One day after announcing the ending of Stargate Atlantis (which producer Joseph Mallozzi comments on in his blog), SciFi is announcing the launching of a 3rd Stargate show. Stargate Universe will premier next summer, beginning with a 2-hour movie. SciFi Wire announcement.
The earlier discussion of the Top 20 SF Novels of the Past 20 Years, has led to an attempt to make a similar list for Fantasy. I'm sure I'll disagree with any list they come up with, but I find the discussion interesting. (Tastes really vary, but there are some great books and authors listed.)
There is a great interview with Michael Chabon (Yiddish Policemen's Union) at the LA Times.
DVRs for tonight:
Monk
Psych
Stargate Atlantis
Olympics
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
8-21-08
Stargate Atlantis will end with this season (5th) and continue as movies.
Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle, Princesss Mononoke, Spirited Away, etc.) has a new movie, "Ponyo on the Cliff," which is getting raves in Japan. It sounds like a variation on The Little Mermaid. I wonder when we'll get a chance to see it here.
The Australian Museum Eureka Prize for scientific research has been awarded to a PhD student who found a way to make solar cells cheaply in a pizza oven.
Dave Langford has published his Top 20 SF books (although he cheated and also included other "Top" lists in boxes).
F&SF has a discussion about online short fiction.
InfoWorld has an article claiming that the standardization of JavaScript was a mistake. I'm not sure if I agree, but it was interesting.
DVRs for tonight:
Burn Notice
Olympics
Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle, Princesss Mononoke, Spirited Away, etc.) has a new movie, "Ponyo on the Cliff," which is getting raves in Japan. It sounds like a variation on The Little Mermaid. I wonder when we'll get a chance to see it here.
The Australian Museum Eureka Prize for scientific research has been awarded to a PhD student who found a way to make solar cells cheaply in a pizza oven.
Dave Langford has published his Top 20 SF books (although he cheated and also included other "Top" lists in boxes).
F&SF has a discussion about online short fiction.
InfoWorld has an article claiming that the standardization of JavaScript was a mistake. I'm not sure if I agree, but it was interesting.
DVRs for tonight:
Burn Notice
Olympics
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
8-20-08
Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens will be writing The Hobbit screenplays.
Grasping for the Wind has an article about the popularity of Urban Fantasy and predictions for the next big subgenre.
SciFi Wire lists the 9 Best Star Wars Spoofs. How is it that I've only seen 3 or 4 of these?
SciFi Wire also has a look at the characters of Virtuality.
It looks like IE is contemplating adding a privacy mode for version 8. Firefox discussed this option earlier this year, and ended up pushing it off to a future version. I wonder if IE will do the same.
i09 has an article on Space Construction in scifi and in real life.
Truthout has an article on the progress of Adult Stem Cell Treatments.
DVR for tonight:
Olympics
Grasping for the Wind has an article about the popularity of Urban Fantasy and predictions for the next big subgenre.
SciFi Wire lists the 9 Best Star Wars Spoofs. How is it that I've only seen 3 or 4 of these?
SciFi Wire also has a look at the characters of Virtuality.
It looks like IE is contemplating adding a privacy mode for version 8. Firefox discussed this option earlier this year, and ended up pushing it off to a future version. I wonder if IE will do the same.
i09 has an article on Space Construction in scifi and in real life.
Truthout has an article on the progress of Adult Stem Cell Treatments.
DVR for tonight:
Olympics
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
8-19-08
Today is the release date for John Scalzi's newest Old Man's War book, Zoe's Tale. He discusses the chronology of the series (including short stories) on his blog.
SciFi Wire has Behind the Scenes featurettes for Coraline.
Mark Sheppard, British "oh him" actor most recently seen in Battlestar Galactica, will appear in Dollhouse.
CNet has an article about the e-book discussions from Worldcon.
Fox has moved to block the release of the Watchmen movie, claiming that they still maintain the rights, not the person Warner Brothers paid. Waiting until the movie was in the can seems like a low and sneaky way to go.
There may actually be a possibility of a Veronica Mars movie.
DVR for tonight:
Eureka
Olympics
SciFi Wire has Behind the Scenes featurettes for Coraline.
