Novosti iz sveta Fantastike

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Saznao sam pre oko dva sata, zaista tužna vest. Reklamokratiju, prvu Kapiju i Milioniti dan ubrajam među najznačajnije knjige i priču koje sam pročitao u mladosti. Nadam se da ga čeka neki sf raj sa druge strane.

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Doživeo je lepe godine, ostavio dosta...
Svejedno je baš tužno, posebno što je do pre par dana prilično redovno vodio blog/memoare, iako se na slikama što je kačio baš videlo da je star, onako savijen nad laptopom. 

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Kaze Strahan:

Frederik Pohl has died. If you're reading this and wonder why this is
important, there's a clue or two here.
Pohl started publishing in 1937, attended the first Worldcon in 1939, and was
part of pretty much everything interesting in science fiction for the next 60
years.


As a writer he co-wrote some of the best
satire the field has seen with C.M. Kornbluth, and one of the greatest space adventures
too. His fiction was sharp and smart and dark and sometimes sly.  There's a
taste of what he could do in his short
fiction. He was also an incredible editor, editing Galaxy and
If magazines, the influential Star anthology series and novels like
Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren and Joanna Russ's The Female Man.
He  was instrumental in publishing Cordwainer Smith, R.A. Lafferty and many
others. Pohl was an influential literary agent, a Hugo Award winning blogger,
and even wrote for the Encyclopedia Brittanica back when that really
meant something.


I had a chance to talk to Pohl once. I was at the launch for Scot
Edelman's SF Age at the 1993 WorldCon in San Francisco. The event was
held in a large room with big circular ottomans that people were sitting
on.  I was sitting on one with Jeremy Byrne, when I noticed an elderly
couple sitting on the other side of the ottoman (about six or eight feet away).
It was Pohl. I was so overcome I couldn't say anything. I remember whispering in
an awed voice to Jeremy "that's Fred Pohl!". I couldn't imagine
actually talking to him. I wish I had, because then I could have thanked him for
the many hours of pleasure his work gave me, how much I'd loved The Space
Merchants and Gateway and Man Plus and The Years of
the City. It's a mistake I won't make again.


My old friend Charles Brown said the thing that made Fred Pohl so impressive
was that he constantly interested in and engaged by the world. He travelled
extensively, often with Charles, and that was reflected in his work. With his
passing, I think the first great Golden Age of Science Fiction has finally
ended. Vale.

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Welcome!
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Welcome to Ellison Wonderland, the Harlan Ellison Youtube Channel. This is the home of all things Ellisonian. Lectures, TV appearances, mug shots, film clips, and anything else we or Harlan can think of to throw at you on a regular basis. Some of the stuff here has been floating around the interwebs for a while, but a lot of it will be making its first appearance ever here. And who knows? Harlan himself may provide us with some new material from time to time. Keep checking in to find out!


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[Mica Milovanovic]

Omatoreo... 

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To je. Ali za čoveka koji je još pre godinu dana izjavio da je na samrti - dobro se drži.

[Mica Milovanovic]

Jes, vala...

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To je. Ali za čoveka koji je još pre godinu dana izjavio da je na samrti - dobro se drži.

Sinoć smo ga baš pominjali u kafani -_-

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Lynne M. Thomas has announced that she is stepping down as the Editor-in-Chief of Apex, two years after she replaced Catherynne Valente in the position.  Along with her, Managing Editor Michael Damian Thomas will also be stepping down.  Both will work closely with the incoming editor as the magazine continues to be published by Jason Sizemore of Apex Publications.  The Thomases' resignations will be effective following the December 2013 issue.
For more information...

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John Clute profiles Frederik Pohl, an author famed for the sharp and precise satire of his writing.

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Simon & Schuster to Launch Science Fiction, Fantasy Imprint



By Jim Milliot    | Oct 24, 2013
Simon & Schuster is preparing to up its presence in the science fiction, fantasy and horror market with the launch of a new imprint dedicated to the category. The as yet unnamed imprint will be overseen by Jon Anderson, executive v-p and publisher of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, but will, S&S said, publish books "for readers of all ages." Anderson told PW the audience for the new imprint is seen as "YA and above."

