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Barnes & Noble Review interviews Neal Stephenson »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
In the interview, Stephenson talks about creating the book, as well as his earlier Snow Crash, and about speculative fiction in general. He says "If ...
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MST3K: The Show That Turned the Mockery Into the Message »
Posted by: Wil 3 weeks, 1 day ago in Arts & Entertainment
Twenty years after the debut of “MST3K” (with a new DVD boxed set from Shout! Factory to celebrate the occasion), the show’s creators talk ...
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Invisibility Cloak "Feasible Now" »
Posted by: DiffeeOnline 1 week, 4 days ago in Science & Technology
The latest milestone in the quest for a Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak has been reached: a way of bending the geometry of space so that ...
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Kevin Smith's Battlestar Galactica Panel at Comic-Con »
Posted by: Neophile 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Complete coverage of the "Battlestar Galactica" panel from Comic-Con San Diego 2008.
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Researchers Discover Key To Powering Planet With Garbage »
Posted by: cactushair 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Why can ’t we power the world with garbage instead of expensive, polluting oil? We can, according to new research.
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Why Science Fiction Still Hates Itself »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
If geek stuff is so hip, then why are two of the season's biggest scifi hits, CBS show Eleventh Hour and bestselling Neal Stephenson ...
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Robot builders seek a little help from sci-fi »
Posted by: pagey 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
"It's surprising how often people make nervous jokes about robots taking over the world. I don't want to make too much of that ...
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Rumor: Ridley Scott to direct Forever War »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Fox 2000 has acquired the rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel "The Forever War" and has Ridley Scott attached to direct. The legendary Ridley ...
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Should SF Writers Boycott Borders? »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
For any author, getting a book sold at a major chain is an important way to attract new readers and move copies. But it's ...
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SF Signal asks: What is the future of Star Wars? »
Posted by: Wil 3 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
With the release of the new Clone Wars movie, we here at SF Signal have looked at the box office results and pondered where the ...
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Ridley Scott Confirms He's Making Brave New World »
Posted by: brendoman 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
We got the chance to ask science fiction legend Ridley Scott for an exclusive update on his adaptation of Aldous Huxley's classic dystopian novel ...
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Science Fiction Message Board talks authors in August »
Posted by: Wil 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
At the Science Fiction Message Board we are gearing up for one of the busiest times of our year - our fourth annual Author August! Each ...
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Kelly Link's short story collection Magic for Beginners as a free CC download »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Kelly Link just released her second book, Magic for Beginners, online for a year under the Creative Commons license. 2 of the 9 stories aren ...
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Masters of SciFi - The X-Files's William B. Davis Discusses the Art of Lurking »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
William B. Davis, who played The X-Files's enigmatic Cigarette Smoking Man, discusses the character's quasi-reprisal in the upcoming thriller Passengers and hints at ...
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Video Exclusive - Ian McKellen Is in Charge of The Village »
Posted by: Wil 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment
In this video interview, from the set of AMC's remake of The Prisoner, Ian McKellen gives a lesson in the creation of desert sand ...
