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SF & Fantasy

Event Video: The Mongoliad by Greg Bear, Neal Stephenson & Others


bear-mongoliad1The fantasy genre offers up some remarkable ideas—and talent.

Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, and five other authors have come together to write The Mongoliad. It is a bold idea and executed just as boldly. The authors got together in Seattle to discuss it—and I was there to tape it! Enjoy!

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SF & Fantasy

Cage Match 2012: Round 1: Revan versus Y.T.


Jedi Knight versus Night Kourier



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SF & Fantasy

Cage Match–Villains!: 15) Raven versus 18) Slake Moth


The Slake Moth has the wings…does Raven have a prayer?


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25 Years of Spectra: SNOW CRASH (1992) by Neal Stephenson


I really love almost all the books on this list, but 1992 could very easily be my favorite year as far as the novels we’re featuring. Because in addition to Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book, 1992 was also the year Spectra published one of my very favorites: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
(Also, FYI: I was [...]

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Cage Match 2010, Round 1: 4) Gandalf versus 29) Hiro Protagonist


Image courtesy of New Line Cinema

Image courtesy of Patrick Arrasmith

GandalfServant of the Secret Fire, Wielder of the Flame of Arnor

Age:
Immortal (or near-enough)

Race:
Istari

Weapons / Artifacts:
Glamdring, “The Shattering of Foes”; staff

Special Attack:
Flash of Light

Hiro ProtagonistLast of the Freelance Hackers, Greatest Swrordsman in the World

Age:
Late-20’s

Race:
Human

Weapons / Artifacts:
Katana, wazusashi, Arachnofiber armor

Special Attack:
Superior Swordsmanship

Advantages

Vast amounts of [...]

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Suvudu

A Little Snow to Close Out March


And no, I don’t mean this guy.
Every so often I find the time to read one of those “classic” science fiction novels that I somehow seemed to have missed (I blame it on college years dedicated to literary and post-colonial fiction). Recently, I was lucky enough to sit down to a big heaping pile [...]

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