Although S&S has published a range of science fiction and fantasy authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin and Anne McCaffrey, it doesn't have a dedicated imprint for the genre in either its adult or children's departments. "A lot of content comes our way that we find compelling, but which won't work in teen sections [of bookstores]," Anderson said. "We don't want to use that as an excuse to not publish books for a growing market."
Anderson has appointed Justin Chanda, v-p and publisher of S&S Books for Young Readers, Atheneum, and Margaret K. McElderry, publisher of the imprint and has hired Joe Monti as executive editor. Monti has a varied industry background with stops at Barnes & Noble where he was the children's fiction buyer, Houghton Mifflin where he worked in national account sales, and in editorial spots at Little, Brown. He is currently an agent at Barry Goldblatt Literary. During his career, he has worked with a number of authors in the sci fi/fantasy market. Also tabbed to work on the imprint is Navah Wolfe, who was appointed editor. She has been at S&S Books for Young Readers for six years.

Anderson expects to publish 12 to 15 hardcovers annually starting in spring 2015, although he said he hoped to be able to release a few titles by fall 2014. In addition to publishing in traditional print formats, the imprint will publish in a variety of digital formats, including e-only and serial publishing. A "handful" of titles from existing S&S authors will likely be moved under the imprint, Anderson said, and that "most" new sci fi/fantasy at S&S will be published under the imprint. Titles will be sold by both the adult and children's sales forces.

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The Missouri State House is running an internet poll for inductees into the Missouri Hall of Fame. Science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein is one of the ten names up for consideration. The list includes politicians, artists, golfers, musicians, doctors, and suffragettes. The Missouri Hall of Fame was begun in 1982 with the induction of Mark Twain. In 2012, three individuals were inducted into the Hall. Inductees are represented by a bust in the Missouri Capitol.

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http://www.openroadmedia.com/blog/2013-09-16/Open-Road-Media-to-Publish-Nine-Ebooks-from-Award-winning-Science-Fiction-Author-Samuel-R-Delany.aspx

Open Road will publish the following titles:

    Dhalgren
    Babel-17
    Nova
    Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
    Tales of Nevèrÿon
    Neveryóna
    Flight from Nevèrÿon
    Return to Nevèrÿon
    The Motion of Light in Water

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Neil Gaiman has been appointed to the faculty of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, where he will be part of the Theater and Performance faculty. Gaiman will begin teaching during the Spring 2014 semester, with his first class being an advanced writing workshop exploring the history of the fantastic, approaches to fantasy fiction, and the meaning of fantasy today. Gaiman's classes will be taught across the Division of the Arts and the Division of Languages and Literature.


http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2487

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NEW MUSEUM OF SCIENCE FICTION PLANNING WASHINGTON, DC PREVIEW SITE

Crowdfunding Campaign Sets Stage for First-of-Its-Kind Destination for Science Fiction Fans as Real Estate and Exhibit Construction Firms Line Up to Support Concept
Washington, DC – November 4, 2013 – The new Museum of Science Fiction today announced plans to develop a storefront preview museum in the nation's capital, a forerunner to the first standalone museum dedicated to science fiction and how it inspires people of all ages and walks of life. Today, the Museum of Science Fiction is an all-volunteer non-profit organization, with a group of more than three dozen professionals working to turn the dream of a museum devoted to science fiction into reality.

"We believe Washington, DC is an ideal location for a museum dedicated to science fiction, based in part on the remarkable draw the District's museums have for people from all over the world. Indeed, one of the most popular museum destinations worldwide is the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and those who took humanity into orbit were inspired by science fiction, from Jules Verne to Star Trek," said Greg Viggiano, the museum's executive director. "If the project stays on schedule, a full-scale facility could open by 2017. In the meantime, we are planning to launch a small preview facility in late 2014. This 'pop-up' site will be the place to test exhibit concepts and share an insider's look into the process of building the museum itself."

