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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest is a great magazine that can really use our help right now. If you have a moment, read their latest blog "Can I get you a Subscription?" and consider getting a subscription. ( As a matter of fact, I am renewing as soon as this blog is posted ~ Jim )
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Are We Alone - Next show available May 5, 2008: "Life's Stories "
How did the first cells make the scene? Could there be critters on some newly discovered planets? And what happens if we ever encounter weird life? These may not be the sort of questions you hear being bandied about in your local coffee shop, but they were hot topics at the AbSciCon conference held recently in Santa Clara, California, and sponsored by the SETI Institute.
AbSciCon stands for Astrobiology Science Conference, and Seth was there, talking to researchers about progress in puzzling out how life began on Earth, and where it might have gained a claw-hold elsewhere. Could there be certain parts of our Galaxy that are off-limits for life? Also, hear whether our universe has special properties that render it just dandy for life, and whether we should be looking for viruses on Mars. Guests:
- Diana Valencia - Planetary physicist at Harvard University
- Charley Lineweaver - Cosmologist at the Australian National University
- David Deamer - Research scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz
- Baruch Blumberg - Scientist at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Nobel Prize winner, and Trustee at the SETI Institute
- Matthew Kenworthy - Astronomer at the University of Arizona
- Eric Korpela - Research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley
- Richard Muller - Physicist, University of California, Berkeley
- Kathryn Denning - Anthropologist at York University
Headlines From SF News Sites:
Lots of great news headlines from over the weekend. Enjoy the selected headlines listed below:
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io9: William Gibson And Rod Serling, Together At Last, & D'Oh! Simpsons Director Makes Human Into Aliens' Pet
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Locus Online: Monitor: Other Magazines, last half April, Monitor: New Books: first week May, Monitor: New Books: fourth week April, Awards News: Shirley Jackson Awards finalists, &
Death: John Berkey
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Science Fiction Awards Watch: NewNowNext Awards, Believer Awards, Edgar’s Presented, & Shirley Jackson Awards Final Ballot
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Science Fiction Buzz: Edward James Olmos Talks About Galactica's Last Days
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SF Site: The Unblemished by Conrad Williams and The Grin of the Dark by Ramsey Campbell, First Contact: The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction: Volume One edited by Dave A. Law & Darin Park, Jupiter, Issue 19, Goblin War by Jim C. Hines, & The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie Tem & Steve Rasnic Tem
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SFScope: Updates to Previously Published Articles (27 April-3 May 2008), Books Received: May 2008, Send your name to the Moon on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, & Penguin Group wins new Star Wars publishing license
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SF Signal: TOC: Interzone #216, Hey! What's Your Beef with Young Adult SF/F?, SF Tidbits for 5/3/08, & Another Free Book and More Wallpapers from Tor
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The Website at the End of the Universe: I'm a doctor, not a physician! (Just how often did McCoy utter his signature line "He's dead, Jim"?)
Selected Blog Updates:
There are several blogs regarding Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, Dark Horse posts some "Notes from Stumptown", Heather Ingemar asks "What do you think about ebooks?", a couple of posts from Kung Fu Grindhouse, Lois McMaster Bujold has "first mutant fruits", Nicola Griffith posts about her upcoming reading at Hugo House, and Yasmine Galenorn answers some reader questions.
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Alethea Kontis - "LJ Ex-Virgin", & "Free Fiction Friday "
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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "Can I get you a Subscription? ", & "Apex 13 advertising "
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bevhale - "Random thoughts "
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Boxcar Astronaut - "Robot is Back! "
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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Youth Writer-Reader News; Autographed Lauren Myracle Trilogy Giveaway "
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Dark Horse Comics - "Notes from Stumptown, Part One "
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Di Francis - "snippet saturday ", & "books and books "
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Djibril - "TFF issue 11 available "
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HARPER PERENNIAL - "Miscellaneous Things", & "Michael Chabon’s brand new paperback "
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Heather S. Ingemar - "What do you think about ebooks? " (Heather has also started a topic on this subject in the NWSFS Group: http://groups.myspace.com/nwsfs )
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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Friday Photo Prompt (Saturday Style)", & "Some Fran Friel Goodness By AJ Brown "
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JAMES AND DADDY - "Update 4th May 2008 "
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Jodi Lee - "More Apexy Goodness - From Jason Sizemore ", "LBF Books - Author News - Shawn Oetzel - UPDATED! ", & "Apex News - Apex For Life! "
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Kung Fu Grindhouse - "The Duel", & "SUMMER HOURS "
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Lois McMaster Bujold - "first mutant fruits "
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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "Catching Up on Blogs -- Steve Vernon’s Leftovers from Magus Press ", & "By the Way, for ""The Black Act"" Readers "
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Nicola Griffith - "Books! Babes! Beer! "
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Planet Pride - "Send Your Name to the Moon! ", "Titan’s Smoggy Sand Grains ", "Aquarid meteor shower to peak on moonless night ", & "NASA New Horizons Mission: The PI’s Perspective: Green Beacons for a Golden Bird "
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PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME (aka Jaret Ferratusco) - "TOUR / TOUR BLOG. "
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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - Deadline today: Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Fiction Competition, SF writers at Gartner Security Summit, The Savage Humanists, & more!
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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "May news!"
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Tor.com - "A small preview of the week’s e-book- Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest "
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Yasmine Galenorn - "Reader Questions & the Road To Publication (Long) "
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