly the Isaac Asimov Award). "Pride and Prometheus" has also been nominated for a Hugo Award, ...

Rate 10 Science Fiction Prequels, Ranked By CrappinessVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at io9 external link    Thu, Apr 23

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By Charlie Jane Anders According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "prequel" was actually invented for science fiction by Anthony Boucher, writing in the Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1958. But prequels have become ever more common in recent years, with prequels to The Thing and I Am Le...

Rate Unchained success

Original at Boston Globe external link    Thu, Apr 2

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 United States They had a larger selection of science fiction and fantasy, and they had a larger selection of psychology and self-help." Booksmith has added a third bookcase of science fiction and has reinstated classics by Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. ...

Rate "Knowing" Director Alex Proyas Bashes 20th Century Fox

Original at The Business Insider external link    Tue, Mar 17

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Nashville City Paper  NY During the making of I, Robot, the studio apparently asked Proyas to "inject more jokes" into his adaptation of the Isaac Asimov science fiction fantasy. Who knows if Fox's changes were responsible for I, Robot's lukewarm critical reception, ...

Rate [Review]Skilled imitation of comic book classic hits the screen

Original at joongangdaily.joins.com external link    Thu, Mar 5

 South Korea Isaac Asimov once wrote that there were three stages in the history of science fiction. The first focused on simple fantasy: What adventures will we take in the future? The second, on technology: What will science do for us in the future? ...

Rate SciFi Mags Struggling?

Original at Show Me SciFi external link    Wed, Nov 19

By showmescifi There is a really interesting article up on the PBS.org site now about the current state of the Science Fiction magazine market. At this point there are only three left: Analog, Asimov’s and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. 

Rate True nature of science fiction and fantasy books revealed through ...

Original at Boing Boing external link    Tue, Oct 21

By Cory Doctorow October 21, 2008 8:43 PM. Catbeller, are you comfortable classifying all of Asimov's robot stories as fantasy? His Three Laws of Robotics are impossible. Asimov claims that the Three Laws are "inherent in the positronic brain. ...

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Original at snarkittome (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Oct 13

By Gerbil(noreply@blogger.com) As a general rule I do not like fantasy as a genre. I also do not care much for science fiction, except for real old-school stuff like Asimov and silly stuff like Douglas Adams (both of whom I started reading when I was about 10). At one point I did like both of these genres, but that point has long b...

Rate Slice of SciFi News Briefs for September 23, 2008

Original at Slice of SciFi external link    Tue, Sep 23

By Sam Sloan Science Fiction Radio Theater from MoonBooks.net makes some of the best SciFi, Fantasy, Horror and Mystery audio dramas available for your listening enjoyment. There are radio plays available from a plethora of famous authors, including: Ray Bradbury, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ph...

Year 2007

 

Rate Two sci-fi books from Madsen Pirie

Original at Samizdata.net external link    Fri, Jun 22

By Alex Madsen Pirie has just had two children's stories published. He says that fantasy and science fiction at the children's level is now nearly all fantasy about elves, warlocks, magic swords and supernatural powers. He prefers writers like Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke, who followed the rule...

Rate Another SF Book Meme

Original at KG's Booklog external link    Thu, Feb 1

Heinlein or Asimov? Asimov Magazine: Asimov's Science Fiction or Fantasy & Science Fiction? Never read either Collection (short stories by the same author) or Anthology (short stories by different authors)? Eh, I read so little short fiction it doesn't matter.

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