Organizers envision the Museum of Science Fiction as home to an array of objects and experiences that share the history of science fiction. Because the genre is so encompassing, the organization's goal is to have a diverse collection of artifacts, display objects, and interactive exhibits that span many varieties of art forms. Visitors will be able to look at cherished manuscripts and interact with exhibits. There will be robots, time machines, aliens, and creatures, as well as costumes, sets, props, and model spaceships. Fans Unite to Create Science Fiction Museum"Over the past six months, a diverse team of 38 volunteers has come together to develop a long-term plan that will make this museum a reality," Viggiano explained. "We've made significant progress on everything from curatorial aspects such as gallery design and visitor experience, to the non-profit management areas of development, project management, education, information technology, public relations, marketing, finance, accounting, and legal compliance."
"Just among science fiction fans in the area, I've found people from all walks of life who are willing to share their professional expertise, time, and drive to move this idea forward," said Viggiano, himself a veteran of the satellite communications industry. "We have museum curators, lawyers, accountants, communications people, and other volunteers who have stepped forward to bring the Museum of Science Fiction from dream to reality."Crowdfunding Kickoff"You need look no further than the popular fan conventions that occur almost every weekend to see that the power of the science fiction fan is undeniable. No other genre enjoys the same level of loyalty and support, and this campaign is a statement of support directly from the fans," Viggiano said.
To bring this institution to life, the Museum of Science Fiction today launched a crowdfunding campaign, allowing the public to join in the building of this innovative museum dedicated to human imagination and its ability to shape our future. The goal of the campaign is to raise $160,000 in 38 days, but the real value in the campaign will be its statement of support and enthusiasm from one of the world's greatest fan bases. Contributions to the crowdfunding campaign can be made here: scificrowdfund.com. Conceptual renderings of the preview museum are available at the Museum of Science Fiction's website: museumofsciencefiction.org.Preview Museum Wins SupportThe Museum of Science Fiction will start with a 3,000-square-foot proof-of-concept preview museum to demonstrate the potential and capabilities of the full-scale facility. This will allow the general public to help the organization fine tune its ideas and plan in accordance with their expectations.

The preview museum will house a sample collection of artifacts and display objects from film, television, literature, and art, along with prototype analog and digital interactive exhibits. The preview space will also host the museum's first public lectures, education programs, film screenings, and donor events.

Commercial real estate advisory firm Newmark Grubb Knight Frank is working with the Museum of Science Fiction to identify an ideal site for the preview museum, with a focus on securing a highly visible location accessible to the 50,000 visitors who come to Washington, DC each day.
"We're excited about the opportunity to work with the Museum of Science Fiction, since this project has the potential to become another powerful magnet in the District for tourists and residents alike," said Scott Johnston, principal at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. "A well-chosen temporary space for the museum will go a long way toward helping the final, full-scale facility become a reality."

Virginia-based museum design and construction firm Color-Ad is already working on concepts for the preview museum, which is planned to open in late 2014.

"We believe this is a great opportunity for us to work together on the preview museum, through the design and fabrication of the permanent exhibition and then a continued partnership as the museum grows and evolves," said Glen Zook, senior project manager at Color-Ad. The firm has built exhibits for the museum at George Washington's Mount Vernon, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the White House Visitors Office, among many other projects.
"The preview museum is designed to give people a sneak peek of what's coming. It will allow us to collect visitor opinions and validate our planning activities and design assumptions to make sure we 'get it right' when the full-scale museum is built," Viggiano said. "The preview museum will also allow us to begin our programming with evening lectures and film screenings and also coalesce support for the concept from fans all over the world."The Museum VisionOnce fully realized, the Museum of Science Fiction will be the world's first comprehensive science fiction museum to cover the history of the genre across the arts and provide a narrative on its relationship to the real world. The museum's mission is to be a center of gravity where art and science are powered by imagination. It is through this intersection that the museum will reach visitors both young and old. The museum will also host educational programs that encourage and inspire students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics.
"Many franchises have contributed to and influenced science fiction whether in film, television, comics, or even radio," Viggiano said. "In telling the story of science fiction, our galleries will certainly include works from those franchises and commentaries on their influence on the genre and society. The connection of science fiction and franchises is a fascinating one that we may also explore in our programming. Certainly franchises like Alien, The Twilight Zone, The Matrix, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, Back to the Future, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, and Dune are a few that we think are important to mention-but there are many, many more."Celebrating Fiction and Fact Through EducationThe Museum of Science Fiction is committed to using science fiction as an educational tool to encourage interest in science, engineering, technology, math, art, history, literature, philosophy, and-ultimately- imagination. Organizers believe science fiction is rich with ideas that serve as a springboard for curiosity and learning, from understanding how warp drive might function to how cyborgs could affect people's daily lives.