Mark Sheppard, British "oh him" actor most recently seen in Battlestar Galactica, will appear in Dollhouse.
CNet has an article about the e-book discussions from Worldcon.
Fox has moved to block the release of the Watchmen movie, claiming that they still maintain the rights, not the person Warner Brothers paid. Waiting until the movie was in the can seems like a low and sneaky way to go.
There may actually be a possibility of a Veronica Mars movie.
DVR for tonight:
Eureka
Olympics
Monday, August 18, 2008
8-18-08
Researchers have found an early warning sign for heart disease in the eyes. People with eye damage known as retinopathy are apparently showing the first stages of heart disease.
60 baby sea turtles got confused and walked into an Italian restaurant. A conservation group got them back into the ocean.
After returning from our national park tour, I found 2 articles about the parks we visited: An arch fell in Arches (apparently the day we went), and rain forced evacuations in the Grand Canyon (considering the rain and hail on the day we visited, I'm not surprised).
Joseph Mallozzi (Stargate producer) has a Q&A with Lois McMaster Bujold on his blog.
Since I ended up missing the Denvention panel 20 Essential SF Novels of the Past 20 Years, I was interested to see that Cheryl Morgan lists the books mentioned during the panel and Niall Harrison provides comments. (Thanks to SF Signal for the links.)
i09 has coverage of a side trip to NORAD that 20 SF authors & editors took during Worldcon.
Neil Gaiman will be in Palo Alto on October 4th, and SF on the 5th.
A huge comet (without a tail since it hasn't come close enough to the sun) has been discovered inside the orbit of Neptune.
CBS is now confirming that Laurence Fishburne will be replacing William Peterson on CSI in the 9th episode of the season.
A large solar power plant is being planned for California.
DVRs for tonight:
The Closer
The Middleman
Olympics
60 baby sea turtles got confused and walked into an Italian restaurant. A conservation group got them back into the ocean.
After returning from our national park tour, I found 2 articles about the parks we visited: An arch fell in Arches (apparently the day we went), and rain forced evacuations in the Grand Canyon (considering the rain and hail on the day we visited, I'm not surprised).
Joseph Mallozzi (Stargate producer) has a Q&A with Lois McMaster Bujold on his blog.
Since I ended up missing the Denvention panel 20 Essential SF Novels of the Past 20 Years, I was interested to see that Cheryl Morgan lists the books mentioned during the panel and Niall Harrison provides comments. (Thanks to SF Signal for the links.)
i09 has coverage of a side trip to NORAD that 20 SF authors & editors took during Worldcon.
Neil Gaiman will be in Palo Alto on October 4th, and SF on the 5th.
A huge comet (without a tail since it hasn't come close enough to the sun) has been discovered inside the orbit of Neptune.
CBS is now confirming that Laurence Fishburne will be replacing William Peterson on CSI in the 9th episode of the season.
A large solar power plant is being planned for California.
DVRs for tonight:
The Closer
The Middleman
Olympics
Thursday, August 14, 2008
8-14-08
First, sorry for all of the fascinating news I missed. I didn't spend more than a few minutes online in the 10 days I was gone, and some news sources don't display that long in their feeds.
I'm back from Worldcon. It was lots of fun. Photos (not mine) can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/arwensouth/collections/72157606586226770/ or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robdamnit/sets/72157606701952213/
SF Signal has a great list of Worldcon reports and other photo collections.
The Hugo awards were announced. Most of the awards went to either my 1st or 2nd choices, so I'm pretty pleased. Here is the list of winners with a link to the voting results.
Locus has a listing of the other awards presented at Worldcon (Sidewise, Golden Duck, etc.)
Lois McMaster Bujold has posted her Guest of Honor speech on her MySpace blog.
NPR has a 4.5 minute interview with Michael Chabon about The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
RIP Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, and Bernie Brillstein.
BBC America has renewed Robin Hood for a 3rd season, and Jonas Armstrong (who plays Robin Hood) has announced it will be his last.
Sara Gilbert is moving from guest star to series regular on Big Bang Theory this fall.
Michael Shanks will have a recurring role on Burn Notice starting with tonight's episode.
