Dan Simmons’ Ilium packs a lot of story into 570 pages– but you’ll have to wait for Olympos (to be released next Spring) to learns how it ends.
Ilium won the 2004 Locus Readers Poll Award for best novel, and is a finalist for this year’s Hugo, to be awarded in August.
ArsTechnica has the skinny. Preorders at Amazon.com
Next question: Is your PC ready?
Pulse #4 and Ultimate X-Men #49 are
the two titles I plan to pick up this
week. In related news, the October solicitations
are coming in, and the order form goes online later
today. So far, I know I’ll be picking up
Superman Archives Vol. 1 from DC when it
ships December 15. (It’s one of their advance
solicits on a $19.95 archive.) I also plan to pick
up Essential Tomb of Dracula Vol. 3,
finishing that series, as well as Essential
Monster of Frankenstein Vol. 1, both presumably
timed to coincide with Hallowe’en. An incomplete
list of Marvel’s other Essential, Masterworks, and
Marvel Age volumes can be found below.
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Alexius
writes, They Seem To Have Chosen A Lois
Lane For Smallville. There Are Some Spoilers, So
Be Careful Of The Link.
The Short Version Was That Lois Lane Will Be Played
By Erica
Durance, Who Comes To Smallville To Investigate
Her Cousin’s Death. I was hoping for Missy
Peregrym myself, but I realized that likely
wouldn’t happen after they cast her in
Delete.
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writes, Some of this we’ve already heard and
discussed, but I wasn’t aware of the upcoming
Bruce Campbell and Ringworld shows on the SciFi
channel. There’s news on the animated Buffy
series, as well as the Farscape miniseries. The
Ringworld mini has been mentioned before. Larry
Niven himself isn’t saying a word on his e-mail list,
which isn’t surprising given what happened the last
time around.
Joel Schumacher should have been taking notes.
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There’s a few more interesting DVDs coming out this
week. See below for my picks.
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As you’ve probably heard, the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle now welcomes visitors. This article features a brief slideshow of exhibits.
What do you think should be included?
The
4400, a new series reteaming some of the best
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writers, premiers
tonight. Let us know what you think.