"The story of science fiction is very interesting," Viggiano said. "We're looking to explain how it began, how it has evolved, and how it influences us. While other museums and exhibitions have highlighted certain aspects of science fiction, our museum will look at it from all angles: its themes, contributors, artifacts, and messages. We hope the Museum of Science Fiction will become a comprehensive resource for learning more about the genre."

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MEDIA CONTACTS
Leo Imperial: leo.imperial@museumofsciencefiction.org
Braulio Agnese: braulio.agnese@museumofsciencefiction.org
Dave Arland: dave@arlandcom.com
Telephone: (657) 215-1701

For a full press packet on the museum's vision, renderings of the preview museum, and other
information, visit museumofsciencefiction.org/presspacket.

Museum of Science Fiction
P.O. Box 88
Alexandria, VA 22313-0088
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museumofsciencefiction.org

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'Ender's Game' author Orson Scott Card welcomes attacks on his homophobic beliefs because 'my sales go up'






Ender's Game author Orson Scott Card responded to threats of a boycott in an interview with the Deseret News in which he says that while his views on same-sex marriage are unchanged, his words have been taken out of context.


He claimed that he's had "no criticism. I've had savage, lying, deceptive personal attacks, but no actual criticism because they've never addressed any of my actual ideas."






a Mamatas reaguje: http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1861143.html

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Fans of sci-fi TV want to steer their own spaceship

Space Opera Society aims to set up production studio for online series




MONTREAL - When the TV series V was cancelled by ABC in 2011, Eric Bernard was upset.
"For me, I think it's unacceptable to see a show like V, at the end of the second year it ends with a cliffhanger — that's great — but a week later they announce it's been cancelled. They do not respect their audience when they do that," Bernard said.

Fans started a letter-writing campaign urging the producers to revive the series. But it hasn't worked yet.

Bernard has a better idea: rather than try to convince the bigwigs at network television to fund the series fans want to see, the post-production director and video editor wants to start producing them himself. He's part of a group that is trying to crowdsource startup money to get a production studio off the ground that will produce new, original series and distribute them online.

It's called the Space Opera Society. It's based in Montreal, and Bernard is its executive director, but it has about 20 people from around the world contributing to it, including actors, writers and visual effects artists whose credits include shows in the Battlestar Galactica, Stargate and Star Trek franchises.

"It all started in early 2000 when I was (re-editing) a Space: 1999 episode, and I went to a convention," Bernard told The Gazette. "I met people there who work on the show and started to chat and thought: 'Wow, wouldn't it be great if we could start a new series?' "

Bringing back Space: 1999 or V is complicated because of the cost of licensing the rights to an existing series, Bernard said. But he believes that a non-profit studio funded directly by fans could get enough money to produce some quality science fiction series whose content wouldn't be handcuffed to the whims of network executives, because the fans, not the suits, would be calling the shots.

Bernard compares his business model to New York's Metropolitan Opera and PBS, which run mainly on private donations. They have loftier goals than just making money.

"Non-profit doesn't mean that everyone is a volunteer," he said, to ward off any misconceptions. "It means that profit — and we want to make profit — is always reinvested in shows."

In September, the group launched a crowdfunding campaign on the website Indiegogo, setting a goal of $202,099. (The figure is a reference to Space: 2099, the name Bernard originally gave to his re-editing of Space: 1999.)

Targeting hard-core fans with a crowdfunding campaign has worked in the past. In March, screenwriter Rob Thomas launched a campaign on Kickstarter to turn his TV series Veronica Mars into a movie. The project hit its $2 million funding goal in under 10 hours and reached $5.7 million by the time its funding window closed. Actor Zach Braff raised more than $3 million for a movie project. And another group of sci-fi fans raised more than $100,000 to produce an unofficial fourth and fifth season of the original Star Trek series with a new cast.

