Spcial Feature: Nicola Griffith: "why I love science fiction"(repost)
Nicola Griffith recently posted a blog entry titled "why I love science fiction", and with her permission I am posting the entry below in it's entirety:
"At the SF Hall of Fame induction last month, William Gibson said, "I am a native of sf, not a resident." I know exactly how he feels. I just did a blog post about it over at Ask Nicola. I also posted on my website and essay, first published last year, called Identity and SF: Story As Science and Fiction. Enjoy."
I found both the ASK NICOLA "quotes, an occasional series, #4: native of sf" blog post and "Identity and SF: Story As Science and Fiction" essay very interesting, and with respect to the essay, very inspiring. I think they are well worth your time to read and enjoy as I did. Also, below you will find links to Nicola's site, Blogspot blog, as well as MySpace profile and blog:
- http://www.nicolagriffith.com/
- http://asknicola.blogspot.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/nicolagriffith
- http://blog.myspace.com/nicolagriffith
News Worth Reposting:
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Are We Alone - "Speaking Klingon"
Ever try talking to an alien? In the movies, they always speak perfect English. But what if we really made contact? Could we just whip out a universal translator - or even a babelfish - to understand one another? Let's say we do learn to communicate: what to say, what to say? We'll hear the protocol for just how to reply to ET. And, from Klingon to Esperanto: the recipe for creating a language from scratch. Plus, get ready to babble with your Blackberry: how computers are learning to recognize - and respond - to human speech.
h:qs:.p*. D5Q5=Q1=D3Q3 Q1=ql.px:n.k*. D5Q5=tr'.z*w What does this mean? Listen to the show to find out! Guests:
- Terrence Deacon - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
- Douglas Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute
- Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's recent exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages"
- Jim Glass - Director of the Spoken Language Systems Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Systems.
Ask MIT's Jupiter about the weather!
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Clarkesworld Magazine / Wyrm Publishing - New Books from Wyrm Publishing (Gene Wolfe and Clarkesworld)
Now in stock and shipping from Wyrm Publishing:
- Memorare by Gene Wolfe (signed limited edition hardcover)
- Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine (trade paperback and hardcover)
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Next Steamcon Meeting! - Sunday July 27th at 3:00 - 4:45 P.M. at the Capitol Hill branch of the Public Library. 425 Harvard Ave. E. Seattle WA
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GUD Magazine - Special offer for NWSFS News Blog readers!
For the entire month of July, GUD Magazine ( http://www.gudmagazine.com/ ) will be offering 50% off for the PDF versions of Issues 0 and 1 for readers of the NWSFS Blogs. Go to: http://www.gudmagazine.com/subs/subscribe-nwsfs.php
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Phoebe Matthews - A note from Mudflat (and a free postcard)
Tarbaby Trouble, by Phoebe Matthews, first of the Mudflat series, is available through Bookstrand.com on July 2. Fantasy readers, check Phoebe's website at http://phoebematthews.com to read the first 2 chapters, plus blurbs and reviews. If you would like a free postcard from Mudflat, check the Mudflat page!
Headlines From SF News Sites:
io9 writes of Zeppelins in Canada, Locus Online has "Update: Thomas M. Disch Obituaries and Links", Science Fiction Awards Watch posts the Campbell and Sturgeon Winners, & StarShipSofa presents "Aural Delights No 32 John Varley mp3"
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io9: Oh Canada, Bring Me My Zeppelin [Zeppelins], Dr. Smith Unleashes A Cacophonous Concretion of Alliterative Abuse [Retro Futurism], A New Tribute To Weirdness, From Weird SF Author Paul Di Filippo [Weird Universe], Get Ready for Comic-Con with the Leaked Schedule [Comic-con], Roll A Double 20 To Meet Centaur Leela In Futurama DVD [Futurama], Flying Saucer Power Source Discovered: Ionized Air [Mad Engineering], SF To Dominate This Fall's New Hit Shows [Television], Davros Should Have Stayed Dead In 1975 [Doctor Who], Murdered Galaxy Gets A Double-Halo Memorial [Space], Discover Your Next Favorite Science Fiction Author [Hugo Awards], This Weekend, Indulge Your Inner Blob [The Blob], 1964 Teen Mag Predicts Inflatable Sofas, Glass Houses, and GPS [Retro Futurism], Thrill-Crazed Space Bugs Swarm Through World's Longest Novel [Marienbad, My Love], & Lost To Go Home To Sci Fi Channel [Lost]
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Locus Online: "Update: Thomas M. Disch Obituaries and Links", "Awards News: Campbell and Sturgeon Winners", Monitor: This Week's Bestsellers, & Monitor: New Books: first week July
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MurkyDepths.com NEWS: Murky Depths' story for Permuted Press anthology
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RevolutionSF: After Harry : The Big List (Feature)
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Science Fiction Awards Watch: Campbell and Sturgeon Winners, Locus Award Rumpus Breaks Out, & Fan Auctions in Poland
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Science Fiction Buzz: Nimoy and Baiul To Appear on LateNet
