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 First Look: Blood Oath
First Look: Blood Oath
Star Wars: Blood Oath , by Elaine Cunningham, is scheduled for publication next year in paperback from Del Rey Books. Here's a first look at its cover art by Dave Seeley, whose work can currently be seen on the front and back cover of Luke Skywalker ...
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F&SF is going bimonthly
The March 2009 issue will be the last monthly issue. Starting with the April/May 2009 issue, we’ll be publishing one issue every two months. Each issue will be 256 pages (16 pages longer than our last Oct/Nov issue) except for this year’s ...
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: Alchemy - Viewing - Doctor Who - Grow Your Own Doctor Kit
I saw this hand-made "Grow Your Own Doctor" kit and decided that I would love one for myself, but I don't have the skills or access to the craft items to make it myself. So I would like someone to create a graphic on firm paper or card, using ...
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9 Trailer
Once upon a time, Shane Acker created a short film called 9 . Well, now he is working on a feature-length adaptation called, appropriately enough 9 . Check out the trailer: Wow, I really like the way this looks, as if Tim Burton got a hold ...
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 SFPA announces 2008 Dwarf Stars winners
SFPA announces 2008 Dwarf Stars winners
The Science Fiction Poetry Association announces the winners of its 2008 Dwarf Stars awards for short speculative poems...
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TOC: The Year's Best Science Fiction #26 edited by Gardner Dozois
Editor Gardner Dozois has posted the table of contents for The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection : "Turing's Apples" by Stephen Baxter ( Eclipse 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan) "From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled" by Michael ...
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 Doctor Who: Introducing Matt Smith, the 26-year-old Time Lord
Doctor Who: Introducing Matt Smith, the 26-year-old Time Lord
Matt Smith has been cast as the replacement for David Tennant as the Time Lord in the BBC's sci-fi series Doctor Who. Ahead of Smith's incarnation as the 11th Doctor, we profile the young actor who has just won the biggest role in British television.
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Movie Trailer
I'm excited about the next Underworld movie the trailer looks good. The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.

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 Project: Shadow Manifesto
Project: Shadow Manifesto
A great explanation of what Project: Shadow & dashPunk is all about
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 Star Trek Post Production Complete + Oscar-winner Ben Burtt Provided Sound Design
Star Trek Post Production Complete + Oscar-winner Ben Burtt Provided Sound Design
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek film is officially complete. According to sources, post production on the summer 2009 film was actually completed Christmas week, shortly after JJ Abrams posted his Holiday greeting on Facebook. The final step of the post ...

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Chewbacca the Pug Saves the Day
Just as Chewbacca showed his bravery throughout the Star Wars , a pet pug with the same name saved his family from a dangerous fire this holiday season. The fire started in the basement at about 8 a.m. Christmas morning and thanks to Chewbacca, a ...
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 Andy Helm’s Star Wars Dudes
Andy Helm’s Star Wars Dudes
Artist Andy Helm has been drawing a Dude-a-Day for awhile, but it’s his sketches of Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Han Solo, C-3PO, R2-D2 and a stormtrooper that caught our eye. Most impressive. Check them out here: Andy Helm’s Dude-a-Day ...
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 Sorry Amazon…Best Buy won this round.
Sorry Amazon…Best Buy won this round.
The BATTLESTAR GALACTICA season 4.0 DVD set hits the American market in two days…and suddenly I am indescribably happy that I didn’t pre-order on Amazon. The alerts fans over at the LJ Battlestar Blog have unearthed photos of the special package ...
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 Tube Bits for 01/06/08
Tube Bits for 01/06/08
While LOST mas is still two weeks away (Jan. 21st), ABC has screened the two hour premier for critics and BuddyTV has two words for LOST fans: Shih Tzus . How does this furry little yappy dog figure into the dense mythology? Tune in on LOST mas to ...

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 Matt Smith
Matt Smith
Matt Smith in The Ruby in the Smoke (Image © BBC)
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 When Did Doctor Who Start To Go Downhill? [Poll]
When Did Doctor Who Start To Go Downhill? [Poll]
Admit it: You think the BBC's Doctor Who isn't quite as good as it was when your age was in single digits. Here's your chance to tell us just when it went wrong. Yes, this poll is slightly tongue-in-cheek, but I've also tried to isolate a bunch of ...
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Exclusive! A sneak peek at the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica!
SCI FI Wire hosts an exclusive sneak peek at the final Battlestar Galactica episodes!
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 The SFFaudio Podcast #019
The SFFaudio Podcast #019
The SFFaudio Podcast #019 - Julie Davis (of the Forgotten Classics , StarShipSofa and Happy Catholic blog ) joins us for a potassium filled show. Talked about on today’s show: Forgotten Classics , The Hidden Adversary , Agatha ...
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An Open Cluster of Starlinks
The American Astronomical Society is having their national meeting in Longbeach, CA, this week. I’m not attending, but I do have a few students and a postdoc presenting some of our work on post-starburst quasars (you can read the abstracts ...

