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more about #quoteoftheday Bill Jordan: No spoilers, but great episode! Bernard Cribbins is back! (Donnas Granddad) Brian Cox is the voice of one of the Ood! more » ThirteenOfTwo: Maybe the Doctor we originally thought was One was actually Four, and Ten is actually Thirteen. Then the Doctor dies in this special, for the last tim... more » IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: There has to be a regeneration. Haven't we already seen pictures of Matt Smith in David Tennants suit? Although I suppose that could have been to thro... more » dumanue: Even though I love Gibson's writing, the whole concept of this article is weird to me... If you want to write, just sit down and write, fame doesn't ... more » Kurls: So basically, if you write a lot most of it will be crap but eventually you will write something good? Seems to be the best way to learn to write any... more » Chip Overclock: I once heard Spider Robinson say something similar; he threw a magazine or anthology down in disgust saying "I can do better than that!", then proceed... more » 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 » bookwench: O good. You mean the young non-dating socially inept guys who spent significant chunks of time and money on real gifts for virtual girls were just kid... more » muppetjedi: I don't really see how American's ideas of Japanese "weirdness" correspond to our fascination with borrowing ideas from East Asian culture to make our... more » StrayChestnutBed: I'd just like to mention that it's a two-way street, something I feel is ignored in this rant for the sake of guilt-tripping PC Westerners as much as ... more » NonElitist: Interesting timing... latest issue of WIRED magazine has a section on Japanese tech and some articles on why, here in the USA, we don't get all the co... more » Tenacious-G: I think this is just another instance of someone manufacturing an excuse to become offended. Personally, I thought shows like Firefly and movies like ... more » Klebert L. Hall: I think the writer is mistaking cause and effect, sort of. People want to have something they can point to as wacky and futuristic. If they don't exa... more » Bigdamnhero: Edited for the purpose of explication: "Why do so many love to gawk at this mysterious, foreign [Other?]... There are plenty of strange things going ... more » -
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Davies' Doctor Who Revival Was A Miracle, But Its Ending Remains Uncertain
As Russell T. Davies' reign as Doctor Who showrunner begins its ending with this weekend's "The End of Time, Part One," he's looking back to five years ago and the terror of bringing the show back for the first time. More » -
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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 » -
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Why Do Westerners Fetishize Japan's Futuristic Weirdness?
Since the late 1970s, a key idea in Western science fiction has been that Japan represents the future. Japan's "weird" culture is a figure for an incomprehensible tomorrow. But commentator Lisa Katayama says this idea reveals common misconceptions about Japan. More » -
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The Point Of Futurism Isn't To Make Accurate Predictions
"But in the end, making lots of accurate predictions isn't necessarily the job of the futurist. It's more the act of stimulating creative thought about the future that, in turn, influences how we act today. More » -
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Michelle Rodriguez Explains Why Avatar's CG World Is Better Than "Phantom Menace"
Avatar's Michelle Rodriguez says watching Star Wars: The Phantom Menace made her wish she'd rented the video game instead, so she could have controlled the fake-looking CG action. But Avatar won't give you that feeling, because the props are real. More » -
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Revealed: Marvel Comics' Secret War On Women
Have superhero comics outgrown a pre-adolescent fear of women? Not in the slightest, argues critic Abhay Khosla. In fact, he argues, Marvel Comics' last few linewide storylines have been all about why women are terrifying and need to be destroyed.
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Grossman: Failure Of Imagination > Harry Potter
Harry Potter's magic disappeared before the end of his final book, according to fantasy novelist Lev Grossman, and it's all because of happy endings. Spoilers ahead for those who still haven't read the Deathly Hallows! More » -
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Kim Stanley Robinson: Dystopian Fiction Is For Slackers
Gallileo's Dream author Kim Stanley Robinson explains why writing about utopias is much, much harder than writing about dystopias, but also much more worthwhile if we're planning on having descendants around to read our stories in the future. More » -
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Why Fanboy Cinema Is Like Hip-Hop
If you feel as if today's science fiction is full of remakes, retreads and just plain rip-offs of what's come before, there's a reason for that, according to Star Trek and Transformers co-writer Roberto Orci. And it's not laziness. More » -
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Michael Chabon: Star Wars Legos Prove Kids Are Still Remixing The Force
Adults attempt to control children's imaginative worlds, and unsupervised, free-form play is harder to come by than ever, warns author Michael Chabon. But even the most corporate-branded, marketing-controlled playthings can become wild and untrammeled, as Star Wars lego prove. More » -
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The Nature Of Humanity Is To Change Nature
Futurist Ray Kurzweil has a simple response to people concerned that technology gives us the chance to alter nature: Nature is inherently flawed, and it's our duty as human beings to use technology to fix it. More » -
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Whedon: Fox Ripped Out Dollhouse's Core Concept
Think that Dollhouse's first season seemed just a little schizophrenic, like Fox got nervous about the show's central concept? Joss Whedon agrees, and finally comes clean about what happened. Plus, the new trailer for the show's second season! More »
