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Scrubs - Bill Lawrence Spoilers

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:14:00 +1900

Thanks to b3rt4 for the heads up. Scrubs kicks off its eighth and (likely) final season on NBC ABC this Tuesday, and you know what that means: It's time for another one of my uncensored Q&As; with the show's refreshingly candid creator, Bill Lawrence! AUSIELLO: The first two episodes were a ...

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Film Roster: 9, Short Film

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:13:04 +1900

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9 Trailer

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:04:00 +1900

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 of Oddworld . That may not be the most ...

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F&SF is going bimonthly

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:30:00 +1900

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 anniversary issue, which will be a jumbo. ...

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: Alchemy - Viewing - Doctor Who - Grow Your Own Doctor Kit

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:30:00 +1900

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 different images than what is on the example picture, ...

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Doctor Who: Introducing Matt Smith, the 26-year-old Time Lord

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:48:29 +1900

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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Matt Smith sleeps with Billie Piper (Eleventh Doctor Who / Rose Tyler) (video)

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:07:00 +1900

From Secret Diary of a Call Girl - the Eleventh Doctor has sex with Rose Tyler .... Well, high-class hooker Belle Du Jour / Hannah.The casting of Matt Smith ...

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SFPA announces 2008 Dwarf Stars winners

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +1900

The Science Fiction Poetry Association announces the winners of its 2008 Dwarf Stars awards for short speculative poems...

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Orbit - Introducing the One Dollar Ebook from Orbit!

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:45:00 +1900

Quick Pitch Orbit launches an innovative promotion offering one ebook for sale each month at the introductory price of $1.00. Full Release Orbit – in partnership with a number of major ebook vendors – has launched a promotion offering one ebook for sale each month at the introductory price of ...

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Shambling Towards Hiroshima: James Morrow: Books

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:02:00 +1900

In the tradition of Godzilla as both a playful romp and a parable of the dawn of the nuclear era, this original satire blends the destruction of World War II with the halcyon pleasure of monster movies. In the summer of 1945 war is reigning in the Pacific Rim, while in the U.S., Syms Thorley ...

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Wright discusses third SG-1 movie

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:51:33 +1900

Richard Dean Anderson will star and Martin Wood will direct the next direct-to-DVD movie.

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BSG Webside 8 (video)

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 04:44:00 +1900

The Face of the Enemy

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THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:55:55 +1900

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, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette THE SIX DIRECTIONS OF ...

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TOC for Year's Best Science Fiction, 26th annual edition

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:00:30 +1900

Over on the Asimov's forum, Gardner Dozois has posted the table of contents for his new 26th annual Year's Best Science Fiction. The contents are: TURING???S APPLES, Stephen Baxter (Eclipse 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan) FROM BABEL???S FALL???N GLORY WE FLED,...

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TOC: The Year's Best Science Fiction #26 edited by Gardner Dozois

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +1900

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 Swanwick ( Asimov's , February 2008) "The ...

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The SFFaudio Podcast #019

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:24:00 +1900

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 Christie, Temptation , David Brin, Recorded ...

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Matt Smith

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:22:00 +1900

Matt Smith in The Ruby in the Smoke (Image © BBC)

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Matt Smith: Just what the Doctor Who ordered

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:09:35 +1900

As the BBC announces the new Time Lord Matt Smith could take the latest incarnation of Doctor Who to a new dimension.

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dude-a-day

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:45:37 +1900

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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Movie Trailer

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:57:13 +1900

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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The Russian Bear Slashes a Social Network [LiveJournal]

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:42:07 +1900

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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Project: Shadow Manifesto

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:43:50 +1900

A great explanation of what Project: Shadow & dashPunk is all about

HomersWisdom posted 10 hours ago from dashpunk.com

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Star Trek Post Production Complete + Oscar-winner Ben Burtt Provided Sound Design

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:03:00 +1900

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 production was sound editing, and to help out ...

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Andy Helm’s Star Wars Dudes

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:48:00 +1900

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 (via Drawn!)

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Puppy a hero in Christmas fire - Northern News - Ontario, CA

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:12:27 +1900

Posted By RICK OWEN, NORTHERN NEWS Posted 8 days ago A new puppy is the hero in a Christmas morning fire at 12 Allan Avenue in Kirkland Lake. The fire started in the basement at about 8 a. m. Christmas morning and thanks to Chewbacca, a 10-week old Pug everyone was able to get out of the house ...

