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Otherland headed to theaters?

james m. toburen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:00:14 +0000

Warner Brothers picked up the film rights to Tad Williams' Otherland! They've placed Dan Lin in charge of production duties, notable for the recent Sherlock Holmes films, in addition to currently producing the star-studded Gangster Squad, arriving in theaters later this year...

Friday Links VIII

james m. toburen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:15:08 +0000

The Internet expands, as relentless as that unfortunate case of foot rot I picked up in the jungle. You’ve got no prayer of reading ALL of it, so if you look at only half-a-dozen pages today, might I recommend these? Big science fiction news: much rejoicing after the announcement of this year’s Nebula Award nominees! [...]

Friday Links VII

james m. toburen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:00:21 +0000

After getting a week off for good behavior (and managing to complete skip the entire Amazon-Macmillan showdown), I return with a few links to educate and entertain. Or waste time. Mostly waste time. You know what? Maybe you should just go outside and get some fresh air. Shoo. We’ll start with this interview from Bill [...]

Friday Links VI

james m. toburen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:00:29 +0000

A relatively quiet week, maybe because I was busy and didn't spend much time on the internet...

Friday Links V

james m. toburen — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:00:22 +0000

Another review coming, most likely on Monday, this time for the very satisfying debut novel from Paolo Bacigalupi, The Windup Girl. But for now, miscellaneous tidbits and morsels from around the web. Bon Appétit! Any old-school RPG’ers out there? Do you own an iPhone? If so, happy news. SquareEnix just announced that both Final Fantasy [...]

Friday Links IV

james m. toburen — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:00:01 +0000

More tidbits from around the web, some of it pretty exciting stuff! One of the more exciting announcement to hit the internet in the last few days: Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy has been optioned for film. I read Mistborn this fall, and I remember thinking, as I was reading the scene in which the Steel [...]

Friday Links III

james m. toburen — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:00:20 +0000

After much-needed time off for the holidays, it’s time for me to throw together whatever tidbits have most recently garnered my attention. Without further ado, I bring you: A big, big explosion (Big bada boom!) jolted the Earth about five years ago (technically, it happened a little bit longer ago than that, more like 50,000 [...]

Friday Links II

james m. toburen — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:00:50 +0000

Another collection of interesting links from the interwebs: Popular Mechanics spends a little time talking about the science behind Avatar. The film holds up all right, but it’s not perfect. However, let’s be clear: if you go to a sci-fi movie and complain about whether things could really happen or not, perhaps you should be [...]

Friday Links I

james m. toburen — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:00:10 +0000

A brief collection of fun, fascinating, or furry links in the fantasy/sci-fi blog world: Patrick Rothfuss interviewing Joe Abercrombie. Two of my very favorite authors together in one blog post! Another interview with Joe Abercrombie, a little less fun, but a little more informative when it comes to his writing style. Mark Charan Newton discusses [...]