Words of wisdom from a combustable amphibian.
Back in late March, a gentleman by the name of Jon Noring posted an opinion piece called Our “Publish Then Filter’”Future… in the ebook-community Yahoo group. In a nutshell, his point is that technology is taking us away from a traditional “filter then publish” model in which publishers act as quality-control gatekeepers to a “publish [...]
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I meant to mention this sooner, but sci-fi publisherTor is giving away one free e-book of a mainstream release each week for ten weeks. Give ‘em a disposable e-mail address and get in on the action.
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Major kudos to Sillybean, who brought to my attention that one of my favorite writers, Steven Brust, has posted a free Firefly novel online. You can get PDF or doc, with other formats promised in the near future. Consider this "celebrity fanfic". I can’t wait to start reading it.
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I’ve had The Terminator on the brain lately. And why not? With the new TV series underway, this is a great time to reflect upon the "Terminator mythos". I’ve only watched the pilot and first episode, but the Sarah Connor Chronicles has reawakened new appreciation for the original movies. That’s not to say that the [...]
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Apparently The Golden Compass movie performed much more poorly in the opening weekend box office than was expected. I’d heard that there was a campaign to keep people away because it was anti-Catholic, but I didn’t pay much attention to it. After all, 1) I’m not Catholic, 2) we’ve heard the same kind of rhetoric [...]
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