News Headlines:
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Fandom News & World Report - 7/16: Radiation cookbooks, bestseller list standings, online shopping for book characters, Joss Whedon and many more blogdates.
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The Edge of Propinquity - Volume 31, July 2008: The Edge of Propinquity is a series of short stories from four different authors in four different universes exploring the world that lurks just beneath the surface of everyday life. It is the world of the unexplained, supernatural, magic, horror, duty, responsibility, black humor, conspiracy, unknown heritage and power. This webzine is updated on the 15th of every month. Have you ever looked over the edge and seen something looking back at you?
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Congratulations to Yasmin Galenorn - "Bone Magic" has been the USA Today list for a second week as well as the NYT extended list for a second week.
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Are We Alone - Encore Presentation "When Machines Rule "
Every year, computing machines become more powerful, a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of anyone who occupies an office. Many experts now agree that within a few decades, your laptop will be smarter than you are. Not only that, but your computer will be in touch with its byte-busting brethren. When that happens, the machines will "wake up.
But what takes place next? Can we stop the machines from turning us into protoplasmic peons in a world in which they are the top intellectual dogs?
Seth and Molly go to the Singularity Summit in San Francisco, and talk to some far-sighted humans who are preparing for the next generation of brainiacs - and they won't be your offspring!
Guests:
- Eliezer Yudkowsky - Research fellow and co-founder of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- Everett Sherwood - Former research member at Motorola Labs
- Brad Templeton - Board member, Foresight Nanotech Institute, and Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Charles Harper - Senior Vice President, John Templeton Foundation
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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
Headlines From SF News Sites:
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io9:
- A Locked-Room Murder Mystery, In Deep Space [SecFor], No More Babylon 5 (On TV Anyway) [Babylon 5], Napoleon Dynamite Meets Strongbad! [Loudermilk]
- Producer: Heroes Webisodes Are Historic, Cheap [Heroes], Qazar Quantor Rocks the Star System With Zolar X! [Retro Futurism]
- In Soviet Russia, Space Opera Really Was Operatic [Science Fiction Art], The Frozen Waterfalls of Mars [Mars Porn]
- Um, About That Asteroid That Wasn't Going to Hit Us... [Impact Hazards], Entertainment Industry: Please Stop Pandering To My Generation! [Generation X]
- What If We Had Advanced Alien Tech During World War II? [Strategic Gaming], Wonders of the Post-Industrial World [Anachronisms]
- Wild New Hints About Transformers 2 [Morning Spoilers]
Locus Online: Monitor: This Week's Bestsellers
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Pantechnicon: Is Keanu made of plastic?
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RevolutionSF: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Act 1 (Review)
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Science Fiction Awards Watch: Constellation Awards
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SciFi Scanner:
- John Scalzi - Ridley Scott Deserves an Oscar, Even If It's an Honorary One, Daily Scan: 07.17.08 - Expanding Asimov's Rules of Robotics, Favorite Failed SciFi Plans,
- SciFi Dept - Blobfest 2008, P Is for Power Armor, Real Flying Saucer Gives X-Files Fans a Reason to Believe,
- Daily Scan: 07.15.08 - SciFi Stories That Inspire Scientific Innovation, Keanu Reeves as Plastic Man?
SF Signal:
- GIVEAWAY Winners!, MIND MELD: What are the Most Controversial SF/F Novels of the Past & Present?
- REVIEW: Sly Mongoose by Tobias S. Buckell, SF Tidbits for 7/16/08, Tube Bits for 07/16/2008
SF Site:
- The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez, A Conversation With Terry Brooks: an interview with Sandy Auden, Wastelands by edited by John Joseph Adams
- Nexus Graphica: a column by Rick Klaw and Mark London Williams, The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison, New Audiobooks: compiled by Susan Dunman
- Moby Dick: A Screenplay by Ray Bradbury, Kaleidotrope, Issue 4, April 2008, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton, An Alternate History of the 21st Century by William Shunn
- Off On A Tangent: Short Fiction Reviews -- a column by Dave Truesdale, New Arrivals: compiled by Neil Walsh, Babylon 5.1: TV reviews by Rick Norwood
- WALL-E -- a movie review by Rick Norwood, Hellboy II: The Golden Army -- a movie review by Rick Norwood, Mad Kestrel by Misty Massey
SFScope:
- Orbit hires new associate editor: DongWon Song, Computer Graphics Challenge Winners, Further SFWA Updates, Howard Waldrop is in rehabilitation
- Peter S. Beagle and Phil Sigunick in two-night-only concert this weekend, Suzanne McLeod sells German rights to two urban fantasies for "significant advance"
StarShipSofa: Aural Delights No 33 Robert Reed mp3
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The Website at the End of the Universe: How do you explain science fiction to women?
Selected Blog Updates:
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bevhale - "Lazy Dragon Con Schedule, McKinney Tx, 7/18-20, 2009 ", & "Update on my schedule for Conestoga Science Fiction Convention"
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The Crotchety Old Fan - Early Morning Observations (Thanks Steve for mentioning NWSFS and adding us to your blog roll!)
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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Immortal: Love Stories with Bite Giveaway"
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Dark Horse Comics - "San Diego Comic Con Schedule!", & "New Items Shipping from Dark Horse -- 7/16"
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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Where I Write & Where I Might by Erik Smetana"
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Jeff Carlson - "Book review of PLAGUE WAR", & "Busy Week, Part One "
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John Scalzi's "Whatever" - The Book Haul, 7/16/08, & Various and Sundry, 7/16/08
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Kung Fu Grindhouse - "Invasion USA"
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Marianne De Pierres - "Chaos Space is cooked"
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Minnette's Worlds - Real or Imagined - When life is more interesting than fiction..., & Eight Things I've Learned About Writing
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Morpheus Tales - "Morpheus Tales Magazine Review", & "Interview with Joseph D’Lacey"
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Nicola Griffith: Ask Nicola - mind meld: controversial books
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Pacfic Science Center - Get On The Bus, All Aboard for Excitement, Invention and Mystery!, AstroInfo: Retrograde Motion, The Biggest Weekend Of The Year For Many, & Check Out Summertime Speed
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Planet Pride - "Night Sky Notes July 16 & 17, 2008 ", & "What’s the Weather Like on Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b?"
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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - The crazy season begins!, eReader for iPhone and iPod touch, & Asimov's 30 Laws of Robotics
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Scott Nicholson - "la iglesia roja"
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SF Novelists - Write Every Day, Hard fantasy, Plants In Space, & “Middling” Through
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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "Ultimate DH Trivia"
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Shroud Magazine - "NECON this weekend!"
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w1n5t0n - "A. V. Club interview with Cory Doctorow"
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Yasmine Galenorn - "2nd Week NYT/USA Today List and Playlist for Bone Magic"
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