News and Blog Updates: May 15, 2008

News Worth Reposting:

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"The X-Files: I Want to Believe Trailer Has Arrived!" - Check out the trailer for the new X-Files movie over at FirstShowing.Net.

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Are We Alone - - Put on your thinking hat: new episode. You can listen to this and other episodes at: http://radio.seti.org/


Headlines From SF News Sites:
OK, this is scary! io9 has news that the Threespine Sticklebacks in Lake Washington are deevolving into their armored ancestors! I don't think these fish are served at local restaurants, but I do wonder why the last time I had Fish & Chips at my favorite haunt, the fish was just a little too crispy. Besides mutant fish, io9 has news about Smallville, Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, & the crew of Galaxy Quest.

Also there is this weeks bestsellers from Locus, news of the Eagle Awards, Robert Picardo's charity auction, and apparently Sci-Fi movies are educational, but we all knew that.

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io9: Rapid Deevolution Creates a Lake of Fully-Armored Fish in Just 50 Years (Lake Washington), Smallville Will Be Lois And Clark... Plus Chloe, Marvin the Martian Makes His Debut, 1948 [Retro Futurism], First Look Inside Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, Goosebumps' Mutant Plant Clones Take To The Big Screen, Read England's Secret UFO Documents, & Scott Lobdell Tells io9 The Fates of the Galaxy Quest Crew,

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Locus Online: Monitor: This Week's Bestsellers

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RevolutionSF: Moonlight Cancelled; Fans To Feast on Blood of Mortals (News)

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Science Fiction Awards Watch: Mountains of Books, & The Eagles Have Landed

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Science Fiction Buzz: Robert Picardo's Annual Charity Auction Benefit Dinner

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SF Signal: UK Releases UFO Archives, REVIEW: Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams, Thursday YouTube: The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, SF Tidbits for 5/15/08, Tube Bits for 05/15/2008, MIND MELD: Young Adult SF/F Books That Adults Will Like, Too, & SF Tidbits for 5/14/08,

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SFScope: Realms of Fantasy's newest purchases, Jay Lake is on the mend, Michael Jasper now represented by FinePrint, Del Rey Book of SF Launched at NYRSF Reading, Actor John Phillip Law Dies, Dark Horse publishing retrospective of the Workshop of Filthy Creations, Heliotrope's Spring 2008 issue available, Richard Kadrey sells three to Eos via auction, & P.N. Elrod sells new Vampire Files novel

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The Website at the End of the Universe: Science fiction and the architecture of tomorrow, & Science fiction movies can actually be educational


Selected Blog Updates:
Dark Horse has a special message from Peter Jackson, Harry Shannon posts about "DEAD AND GONE, Karina Fabian posts about LOLCATS (did you know someone is translating the Bible into LOLCAT speak?), Fantagraphics Books presents "The Comics Journal No. 290 (Charles M. Schulz) ", Nicola Griffith has an awesome list about Aud and "The Blue Place", and according to Rosemary Jones "Last Starfighter" is now a musical.

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Alethea Kontis - "Interact: Children’s Book Week ", "Unwarranted Serendipity ", & "Why I’m a Writer "

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BELL CON 2008 - "Forms now available! "

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bevhale - "A whole new me... "

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Author Interview: Rick Riordan on Demigods and Monsters ", & "Author Interview: Herbie Brennan on Through the Wardrobe "

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Dark Horse Comics - "An Unexpected Party - A Special Message from Peter Jackson "

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David Louis Edelman - "Dr. Seuss, Political Scientist ", & "State of Technological Dissatisfaction "

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David Thorpe - "Writing for children "

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Echelon Press, LLC - "The eBook Hullabaloo "

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Fantagraphics Books - "Now in stock: The Comics Journal No. 290 (Charles M. Schulz) "

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Grendels Den Design Studio - "New Artwork - AGELESS", "Another Convention Added", & "Busy Bee! Work’n Here! "

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HARPER PERENNIAL - "Head Case Video "

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Harry Shannon - "DEAD AND GONE novel & movie updates "

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Cramming It All In by Erik Smetana "

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Jenna Black - "Interview with Jeri Smith-Ready "

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Joshua Palmatier - "Signing and Meet & Greet! "

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Karina L. Fabian - "Cats and Lolcatz "

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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - "What to do if the police stop you ", & "Cory Doctorow: Show us your Little Brother HOWTO videos, and Dumpster-Diving Philosopher." ( also posted in the Tor Books & Tor Teen blogs)

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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "World Horror Convention 2009 -- The debut of The Black Act and Tormentor "

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Melissa Marr - "both books on NYT "

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Mike Corriero - "Community Mentoring - Creature Lessons "

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Nicola Griffith - "awesomer than that awesomest thing that ever did awesome! "

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PLANET LOVECRAFT - "Finally! "

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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - Coming this fall: a new Gorn figure!, McNally Robinson loves Identity Theft, More e-ink devices announced, & Stan Schmidt for the Hugo!

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Robin Hobb - "Dorkness Rising "

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Rosemary Jones - "Last Starfighter The Musical "

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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "FC Update "

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Thomas Saint McReynolds - "Body of A Horse, Heart of A Man (Review) "

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Yasmine Galenorn - "New interview with me from Falcata Times ", "Writing Inspirations ", & "So HOW many months till Season 4??? "