Christopher Lloyd has joined the cast of the upcoming SciFi mini-series Mirabilis.
Next year, after the conclusion of Battlestar Galactica, SciFi will air a 2-hour Battlestar Galactica movie that takes place just before the 2003 miniseries.
Harry Potter 6 is changing its release date from November 2008 to July 2009.
JJ Abrams is planning his next movie, an earthquake disaster film.
In other movie news, Lionsgate is planning a new Conan movie, and Universal has acquired the rights to The Wheel of Time (I don't envy the scriptwriter who has to turn 12 thick books into a coherent story).
A German study shows that Methadone kills Leukemia cells without damaging healthy cells.
A new cell-mixing technique may eliminate the need for anti-rejection drugs for transplant patients.
DVR for tonight:
Burn Notice
Olympics
I'm back from Worldcon. It was lots of fun. Photos (not mine) can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/arwensouth/collections/72157606586226770/ or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robdamnit/sets/72157606701952213/
SF Signal has a great list of Worldcon reports and other photo collections.
The Hugo awards were announced. Most of the awards went to either my 1st or 2nd choices, so I'm pretty pleased. Here is the list of winners with a link to the voting results.
Locus has a listing of the other awards presented at Worldcon (Sidewise, Golden Duck, etc.)
Lois McMaster Bujold has posted her Guest of Honor speech on her MySpace blog.
NPR has a 4.5 minute interview with Michael Chabon about The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
RIP Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, and Bernie Brillstein.
BBC America has renewed Robin Hood for a 3rd season, and Jonas Armstrong (who plays Robin Hood) has announced it will be his last.
Sara Gilbert is moving from guest star to series regular on Big Bang Theory this fall.
Michael Shanks will have a recurring role on Burn Notice starting with tonight's episode.
Christopher Lloyd has joined the cast of the upcoming SciFi mini-series Mirabilis.
Next year, after the conclusion of Battlestar Galactica, SciFi will air a 2-hour Battlestar Galactica movie that takes place just before the 2003 miniseries.
Harry Potter 6 is changing its release date from November 2008 to July 2009.
JJ Abrams is planning his next movie, an earthquake disaster film.
In other movie news, Lionsgate is planning a new Conan movie, and Universal has acquired the rights to The Wheel of Time (I don't envy the scriptwriter who has to turn 12 thick books into a coherent story).
A German study shows that Methadone kills Leukemia cells without damaging healthy cells.
A new cell-mixing technique may eliminate the need for anti-rejection drugs for transplant patients.
DVR for tonight:
Burn Notice
Olympics
Friday, August 1, 2008
8-1-08
J.K. Rowling's book The Tales of Beedle the Bard (which had an original release of 7 hand-drawn copies) will be released on December 4th in 2 editions: standard and collector's. Net proceeds will go to charity. Sources: Omnivoracious and Yahoo!
The List Universe has the Top 10 Fantasy Worlds in Literature. I think you need to include more than 10 to get many real surprises.
The European Space Agency has great new photos of Phobos.
Blue Tea has some great Retro SF travel posters.
SF Signal has a discussion of the 20 Essential SF Novels of the Last 20 Years (preparing for the Worldcon panel on the subject). I think it will be hard to pin down and get people to agree, but it could make for an interesting argument.
Space.com has pictures from today's solar eclipse.
DVRs for tonight:
530 or 8pm Doctor Who (90 minute season finale)
7 or 930pm Stargate Atlantis
6 or 9pm Monk
7 or 10pm Psych
The List Universe has the Top 10 Fantasy Worlds in Literature. I think you need to include more than 10 to get many real surprises.
The European Space Agency has great new photos of Phobos.
Blue Tea has some great Retro SF travel posters.
SF Signal has a discussion of the 20 Essential SF Novels of the Last 20 Years (preparing for the Worldcon panel on the subject). I think it will be hard to pin down and get people to agree, but it could make for an interesting argument.
Space.com has pictures from today's solar eclipse.
DVRs for tonight:
530 or 8pm Doctor Who (90 minute season finale)
7 or 930pm Stargate Atlantis
6 or 9pm Monk
7 or 10pm Psych
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