http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/john kessel http://io9.com/tag/john kessel Acclaimed science fiction author and literature professor John Kessel recently gave a fantastic talk about science fiction, and you can watch the whole thing online. Here's the blurb: More »
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There's only one thing Hollywood loves than a movie based on a toy: remakes. Dozens of science-fiction classics are slated for do-overs. But instead of remaking films that were fine the first time, here are 20 books Hollywood should film. More »
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A new anthology, out now, covers the highlights of 60 years of The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction. To celebrate The Very Best Of F&SF from Tachyon Press, Rick Kleffel interviewed some classic authors that both companies have published. More »
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Collaborative novels are often frowned upon — literary types consider them the stuff of movie tie-ins or ghostwriters. But why exactly should that be? When you have one exceptional mind, why not double or even triple your pleasure and/or fun? The tighter-knit circle of SF masters hasn't embraced working together en masse, but there's a small treasure trove of classics with two names on them. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5061031&view=rss&microfeed=true You can read the new book by John Kessel, author of Good News From Outer Space, for free, thanks to publisher Small Beer Press. Satirist Kessel's new short story collection The Baum Plan For Financial Independence includes his classic story sequence about life on the Moon, the "Lunar Quartet." It also riffs on source material as varied as Frankenstein and the Wizard of Oz. You can download the book for free, in a variety of formats, under a Creative Commons license. But it's worth actually buying it, just to get the reversible dust jacket that turns it into a cheesy financial self-help book. [Small Beer Press] More »
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