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Brace Yourself For Cancer-Horror And The Lost Cyberpunk Novel

Cyberpunk guru John Shirley could be spawning three movies soon: the Weinstein Company is doing a movie of his novel Demons, in which corporations deliberately cause cancer as part of a program of human sacrifice, with Jim Sonzero (Pulse) attached to direct. "Wish I wrote the script, but some "A" scripter got the job," Shirley tells io9. Plus his forthcoming novel Bleak History, an urban fantasy set in a near-future New York, has been optioned by New Regency Productions (Mr. And Mrs. Smith). And his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story Ligeia is in post-production. If that wasn't enough, he has three new books in the works, including the "lost cyberpunk novel." More »

1:09 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,435 views, 4 comments

Latest by royen: Hehe, "Extreme Short Stories" could mean they're extreme in brevity rather than in content. more »

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New Issue of Rudy Rucker's FLURB Hits the Interwebs

Science fiction writer Rudy "Postsingular" Rucker has just posted issue #5 of his speculative fiction webzine FLURB, which is always full of bizarro delights. In this issue, Terry Bisson writes about a superhero called Captain Ordinary who teleports around the world via hidden portals in Starbucks outlets, triggered if you order the right kind of soy latte. John Shirley gives us a tasty excerpt from his dark new cyberpunk novel Black Glass Samples, and Nathaniel Hellerstein takes on the persona of the entire Web to humbly request that people stop accusing it of trying to end the world. Plus, there's a lot more, including a new story from Rucker and plenty of Rucker's art too. [FLURB]

11:20 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Annalee Newitz
466 views, 5 comments

Latest by bluewyvern: Captain Ordinary kind of reminded me of a Superheroes skit on Whose Line Is It Anyway. "Thank God you're here, uh...Quantum Gal!" more »