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RustyCon 26 - Hotel & date for the next Rustycon!
The next RustyCon will be held on January 9-11, 2009, and will be at the Seattle Airport Marriott. Make your reservations soon. Rooms will sell out fast. Also, get your memberships in soon, $30 now but the rates will go up! More information can be found on the Rustycon site: http://www.rustycon.com/
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SF Reviews.Net - New review posted: Buckell's SLY MONGOOSE
"Added to the main site on 7/21: Toby Buckell's sequel to his Nebula-nominated Ragamuffin is a phenomenal example of action-packed space-opera storytelling."
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Are We Alone - Next show available July 21, 2008: "Genes That Fit"
Remember Mr. Potato Head? You changed his look by snapping in plastic mustaches, googly eyes and feet. Now imagine doing the same with a living cell: inserting the genes you want to create the organism you want. Welcome to the world of synthetic biology. It has potential to create new bio-fuels and life-saving drugs. It also ushers in a host of ethical and safety concerns. We examine both when we discuss this emerging science of mix and match genes. Plus, does doing an end run around Mother Nature challenge the essence of life itself? Guests:
- Jay Keasling - professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at UC Berkeley and founder of Amyris Biotechnologies
- Jonathan Eisen - biologist at UC Davis
- Jim Thomas - researcher at ETC group in Ottawa, Canada
- Ed Regis - science writer and author of What Is Life: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
- Michael Dosmann - curator of Living Collections at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
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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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Apex Book Company:
- Apex Digest Online issue 2 now available, SHORT FICTION: Summon, Bind, Banish, BEAUTY & DYNAMITE: Almost Back, INTERVIEW: F. Paul Wilson
- ATOMIC RUBBLE: A Real Boy, CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK JUNKIE: #2 - How Philip Pullman Paid My Way Through Uni, THE BRIT’S BITS: A Day in the Life
- EDITORIAL DISPOSITIONS: Interview with Magda Apanowicz, POPPED CULTURE: Say You, Say Me, BUY THIS: Support the cause!
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- Michael Crichton: Evil, Or Just A Crazy Luddite? [Michael Crichton], Mailmen Have Unrealistically Hot Girlfriends, In Heroes Webisodes [Heroes]
- Now You Can Major in Cult Movie Studies [Mega Academia], X-Files Movie Proves Some Things Are Better Left Buried, Say Critics [X-Files: I Want To Believe]
- Great Moments in Martian-Earthling Relations: Tim O’Hara Meets Uncle Martin [Retro Futurism], Get Your Daily Dose of Scifi Authors at Tor.com [Tor Books]
- Terraforming A Barren Planet — With Your Bare Hands [The Political Prisoner], The 10,000-Year-Old Clock that Inspired Neal Stephenson's Anathem [Neal Stephenson]
- Playing Around with Plutonium and Neptunium [Physics], What Would a Steampunk Gibson Chair Look Like? [Steampunk Design],
- The Asteroid that Killed the Martian Magnetic Field [Magnetic Fields], Five Ways Reality Went Sci-Fi So Far This Century [Science Fiction Turned Real]
Locus Online: Monitor: New Books: third week July, Feature Review: Gary Westfahl reviews The Dark Knight, & Awards News: Shirley Jackson, Rhysling Awards Winners
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RevolutionSF: Dark Knight (Feature), & RevolutionSF Newsblast: Greatest American Hero, Dr. Horrible,Watchmen (News)
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Science Fiction Awards Watch: Cordwainder Smith Award Winner, A Clarke Debate, Rhysling Award Winners, & Shirley Jackson Award Winners
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Science Fiction Buzz: iFMagazine.com Brings Breaking BSG News
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SciFi Scanner:
- Daily Scan: 07.22.08 - Which Mental Illnesses Batman Suffers From, Robocop Remake Now a Sequel?,
- Masters of SciFi - The X-Files's Chris Carter Discusses His New Film's Extreme Possibilities, SciFi Power Ranking - July 21, 2008
- Daily Scan: 07.21.08 - Underappreciated Gems of British SciFi TV, Sam Raimi Working on Wizard's First Rules
SF Signal:
- REVIEW: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, REVIEW: Project Moonbase and Others by Robert A. Heinlein, Books Received for July 2008, Week 3 (+ Book Meme)
- SF Tidbits for 7/21/08, Introducing Guest Blogger Matt Staggs, Tube Bits for 07/21/2008
SFScope:
- Tor.com finally goes live with massive blog, free fiction, and more, Foriegn rights sales for Brett, Harris, Hemry/Campbell, Hines, and Sanderson,
- Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week of July, Serendipity number 10 now available, Updates to Previously Published Articles (14-20 July 2008),
- Cordwainer Smith, Rhysling, and Shirley Jackson Award Winners
The Website at the End of the Universe: Will Wall-E be remembered as a classic film?
Selected Blog Updates:
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A. Lee Martinez - "Skip the Movie. Watch the Real Story of Two Face."
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Alethea Kontis - "Four Minutes in Heaven", & "Happily Ever Almost"
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Alex Bledsoe - "Music from Hell’s Waiting Room"
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Cynthia Leitich Smith - Author Interview: Suzanne Crowley on The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous
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David Louis Edelman - "The Jump 225 Jumbo Mega-Bonanza Summer Giveaway, Week 4 "
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Farrago's Wainscot - "2008 Rhysling Awards Announced"
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Harry Shannon - "Dead and Gone signing at Dark Deliacies August 9th!"
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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Links of a Lazy Woman - by Fran Friel"
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John Scalzi's "Whatever" - Things I Forgot to Remember, Monday Edition, & Two Small Observations
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kelleyeskridge.com - Story people
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Karina L. Fabian - "spam teaches good lesson on writing queries"
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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "August 4 -- Louise Goes Back to the Darker Side of the Moon"
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Maura Anderson - "Sexy Sassy Summer Tour - Sexy Delights Yahoo Group Week", & "Sexy Sassy Summer Tour - Romance Experts Only Featured Publisher"
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Nicola Griffith: Ask Nicola - Queer Universes
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Paul Halpern - "Einstein’s Last Assistant"
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Planet Pride - "Icy Desolation"
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Sakura Con 2009 - "Thank You for participation at Cosplay Parade 2008!"
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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "DARK-HUNTER 'ACHERON'", "Something big is HERE!!", & "DARK-HUNTER 'ACHERON'"
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Spectra Pulse - "Guest Blogger: David J. Williams -- A Word (or Two) on Dialogue"
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StoneGarden Publishing - "Here’s Something I Never Noticed"
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The Crotchety Old Fan - Pulp Mashup, Pu-pu-pu-pu-LEZE Check out this interview with Gary Wolf, Two Quick Mentions, & Ping Pong w/Rick Novy
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Yasmine Galenorn - "Morning Thoughts: Cleaning, Autumn, and Shaking Up Energy"
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