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more about #publishing Kiala Kazebee: I'm just picking up the pieces of my brain after reading the phrase, "George RR Martin said to me" coming from Connie Willis' mouth. Maybe they could... more » OlavRokne: I'm not a huge fan of her writing, but Connie Willis is a class act. And she's entirely correct in her assessment of the genre. more » KirkyX: Sci Fi ain't gonna die until we're travelling around the galaxy at warp factor 9. more » ManchuCandidate: Like SF is going to die during the biggest technological/scientific revolution in the history of mankind. more » Adam.R.Burch: My college physics professor was Mrs. Willis' husband. They make a great pair at science fiction conventions. He teaches science, she handles fiction.... more » bobert: Given the incessant high quality of her writings, I take anything Connie Willis has to say seriously. But I wish I had her reading list, because I'm n... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Ah. That would explain why George R. R. Martin has totally not written any sci-fi books whatsoever since then. Oh, wait. more » Byronotron: This looks very interesting. I used to get analog, back in middle school, and i buy old 70's analog for 50 cents at this used retro store down the st... more » Sylocat: See, THIS is how you cope with changing technology: Scrap the outdated business models and build a new one, something that can take advantage of the c... more » Spider Sister: I've been waiting for this magazine for months already and I cannot wait until it comes out in June. If it's anything like its sister publication I'll... more » loudlyquiet: I'm really glad to hear they will be including new media. You can't start something these days without thinking about it and knowing how to fit it int... more » twophrasebark: "Okay, it's gratuitous, but how can I resist having a grizzly bear fight a Terminator?" GRIZZLY BEAR: Grrrrr! TERMINATOR: [fires machine guns] Griz... more » Bill-Lee: Khaaan! Should come back but only if portrayed by the custom Mego action figure from Robot Chicken. more » Chryse87: Trainators? Snow mobile-nators? Terminators vs. Grizzly bears? Looks like Cox took the monumental absurdity of 'Terminator Salvation' and ran with it.... more » PlaidNinja: Khan should come back as a Borg ship piloted by Admiral Janeway, who detected the temporal anomaly while shagging her Holo-Irish guy, who happens to a... more » John Hazard: I haven't read Trek novels since I was a kid, but I did read Cox's first 2 Khan books, and they're so much fun. He weaved in historical events from th... more » putch: NO KAHN! can't we just pretend that while nero was cruising around the alpha quadrant in his mining ship jacked up on borg 'roids that he destroyed t... more » ManchuCandidate: Khan Khan everywhere a khan Obsessing bout the villain making no sense Do this, don't do that, don't re boot the Khan more » Motoki: Alright, who do I have to fuck to get a Sarah Connor Chronicles comic book? more » LittleDragon: Bah. The terminator would crush the bear, a squirrel on the other hand is a whole different story. more » -
#quoteoftheday
Connie Willis Explains How Science Fiction Came Back From Its Near-Death Experience
Connie Willis talks to Publishers Weekly about her forthcoming time-travel duology, Blackout/All-Clear. And she explains that when she started writing SF, 30 years ago, she was warned she'd come too late to a dying genre. More » -
#lightspeed
SF Magazine Publishing Will Be All About Niches
With so many science-fiction magazines going under, it's a relief that John Joseph Adams and Prime Books are launching Lightspeed. But it's not enough just to fill your need for SF stories: Adams says Lightspeed will find its own niche. More » -
#exclusive
Terminator Vs. Grizzly Bear: Who Wins? And Can Khan Come Back?