But those are exceptions. Most projects have much more modest goals and don't raise nearly as much money. Three-quarters of successfully funded projects on Kickstarter raise less than $10,000.In the fundraising model used by Kickstarter and Indiegogo, projects set fundraising goals, and get a month or two to try to reach them. People who contribute toward projects get access to rewards for different funding levels. For the Space Opera Society project, they range from a mention on their website's thank-you page ($5) to a T-shirt ($45) to a seat on the board of directors ($20,000).

With less than a week to go in the campaign, the results have been disappointing, with only $6,905 raised. Bernard blamed this on a lack of publicity about the campaign, which began during Montreal Comic-Con.

"That's probably the biggest mistake we made, was not promoting it first," Bernard said. "The challenge was not to convince people in the business to be part of it, but to reach the viewers and convince them that they can be more than viewers."

Still, he believes the model will work. He thinks a worldwide audience with a niche interest will pay a bit of money to produce original shows if the company's finances are transparent, if it creates a community where fans and producers can interact with each other, and if it commits to respecting those fans.

"When you think about it, you're paying 60 bucks a month for cable," he said. "Imagine if you would pay $1 for 60 shows that you love, for exactly the shows you want to see."

And if it's successful, he thinks it's a model that can, and should, be copied.

"I hope this will lead to other genres doing the same thing," he said.

For more information on the Space Opera Society, visit spaceoperasociety.org.

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Robert J. Sawyer notes that his 2012 novel Triggers has been optioned for film by Toronto's Copperheart Entertainment, a company best known for the science-fiction thriller Splice and for the Ginger Snaps series of horror films.

More good news: Sawyer also notes that he has been commissioned to write the screenplay based on his book. How often does an author get to do that? Rarely.




On the eve of a secret military operation, an assassin's bullet strikes President Seth Jerrison. He is rushed to the hospital, where surgeons struggle to save his life—and where Professor Ranjip Singh is experimenting with a device that can erase traumatic memories.

Then a terrorist bomb detonates. In the operating room, the president suffers cardiac arrest. He has a near-death experience—but the memories that flash through Jerrison's mind are not his own. The electromagnetic pulse generated by the bomb amplified and scrambled Professor Singh's equipment, allowing a random group of people to access one another's minds.

One of those people can retrieve the President Jerrison's memories—including classified information regarding the upcoming military mission, which, if revealed, could cost countless lives. But the task of determining who has switched memories with whom is a daunting one—particularly when some of the people involved have reason to lie...

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Harlan Ellison Youtube Channel je ponovo onlajn.

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I, u nastavku listi sa prethodne strane, evo jos naslova koje Holivud otkupljuje za nadamo se skore ekranizacije:


Read Them Now, Watch Them Later: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Adaptation Watch


You have to give Hollywood credit. It seems that, now more than ever, producers of TV and films are turning toward written science fiction, fantasy and horror stories to use as the basis for new television and film productions. This trend is a genre-lover's dream come true. For years, we've bemoaned the lack of quality with the majority of sf/f/h films being served up in theaters and living rooms across the country. Sure, there have been many notable bright spots over the years, but more often than not, disappointment reigned supreme. The solution, as we saw it, was to pick up a book and turn it into a television show or film. Not only is that happening now, but it's happening so fast it's hard to keep up. Here's the latest batch of sf/f/h adaptation news, with the usual caveat that just because a story is optioned does not mean a TV/film production is a sure thing. Even so, it's fun to see which stories are being noticed.


Nod by Adrian Barnes

In Nod, a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, author Adrian Barnes poses a question: What would happen if most of the world's population suffered from chronic sleep deprivation? The answer is that it would lead to mass psychosis and quite possibly a new world order. In this harrowing thriller, the few people who can sleep share the same dream.

This is still in the superearly stages of development. What is known is that both the film and the television rights have been optioned by media giant Fox. It's interesting that they are leaving themselves open to the idea that this could be a series.


 
The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Maze Runner is the first book in James Dashner's young-adult dystopian science-fiction series, and a New York Times best-selling series at that. The story is about a teenager named Thomas who wakes up in the "Glade" with no previous memories. The Glade is a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls (to keep out the creatures) with no way out except for an elevator. The next day, a girl arrives in the Glade (the first one ever) and she has a mysterious message about the nature of the world in which they live.

