Ray Bradbury has won a Pulitzer Special Citation for his “deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.”
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Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Review: The Atrocity Archives
If we pursue this plan, by late 2006 any two adjacent public CCTV terminals — or private camcorders equipped with a digital video link — will be reprogrammable by any authenticated MAGINOT BLUE STARS superuser to permit the operator to turn them into a SCORPION STARE basilisk weapon. We remain convinced that this is the best defensive posture to adopt in order to minimize casualties when the Great Old Ones return from beyond the stars to eat our brains (273).
This volume includes three pieces: Charles Stross’s eponymous Lovecraftian spy thriller, the Hugo-award winning Concrete Jungle, and “Inside the Fear Factory,” a reflection on spies, the Cold War, Lovecraft, horror, and hackers.
Recent Science Round-up
(Mostly of science-fiction-friendly science news)
The distant planet nicknamed “Osiris” may hold water,
some students in Milwaukee work to develop a means of powering a Lunar Colony, and soft tissue has been recovered from a tyrannosaurus thighbone.
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Penguicon ’07
Penguicon, a Michigan convention with events appealing both to SF/Fantasy fans and Linux/Open Source types runs from April 20-22. This year’s noteworthy guests include Charles Stross, Steve Jackson, Nick Sagan, and Bruce Schneier.
Among the somewhat less noteworthy people rounding out the weekend’s many panels you’ll find a Bureau42 author.
Kremlin vetoes new inquiry into Gagarin death.
He was the first human being in space. On the anniversary of his historic flight, the Kremlin refuses a new inquiry into his mysterious death.
Catwoman: When in Rome
Our look at “early years” Batman titles ends with a more recent Loeb and Sales piece that actually stars Catwoman.
SF/Fantasy Memorabilia fetches High Prices
You’re too late to bid on a Christopher Reeve Superman suit, the 1979 Alien outfit, an Ep II light-sabre, the Staff of Ra from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and other items, but the car from Knight Rider remains available.
What piece of genre history would you most want to own?
Saturday Review: The Prestige
Last year saw two well-made mysteries about Victorian/Edwardian magicians. I enjoyed both, but prefer The Prestige. It also features a strong genre element and, since we missed it first time ’round, we’re posting it as this week’s Saturday Review.
Happy Easter!
Hunt for eggs. Whoopee.
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Batman Review: Batman: Dark Victory
The Freaks and the Mobsters have a turf war, a serial killer stalks Gotham City (What? Again?), and Batman meets a recent orphan.
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