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There is always a last time for everything

Artw — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:14:33 -0800

Is Science Fiction promoting pseuodoscience? Is it not really better than fantasy? Is it exhausted and dying, per Paul Kincaid (part 1, part 2), a sort of genre-writing version of completing a list of The Nine Billion Names of God? Does physics-bothering unrepentant space case Alistair Reynolds have a compass pointing the way forwards?

Tentacular

Artw — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:41:18 -0800

Arthur C. Clarke Award director Tom Hunter (previously) on the importance of science fiction Awards in elevating geek culture and The Kitschies, the highly praised new genre fiction award from pornokitsch.

skiffy

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 14 May 2011 02:01:14 -0800

Today's Guardian Review is a science fiction special The stars of modern SF pick the best science fiction Science fiction: Images from other worlds – in pictures A new exhibition at the British Library presents the rich history of SF down the ages, from Lucian of Samosata in the 2nd century to the Russian novel that inspired 1984 Gene Wolfe by Neil Gaiman Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (recent Arthur C. Clarke award winner) – review by Gwyneth Jones A life in writing: China Miéville Ten of the best - Aliens in science fiction Iain M Banks: Science fiction is no place for dabblers Great voices of science fiction (interviews with Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, JG Ballard and Kurt Vonnegut Jr) Being a Little Well by Brian Aldiss (poem)

All these worlds are yours...

Artw — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:15:44 -0800

An open letter to all fans of Science Fiction from Tom Hunter, Director of the Arthur C. Clarke Award - The Arthur C. Clarke Award, the yearly award for best Science Fiction novel published in the UK, could be in trouble.

A special kind of person with special weird things they go to...

Artw — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:31:48 -0800

China Miéville has won his third Arthur C Clarke award for his crime/weird fiction novel The City and The City - making him the first person to win the prize three times. Somewhat emotional video of him accepting the prize, where he thanks one special crime reader in particular, his mum, who passed away before it's publication. 10 Questions about China Miéville. An A-Z of China Miéville - 1, 2. An extract from his next novel, Kraken. A Bas Lag Wiki. A discussion of the best genre crossovers. An out of season Christmas tale.

Neither technology nor magic was sufficiently advanced.

Skorgu — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:15:16 -0800

Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001, inventor of the telecommunications satellite and the only reason most geeks can find Sri Lanka on a map, has died shortly after celebrating his 90th birthday.

Nova Swing

ninebelow — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:47:52 -0800

Nova Swing by M John Harrison has won the 2007 Arthur C Clarke Award. Named after the famous author and announced on the opening night of the Sci Fi London film festival the award is one of the most prestigious in science fiction. Everything you could possibly wish to know about this year's shortlist.

The prolific and inventive Philip Jose Farmer

GriffX — Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:44:27 -0800

The prolific and inventive Philip Jose Farmer has long been one of my favorite science fiction writers, but he is rarely counted among the Lists of Greats of the 'old school' authors.(Asimov, Clarke, Niven et al). Does anyone else have a favorite SF writer who seems to get less credit than he or she deserves?