Based on premise alone, the film version of The Maze Runner will no doubt appeal to the Hunger Games audience. It's being directed by Wes Ball, written by Noah Oppenheim and will star Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Sangster and Kaya Scodelario. It's set for a September 2014 release date.


Broken by A.E. Rought

Broken is a reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It concerns a young girl named Emma Gentry whose boyfriend, Daniel, becomes the latest victim in a series of suspicious deaths near a small Michigan town. Of course, Emma naturally becomes depressed, but then she meets town newcomer Alex Franks, who she is strangely drawn to. Even stranger: There are eerie similarities Reviversbetween Alex and Daniel.

The author of Broken, A.E. Rought, reports that her novel has been optioned for an hour-long dramatic television series by ABC Family. This is good news, as the longer format leaves more room to explore the ideas of the novel, which mimic those of Shelley's classic novel.


Reviver by Seth Patrick

Seth Patrick's Reviver imagines a world where raising the dead is not only possible, it's an integral part of society. In fact, forensic revival (pulling the recently deceased back into their bodies for a short period of time) helps capture more criminals: The recently-revived are witnesses to their own deaths and their courtroom testimonies  help lawyers put the bad guys away. The thrust of the book itself concerns one particular reviver, Jonah Miller of the Forensic Revival Service, who encounters a terrifying presence while investigating an otherwise routine murder.

Hollywood obviously found the "CSI meets The Sixth Sense" elevator pitch of Reviver compelling and an interesting alternative to the zombie premise. It was optioned by Legendary Pictures, the company behind the blockbusters Dark Knight Rises, Inception and Watchmen.


"Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders

Not all adaptations come from novels. "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders is a police procedural novelette with an interesting, fantastical twist. It's about a man and a woman who can both see the future, but in different ways. Doug sees the future as predetermined, while Judy sees the several branching possibilities for the future. Both of them know their antagonistic relationship is destined to blossom into love, but only if they can both stop Doug from being killed in six months and three days.

NBC has optioned this for an hour-long drama project, with Eric Garcia (author of Matchstick Men, and the novel The Repossession Mambo) set to write it. It's not clear whether this is a one-off production or pilot, but the premise is terrific and really lends itself well to being a weekly series.


"Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang

Another short story that caught Hollywood's attention: Ted Chiang's Nebula Award–winning novella "Story of Your Life," which can be found in Chiang's excellent collection Stories of Your Life and Others. In the story, aliens land on Earth and a linguist is employed by the U.S. Government to decipher their complex language in order to discover their intentions. In doing so, the linguist develops an ability that brings a unique perspective to her life, particularly regarding her unborn daughter.

FilmNation Entertainment and Lava Bear Films are partnering to finance the film, which is being written by Eric Heisserer (2011′s The Thing; Final Destination 5). The director attached to the project is Nic Mathieu.

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Posle Širlija, NightShade se baca na opus G.R. Dicksona. Najs.

BREAKING NEWS!Gordon Rupert Dickson is one of the most influential Science Fiction and Fantasy writers in American history. Dickson is known by some as the father of military space opera for his Dorsa series, he has published over 100 short stories and 55 novels. Dickson has been honored for multiple awards including The Hugo and Nebula. He served as the Science Fiction Writers of America President from 1969 – 1971. In 2000, he was added to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.[/color] [/color][/size] We say all of this to say it is the greatest honor to have added the Gordon Ruper Dickson legacy to the Night Shade eBook catalog for the first time in the United States! [/color][/size] Night Shade Books

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Jupter Ascending is shaping up to be the big space opera blockbuster of Summer 2014. It's the next project of the Wachowski siblings (The Matrix) and stars Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, and Sean Bean.


Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along – her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.




http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/jupiter-ascending/trailer

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Here's the synopsis of the upcoming Tom Cruise/Emily Blunt film Edge of Tomorrow:







The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop, forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

The film is based on All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, which is described like this:



When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally–the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?


http://youtu.be/vw61gCe2oqI

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MTV Nabs Series Adaptation Of 'Shannara' Fantasy Novels With Jon Favreau Directing, Al Gough & Miles Millar Writing





In one of MTV's most ambitious moves on the scripted side since Susanne Daniels became president, the network has given a script-to-series commitment to Shannara, a drama series based on Terry Brooks' popular fantasy books. The project, from Sonar Entertainment and Farah Films, has Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau on board to direct and will be written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar. The trio will executive produce with Brooks and Dan Farah (The Crow remake). If MTV likes the script, it is expected to give the project a straight-to-series order.


http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/mtv-series-shannara-novels-jon-favreau-directing-al-gough-miles-millar-writing/

[Mme Chauchat]

Ok, moram da priznam, ovo je prvi Simons koga bih stvarno uzela da čitam posle ne znam koliko godina otkako sam odustala od njega. (Lažem. Znam. Pet godina. Fakin Endimion.)