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 THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
Here's my book: THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION Edited by Gardner Dozois TURING’S APPLES, Stephen Baxter FROM BABEL’S FALL’N GLORY WE FLED, Michael Swanwick THE GAMBLER, Paolo Bacigalupi BOOJUM, ...
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 Paper Golem’s ALEMBICAL celebrates the novella
Paper Golem’s ALEMBICAL celebrates the novella
I love novellas. They’re the perfect length for single-sitting reading, and I think that there’s something about the form that encourages experimentation. Longer than a short story, I suspect that they give some writers plenty of area to ...
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 Book Review: The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
Book Review: The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
* Author: Jim C. Hines * Genre: Fairytale, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery * Paperback: 352 pages * Publisher: DAW * Publication Date: January 6, 2009 * ISBN-10: 0756405327 * ISBN-13: 978-0756405328 * Author Website * Author Blog The ...
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 The Russian Bear Slashes a Social Network [LiveJournal]
The Russian Bear Slashes a Social Network [LiveJournal]
The bubble in social networking has burst, decisively. LiveJournal, the San Francisco-based arm of Sup, a Russian Internet startup, has cut about 20 of 28 employees — and offered them no...
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 Who Will Play the Doctor: The Eleventh Doctor is… Matt Smith?
Who Will Play the Doctor: The Eleventh Doctor is… Matt Smith?
Ending months of rumors and insane amounts of anticipation (from yours truly, who did lose sleep over this last night), BBC has finally announced which actor will assume the mantle of the Doctor, replacing outbound series lead David Tennant in Doctor Who.
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 First Look: “Skins” Season Three
First Look: “Skins” Season Three
Fret not, readers, as I have a first look at Season Three of Skins, launching in the UK on E4 this month. (Stay tuned for word from BBC America on when Season Three will air Stateside.)

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 Flashpoint - Season 2 Promo
Flashpoint - Season 2 Promo
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 Fringe Episode 1×13 Title Confirmed - The Transformation
Fringe Episode 1×13 Title Confirmed - The Transformation
J.R. “Rick” Orci, the supervising producer of Fringe, leaked this photo of himself and executive producer / show runner Jeff Pinkner pulling an all-nighter. At the bottom of the image you can see the script and title for Episode 1×13.
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Clip of Kyle XY 3.01: It Happened…
Clip of Kyle XY 3.01: It Happened…
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 Miley Cyrus Designing Her First Tattoo
Miley Cyrus Designing Her First Tattoo
Having a temporary tattoo apparently is not enough for Miley Cyrus. The “Hannah Montana” star has been reported to be drawing her own design for her first tattoo. “Miley has already drawn up the design,” Pop Crunch quoted the 15-year-old’s friend as saying.

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Private Practice 2.11: Contamination
A preview of the eleventh episode on the second season of “Private Practice” has been released. The show will move on in a new time slot next year, every Thursdays at 10/9c right after the airing of its original show “Grey’s Anatomy“. The first episode of the new year will take impact on January 8.

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Ugly Betty: 3.11 Dress For Success
Betty is making a good impression to one editor. Of course there is some competition that Betty has to face. What is more interesting in these episodes is that the real editors of Elle appears as themselves. I know you know who they are. And more importantly I know you are excited to watch this epis

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My Name Is Earl: 4.14 Got The Babysitter Pregnant
After having his heart broken by the babysitter, a young Earl goes to drastic measures to make sure she and her boyfriend pay the ultimate price. Now older and wiser, Earl decides it’s time to cross them off his list.

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 Ghost Whisperer 4.11: Life on the Line
Ghost Whisperer 4.11: Life on the Line
A preview to the new episode of “Ghost Whisperer” is available. On Friday, January 9 the show will return with an episode called “Life on the Line” where Melinda thinks that a ghost call 911 for help.

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 Numb3rs: 5.11 Arrow of Time
Numb3rs: 5.11 Arrow of Time
A convicted criminal breaks out of jail, with thoughts of revenge, making Don face his past.

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 My Name Is Earl: 4.14 Got The Babysitter Pregnant
My Name Is Earl: 4.14 Got The Babysitter Pregnant
After having his heart broken by the babysitter, a young Earl goes to drastic measures to make sure she and her boyfriend pay the ultimate price. Now older and wiser, Earl decides it’s time to cross them off his list.

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 Orbit Introduces the $1 eBook
Orbit Introduces the $1 eBook
From an Orbit press release : Orbit - in partnership with a number of major ebook vendors - has launched an innovative promotion offering one ebook for sale each month at the introductory price of $1.00. At the end of the promotional month the ...

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 Top 25 fictional ads in sci-fi movies
Top 25 fictional ads in sci-fi movies
Some of the promo spots to come may literally make you explode...
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Battlestarbook Tells The Tale Of BSG, Facebook-Style [Battlestar Book]
ZOMG, did you see what Starbuck changed her status to? Oh and I'm sick of Apollo's self righteous notes. Wanna know how Battlestar Galactica would read if it was told via Facebook? Check it out. It's only a matter of time until all great stories are ...