The 2006 Hugo Awards were handed out Saturday, August 26 at WorldCon in L.A.
Among them you’ll find an excellent novel, a two-part Doctor Who episode, and the return of Malcolm Reynolds.
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Pluto now a “Dwarf Planet”
Comic Review: Molly & Poo
Molly and Poo has been numbered the sixteenth Strangers in Paradise trade paperback, but many readers do not see it as a significant part of the story, and the official SiP site places it separate from the chronological listing of titles. Issue #14 of the second series gave readers serious pause. In place of the familiar comic-book tale of Katchoo, Francine, and David, Terry Moore served up a twisted prose story decorated with original drawings and Victorian/Edwardian clip art. The issue offered no explanation for what it might be doing in Strangers in Paradise, though we later learn that the eponymous Molly (contemporary version) once dated Francine’s brother. Years later, Moore completed the story with a fragmented comic and a second decorated prose work. The former briefly features SiP regulars and the latter includes a few pages of comics.
Comic Review: 52 #13-16
This is Metropolis! It’s a city Brainiac tries to shrink to bottle size every Thursday. Don’t tell me nothing is on tonight.
–Booster Gold, #15
These issues present a quickly-planned wedding, a Marvel Family renunion, at least three different escapes, the death of a major character, and the apparent loss of another’s sanity.
We’re still in the dark with regards to those missing mad scientists.
Novel Review: The Fifth Head of Cerberus
“Veil’s Hypothesis supposes the abos to have possessed the ability to mimic mankind perfectly. Veil thought that when the ships came from Earth the abos killed everyone and took their places and the ships, so they’re not dead at all, we are”(31).
Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun may be his most lasting work of speculative fiction, but the talented writer produced a number of memorable books including this quirky novel, which addresses such topics as colonialism, totalitarianism, and identity.
A Discussion on Snakes on a Plane
It’s not exactly genre, but the film owes a huge debt to the ‘Net. Does anyone have any mutha @#$% thoughts or observations they want to get off their chests?
Comic collection valued at $2.5 million
A deceased man’s collection of comics is netting his family a small fortune. There’s even a twist worthy of the movie Comic Book Villians.
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Ron Moore talks BSG S3
Damien writes, Ron Moore gave an interview to TrekWeb about the
upcoming season.
Mysterious creature described as “evil.”
Okay, this isn’t really an X-Files article, but it’s the sort of thing Mulder and Scully would have investigated.
Then again, perhaps the Maine setting makes it a more appropriate tale for Stephen King.
Pluto may finally lose planetary status….
….but we should have better views of the moon landing.
The International Astronomical Union intends to finally settle the status of Pluto. Long an oddball in the planetary family, the discovery of 2003 UB312– “Xena“– forced the issue of whether to increase the official number of planets in the solar system, or demote Pluto to mere “Kuiper Belt Object” status. Further information may be found here.
In other local news, NASA searches for images of the moon landing that are much clearer than those broadcast at the time.