The Fifth Heart
by Dan Simmons

Simmons must own a T-Shirt that reads "I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie."  He wouldn't know the underside of a 200-page novel if it came up and gave him a papercut.  His Drood and The Terror take up a lot of real estate on my bookshelf.  But hey, there's nothing wrong with this.  I cannot lie: I like big books, too.  And now along comes The Fifth Heart, clocking in at 624 pages and with a story just as big: In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams.  If I don't already have your attention, you may as well just move along.  Further intriguing me is this snippet from the publisher's synopsis: "Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus--his three-year absence after Reichenbach Falls during which time the people of London believe him to be deceased.  Holmes has faked his own death because, through his powers of ratiocination, the great detective has come to the conclusion that he is a fictional character.  This leads to serious complications for James--for if his esteemed fellow investigator is merely a work of fiction, what does that make him?"  The First Line, though wordy, is still pretty hook-y:  In the rainy March of 1893, for reasons that no one understands (primarily because no one besides us is aware of this story), the London-based American author Henry James decided to spend his April 15 birthday in Paris and there, on or before his birthday, commit suicide by throwing himself into the Seine at night.

[neomedjeni]

Dođavola, zbilja zvuči intrigantno.

[Ghoul]

izrazito sam nezaintrigiran.

[scallop]

Sasvim na mestu. Još jedan dokaz totalne neinventivnosti u tom delu fantastike. Samo mu kralj Artur fali.

[neomedjeni]

Žodorovski je pre, pa ima već 30 godina, a možda i više, napisao odličan strip na temu lika iz fantazijskog stripa koji iznenada shvata da je lik iz fantazijskog stripa. To je jedina obrada ovakve teme koja mi se zapravo dopala. Simons, ako je ostalo išta od starog pisca u njemu, mogao bi da naškraba drugu. Ideja svakako nije orginalna, kao ni uzimanje Holmsa za glavnog lika, ali izvedba može izvući sve.


Može, ne mora.

[Nightflier]

Mnjah. Od Simonsa sam digao ruke još od onog trilera sa saobraćajkama.

[Ghoul]

ovo je toliko ofucano da je čak i doktor zoća to već obradio...

[Nightflier]

Malo je imbecilno da u trenutku kada tvrdi sf pokazuje kakve-takve znakove povratka na scenu, a horor (u raznim formama i pojavnim elementima) zauzima bezmalo trećinu tržišta, pisac koji se proslavio hororom i tvrdim sfom piše nekakv meta-alternativnu istoriju.

[C Q]

Moguce da je ovo neko vec postovao:

Uglavnom, Penguin Galaxy edicija: The Once and Future King, Stranger in a Strange Land, Dune, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Left Hand of Darkness, Neuromancer. Sve do kraja godine. Oko 25e po (HC) izdanju.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/04/12/take-an-exclusive-look-at-cover-art-for-the-new-penguin-galaxy-book-series/

[Berserker]

Nisam znao gde ovo da stavim, pa ajd ovde, a Boban ako mu nadje bolji topic, nek prebaci. Za ljubitelje Paladinovih izdanja, na sajtu http://www.makart.rs/akcije je trenutno u toku akcija 3 fantasticne knjige za 999 dinara, a spisak naslova ukljucuje vecinu stvari izdatih do sada u Paladinu. Dakle, za maestralno male pare mozete kupiti fenomenalnog Ijana Mekdonalda, Kim Njumena, Kurt Vonegata ili mnogobrojne horor majstore objavljene u Paladinu. Naravno, tu je i gomila zbirki domacih autora, a po ceni od 333 dinara po knjizi, prosto je zalosno ne uzeti nesto.