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Chewbacca the Pug Saves the Day

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:58:00 +1900

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 10-week old Pug everyone was able to get out ...

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Sorry Amazon…Best Buy won this round.

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:30:00 +1900

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 that American and Canadian Best Buy shops w ill ...

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Exclusive! A sneak peek at the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica!

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:55:20 +1900

SCI FI Wire hosts an exclusive sneak peek at the final Battlestar Galactica episodes!

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The Physics of Starship Battles: Lasers and Kinetic Energy (video)

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:06:04 +1900

Here is an explanation of the perennial science fiction weapon. LASERS. Every show uses them but do any of them really know why? Here I explain the formula...

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Tube Bits for 01/06/08

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:45:34 +1900

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 find out! ExpressNightOut lists all the ...

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Why This Doctor Disappoints [Rant]

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 04:34:00 +1900

Now that the dust has started to settle on the news that Matt Smith will be the new Doctor Who , I have to ask: Am I the only one who feels a little... well, cheated ? It's not an age thing, I should point out. Although, yes, 26 seems a little young to me to be a Doctor, that's entirely a ...

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'Who' superfan welcomes new Doctor

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 07:01:00 +1900

Doctor Who superfan and comedian Toby Hadoke welcomes Matt Smith's appointment as The Doctor.

Kopic's Doctor Who and Torchwood Newsletter found this 19 hours ago on www.digitalspy.co.uk

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When Did Doctor Who Start To Go Downhill? [Poll]

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:16:00 +1900

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 moments where the show's format changed ...

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Episode 3.20 - Casting Call

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 04:15:00 +1900

[DOCTOR] 35 - 45. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. This competent ER doctor attends to a patient with life threatening injuries. 1 DAY GUEST STAR [SALESWOMAN] LATE 30'S - EARLY 40'S. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. A career saleswoman at an upscale clothing store. CO-STAR [AGENT 1,2, 3] 28 - 45. ...

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Stars of the New 'Star Trek' Movie on Reviving the Franchise

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:21:39 +1900

Industrial Light & Magic Actor Chris Pine says he finds his character, Capt. Kirk, "a little elusive."

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You Will Know the Truth

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:36:37 +1900

You Will Know the Truth | SCIFI.COM

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Stonehenge was 'giant concert venue'

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:56 +1900

A university professor who is an expert in sound believes Stonehenge was created as a dance arena for "trancestyle" music.

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Stonehenge Beneath the Waters of Lake Michigan

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:56 +1900

In a surprisingly under-reported story from 2007, Mark Holley, a professor of underwater archaeology at Northwestern Michigan University College, discovered a series of stones – some of them arranged in a circle and one of which seemed to show carvings of a mastodon – 40-feet beneath the surface ...

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Book Review: The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:42:29 +1900

* 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 Stepsister Scheme is the first in a trilogy of ...

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An Open Cluster of Starlinks

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:55:55 +1900

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 online here , here , and here ). Expect to see ...

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Paper Golem’s ALEMBICAL celebrates the novella

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:55:15 +1900

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 explore ideas without the pressure of ...

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White Dwarf Asteroids

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:35:37 +1900

The American Astronomical Society meeting now in session in Long Beach (CA) is already making news. Led by Michael Jura (UCLA), a team of scientists has used Spitzer Space Telescope data to study six white dwarf stars that are surrounded with the remains of asteroids. The assumption here is that ...

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The Stage / News / Smith to take over from Tennant in Doctor Who

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:46:00 +1900

E-mail to a friend Smith to take over from Tennant in Doctor Who Published Monday 5 January 2009 at 11:15 by Matthew Hemley Matt Smith, who appeared in the National Theatre’s production of The History Boys, has been named as David Tennant’s replacement in Doctor Who. The 26-year-old ...

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Who Will Play the Doctor: The Eleventh Doctor is… Matt Smith?

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:13:46 +1900

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

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:11:48 +1900

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

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:08:22 +1900

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Fringe Episode 1×13 Title Confirmed - The Transformation

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:04:59 +1900

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…

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:04:10 +1900

Clip of Kyle XY 3.01: It Happened…

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Hulu - Video for Battlestar Galactica

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:05:00 +1900

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Geoff Johns Talks “Legion” In Wizard Magazine

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +1900

Thanks to Hells Bells and SpoilerTV for the heads up! A new issue of Wizard magazine hit comic book shops today, and in it is an interview with Geoff Johns talking about the January 15 episode of Smallville - “Legion!” Here are some highlights. Be warned of SPOILERS! And you can find ...

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