The BBC reports that Jane Belson, widow of Douglas Adams, has asked Eoin Colfer (author of the Artemis Fowl books) to write another novel featuring Arthur Dent.
Category Archives: Books
Novel Review: Farthing
Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union handily won the Hugo for this year’s best novel, and its success among SF and mainstream readers may bring wider attention to the genre of alternate history. Jo Walton’s Farthing (2006) also takes the form of a political mystery, set in a timeline that diverged from ours in the 1940s. In this case, England made peace with Germany, and the Nazis went on to conquer continental Europe. A sequel, Ha’Penny appeared in 2007, and a third book, Half a Crown will be available in late September.
Free Digital Tor Books
This was, sadly, only brought to my attention this morning, but Tor has put up for download 24 books in DRM-Free digital form. The reason it’s sad? You’ve got ’til tomorrow to download them.
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Novel Review: The Last Colony
John Scalzi concludes the trilogy, started in Old Man’s War and continued in The Ghost Brigades, with this novel, which has been nominated for a 2008 Hugo.
Novel Review: The Ghost Brigades
John Scalzi’s first sequel to Old Man’s War expands his universe and bests the first novel.
Thomas Michael Disch, 1940-2008
The author and poet, nominated several times for Hugo and Nebula awards, died on Friday, July 4.
Hugo Awards: Short Fiction
Votes for this year’s Hugo Awards must be received by next Monday. A lot of attention goes to the novels and dramatic presentations: here are some mini-reviews of the nominated short stories, and links to online postings of the stories themselves.
Novel Review: Old Man’s War
When asked by Ben Bova to explain the difference between a “critic” and a “reviewer,” Spider Robinson replied, “A book critic tells you whether or not it’s Art. A book reviewer tells you whether it’s any damn good.” I don’t know that I consider Old Man’s War art. For fans of military SF, however, it amounts in the balance to a good read. It garnered a Hugo nomination, established Scalzi’s name, and its most recent sequel has been nominated for this year’s Hugo.
Locus Award Winners
Winners have been announced for this year’s Locus Awards, which are presented to the top vote-getters of Locus magazine’s annual readers’ poll. A complete list of winners follows.
StarShipSofa Podcast becomes an SF Audio Magazine
scbickle writes, The StarShipSofa podcast has changed its show format to to become a weekly science fiction audio magazine. An additional show every Wednesday offers SF short stories from leading authors, articles, poetry and flash fiction.
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