This is WebGenii, with an installment from my “Reading Diary”. For those of you who’ve been listening to Cover to Cover for a while, it should come as no surprise that I read many more books than I actually review. But even if I don’t review a book, it doesn’t mean that I didn’t like it. It probably meant that I just ran out of time.
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SF Signal Asks: “What forthcoming SF/F/H books are you most looking forward to?”
SF Signal asked a panel of genre aficionados what upcoming science fiction, fantasy and horror books due out in 2011 that they were looking forward to the most.
Respondents include Mike Resnick, Mur Lafferty, Patricia Briggs, David Louis Edelman, and yours truly, Summer Brooks.
Joe Murphy — In Loving Memory
We are sad to announce that our beloved friend and colleague Joe Murphy left us today to his ongoing battle with leiomyosarcoma carcinoma. We loved him very much and will be greatly missed in our lives. We bid farewell to a dear and sweet man.
Print Book Reviews Harder to Find?
Interesting. I only just today saw this Editor and Publisher article: AP to Discontinue Book Review Package By Dave Astor Published: February 02, 2007 NEW YORK — The Associated Press is ending its book review package. “This is a sad turn of events for book reviews. AP reviews, even small, ran far and wide, and […]
SFF Audio: Harlan Ellison interview
The boys from SFF Audio have a treat for scifi fans.
They have an interview with Harlan Ellison, one of the most revered and maligned grand masters of science fiction.
Writing in the Age of Piracy by John Scalzi
John Scalzi was a guest on our show not too terribly long ago talking about his book Old Man’s War. John also runs a very active and popular blog called Whatever. While I don’t get a chance to read it as much as I’d like (read: hardly ever), articles like “Writing in the Age of Piracy” make me kick myself in the ass for not making the time.
Cry Foul, and let slip the rage of fans
[ This is my commentary on the Enterprise finale. Spoilers may ensue. ]
Finally watched the series finale of Enterprise.
Well. How was I ripped off by that? Let me count the ways?
okay, Shakespeare mode off.
I was only a casual viewer of the show, and I still felt horribly ripped off. I can guess how the die-hard fans feel.
Why couldn’t they have done that same story in ?real-time?, instead of in flashback mode 200 years later with the Pegasus fluff built as its framework? It cheapens the finale, and to me, also cheapens what really happened in that TNG episode so many years ago.
We could have seen everyone preparing to say their farewells to each other as they moved on to new assignments; they could have actually shown a little more emotional impact at Trip’s death still reverberating through the crew as Archer prepares for the announcement and speech, and dammit, we’d get to hear at least some of this supposedly historical speech.
Correct me if I’m wrong, because I really didn’t follow this season as I had the first two, but didn’t they spend more time building up storylines and the ?human drama? between characters? And they did all of that, set that course for the season, only to NOT explore that last bit of human drama in the final episode?
?To boldly cop out where few cop outs have gone before? wasn’t supposed to be the show’s final note. It’s not very supportive, and to me, it doesn’t respect the fans in any way, shape or form.
With “Enterprise” ending, what’s left on TV?
“Star Trek: Enterprise,” the latest incarnation of one of the most storied franchises in televised science-fiction history, will end its four-season run in May, broadcaster UPN said on Wednesday.
