2007

Peter Jackson to Produce 'The Hobbit'

December 19, 2007 @ 9:10 pm

Excerpt: Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy “The Lord of the Rings.” Jackson, who directed the “Rings” trilogy, will serve as executive producer for “The Hobbit.” A director for the prequel films has yet to be named. Two “Hobbit” [...]

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American vs. British SF

December 19, 2007 @ 9:06 pm

[Update: A revised and expanded version of this post has been published at The Libertarian Standard.] Are there any major differences between American and British SF? If so, what are they and what is the reason for them? In the latest issue of Locus Magazine (Dec 2007), reviewer Graham Sleight says a couple of interesting [...]

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The Guardian: Top 10 Dystopian Novels for Teenagers

December 19, 2007 @ 9:03 pm

“Gemma Malley’s top10 dystopian novels for teenagers“ Excerpted below:Gemma Malley is the author of The Declaration, a futuristic, dystopian novel set in a world in which there are drugs which stop the onset of ageing and there’s no room left in the world for youth. With death no longer inevitable, children become an abomination and [...]

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Economic Ignorance Among SF Writers and Reviewers

December 19, 2007 @ 9:02 pm

In the latest issue of Locus Magazine (December 2007), Graham Sleight reviews Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon (2001). (I haven’t read the book, so I can really only comment on Sleight’s remarks.) Here is the passage he is commenting on: “I was young and stupid,” [Kovacs] said simply. “I was used. I killed for people like [...]

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John Galt vs. Fred Thompson

December 14, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
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My Daemon?

December 14, 2007 @ 1:08 am
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