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SciFi Scanner: Nimoy and Baiul To Appear on LateNet, Daily Scan: 07.10.08 - Elfquest Optioned, Aronofsky to Remake Robocop?, SciFi Dept - Creepy Clown Cinema, O Is for Octopus Overlords, Wall-E Director Andrew Stanton Says Life in Space Leads to Osteoporosis, Daily Scan: 07.09.08 - Michael Bay's Rejected Dark Knight Script, the Trailer for the Next Futurama Movie, Bender's Game, Site of the Week - Comic Book Resources, Wanted and Other Egregious Comic Book to Movie Changes, & Daily Scan: 07.08.08 - Assessing the US Presidents in SciFi Movies; Nike Introduces McFly Sneakers
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SF Signal: Free Eos eBook: City of Pearl by Karen Traviss, REVIEW: The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt, WINNERS: Campbell and Sturgeon Awards, SF Tidbits for 7/9/08, TOC: Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2008, REVIEW: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan, Books Received for July 2008, Week 1 (Pick Your Favorite Cover!), Tuesday YouTube: Chuck Meets Hellboy, SF Tidbits for 7/8/08, & Tube Bits for 07/08/2008
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SFScope: Interview with Tom Piccirilli., New Jeff Carlson web site, and Tuckerization contest, WorldCon 2009 membership rates increasing, Andrew Fox sells novel to Tachyon Publications, Hour of Wolf announces Thomas M. Disch tribute episode, Special Ray Bradbury editions from PS Publishing, Appreciation of Thomas M. Disch, by Moshe Feder, Raffle to support Fantastic Fiction at KGB Reading Series, Missing third of Metropolis rediscovered, Free tickets to Without Whom, SFWA appoints three new coordinators, & Dave Freer sells serial to Jim Baen's Universe
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StarShipSofa: Aural Delights No 32 John Varley mp3
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The Website at the End of the Universe: Even the Cylons hate DRM, & Frasier meets Star Trek: Voyager
Selected Blog Updates:
Dark Horse Comics has "New Items Shipping from Dark Horse -- 7/09", Pacfic Science Center has quite a few new blogs, & Portland Steampunk Society wrote of the "Big antique show this saturday"
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A. Lee Martinez - "Hope is a Robot Named Wall-E"
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Alethea Kontis - "My Spidey Sense is tingling..."
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Are We A Blog? - Media Frenzy
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Dark Horse Comics - "New Items Shipping from Dark Horse -- 7/09"
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David Louis Edelman - "Brief SCI FI Wire Interview", "SFNovelists Interview Now Up", & "'Infoquake' on LibraryThing Early Reviewers List"
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Di Francis - help an author out
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Echelon Press, LLC - "The Secret of Fairy Dust, Self-Promotion, and Success! (Part Two) "
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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Look Out For That...Oh, Nevermind by Erik Smetana "
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Jenna Black - "Home Demon Hunters Game"
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John Scalzi's "Whatever" - The Unbearable Ridiculousness of Bacon, The Cost of Principles, A Quick Note on Comment Edits, Incidentally, Re: InConJunction, Goldberg and Bainbridge: A Compare and Contrast, Heads Up: Farkination to Ensue, Zoe at SFReviews.net, Proving My Point That Everything Bacon-Related Gets Sent to Me Sooner or Later, & Post-Voting Hugo Thoughts
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kelleyeskridge.com - SF/not follow-up, & SF/not
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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "The Black Act -- Latest Edited WIP Back Cover Blurb", "Lachesis: New Review for ’Stone Masters’", & "Lachesis: RIVERTOWN MAGAZINE article on Laura Marie Henion LILLIAN’S LOVE"
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Marianne De Pierres - "Ta Daaa! Chaos Space cover"
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Nicola Griffith: Ask Nicola - more canaries, queer canary marriage, & I just realised something...
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Pacfic Science Center - 'Panda'-monium Comes To A Close, 'Darkest Knight' Takes Comics To The Max, 'Lucy' Already Making News, Did You Know?, Less Colorful, Just As Fascinating, & PacSci-Doku: Energy Saver
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Portland Steampunk Society - "Big antique show this saturday"
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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - Two full years on the Locus Bestsellers' list, Guest Editor at Audible.com, & Thomas M. Disch, 1940-2008
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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "Get Acheron Autographed!!"
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Spectra Pulse - "Guest Blogger: David J. Williams -- How to Get Published", & "Elizabeth Bear Wins Sturgeon Award"
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The Crotchety Old Fan - 100th Anniversary Blog, & Hope for Humanity,
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Tor Teen - "Book Trailer for Truancy by Isamu Fukui"
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w1n5t0n - "TrueCrypt 6.0 Released"
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Word Weavers - "Anthology Updates!"
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Yasmine Galenorn - "Luna 1993--2008, Handmaiden of Bast " :( "NYT extended and USA Today!", "Yet another setback with Luna", & "Oh...forgot...sold a short story to an anthology..."
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