The latest Terminator novel features Terminator-vs-grizzly-bear battles, train robbery, Terminator snowmobiles, a Terminator train, and dogsled chases. We asked writer Greg Cox about who'd win a Terminator/bear fight, novelizing Final Crisis and whether Khan should be in the next Trek. More » -
#worthycauses
Give Generously, And Bring Home Your Own Personal Vision Of Hell
It's not every day that you get to help out refugees and get your own personalized piece of the apocalypse at the same time. Total Oblivlion, More Or Less author Alan DeNiro has come up with a novel fundraising idea. More » -
#bookcovers
Book Covers That Are Ashamed To Be Science Fiction
Check out this new cover for Sureblood by Susan Grant... You'd never know it's a swashbuckling adventure about space pirates. As the genre of science-fiction romance explodes, publishers are trying to hide the fact that these books are science fiction. More » -
#booktrailers
Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
Here's the most crashtastic book trailer we've seen in ages. A man with a past finds a crashed 747 full of corpses, including the First Lady... and bad guys have stolen a secret technology. Witness the insanity of The Breach. -
#famousmonsters
Look Out! Famous Monsters Are Coming Back!
Famous Monsters Of Filmland, the classic magazine started by Forrest J. Ackerman, is getting a new lease on life, courtesy of IDW Publishing. Soon, the paparazzi will once again pursue Godzilla and Frankenstein in and out of limousines. More » -
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#coverart
A Vampire Love Story On The Moon, And Our New Favorite Book Cover
Move over, Diamond Star! There's a new contender for most cheesetastic book cover of the 2000s. It's the cover art for futuristic vampire romance Those Of My Blood. In the full high-res version, you can see the lunar explorer's fangs. More » -
#genres
Is Fantasy The New Literature Of The Future?
Whenever people remark on the fact that fantasy books are slowly eclipsing science fiction, it's viewed as a fear of the future, because fantasy is all about the past, right? Not necessarily, says one blogger. More » -
#writingworkshops
Learn The Craft Of Novel-Writing From Walter Jon Williams And Nancy Kress
The Taos ToolBox Writers Workshop is taking applications for its "graduate level" writing classes, taught by Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress and guest-instructor Carrie Vaughn. But beware: It sounds like the instruction gets pretty intensive. More » -
#whuffiebank
You're Rich! In Reputation, Anyway. The Whuffie Bank Is Here At Last.
If you wished you could live off your sterling reputation, like the people in Cory Doctorow's Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom, then rejoice — the Whuffie Bank has arrived. More » -
#io9calendar
The io9 Guide To December Science Fiction Awesomeness
December isn't a quiet month for science fiction. There's James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar and Peter Jackson's Lovely Bones, double Dollhouse helpings, and rare appearances by Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman and Mary Doria Russell. Encompass your future!
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#kimstanleyrobinson
Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us Back Out Into The Solar System, 300 Years From Now
Orbit Books signed Kim Stanley Robinson to a three-book deal in both the U.S. and U.K., and the first book of that deal takes place in the year 2312, when the human race has abandoned the Earth. More » -
#mediatieins
Untold Adventures: The Complete History Of Tie-In Novels
Some of science-fiction's greatest writers have stepped into ready-made universes and created media tie-in novels. From small beginnings some forty years ago, media tie-in books have become a huge part of our publishing universe. Here are some of the highlights.
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#publishingscams
Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
Everyone from A.C. Crispin to the Science Fiction Writers Of America has rushed to condemn Harlequin for starting a self-publishing scam. But Small Beer Press has the best response: A hilarious parody showing how you, too, can waste your money. More » -
#bookvortex
How Should SF Magazines Fight Off Extinction?
Print may be dying all over, but is that any excuse to let science-fiction magazines retreat to the internet or non-existence? Of course not! Here's our five step guide on potential ways to save this venerable tradition.
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#freeadvice
How Do You Bridge The Gap Between Two Cool Moments In Your Novel?
What do you do when your novel has a cool moment, followed by another cool moment... but something kinda boring has to happen in between? Your characters have to travel somewhere or make something. How do top authors handle this? More » -
#indygiants
Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
Genre publishing has taken some hard hits in recent years — but a slew of independent publishers is still out there, charting the unknown regions of book publishing and keeping your reading lists weird. Here are our favorite indy presses.
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