We would like suggestions, for Jewish-themed stories from 2000 to 2009, and it can be from anyone, actually. If you want you can either make suggestions here, or email us . . .
Tim Pratt is a fiction writer living in Oakland, California with his wife Heather Shaw (who is also a writer) and their son River. The quantity and consistent quality of his stories are awe-inspiring. He’s published fiction in Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, Asimov’s, and many many others. I’m mostly familiar with his work through [...]
Avatar launched a 3D craze. The studios are either rethinking all of their upcoming films as 3D, or converting their existing projects in order to lure people away from their HD TVs and back to the theatres (and at higher ticket prices – Bonus!) The most criticized example has been Clash of the Titans, which was never intended to be a 3D film and had crappy 3D effects slapped on it entirely as a money-making afterthought (Cash of the Titans!). This just goes to show that 3D is more than added effects, it is an art form in itself. Next I fear they will start converting previously released movies into 3D and rereleasing them. I know the studio executives are desperate for my opinion so that they can avoid further mistakes, so here’s my recommendations on which movies should, and shouldn’t, be remade into 3D.
Fritz Leiber is indisputably one of the greatest SF/Fantasy/Horror writers of the twentieth century, a multiple award winner, and creator of one of the best known Fantasy duos of all time, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. But now, less than two decades after his death, most of his work is out of print, save for some Fafhrd/Gray Mouser collections. So this book serves as an outstanding introduction to Leiber’s work in the short form.
Reh Izo came from Toynejo, where they believed in wishes. Lopi knew Reh came from Toynejo because of her accent, and because of her rings, and because of way she always accepted packages with a little jerky nod. That was a Toynejo habit, that jerky nod.
An excerpt from The Queen of Hearts, by Daniel Homan (Prime Books)
For the next few weeks, I’ll be running down top-ten lists of some of fantasy’s best fight scenes: the vast battles, one against impossible odds, the magnificently over-the-top. But we’ll begin with the essence of the fight scene: the duel. One on one, mano a mano, these characters settle their differences the old-fashioned way. Under the cut, we count down ten of the best duels in fantasy film.
How did you decide on the setting of Old West Kansas? Some people start writing from a character or a setting, but I generally start from a vague idea. In this case, I began with some musings about what a second generation werewolf might look like. As I was brainstorming, isolation and loneliness emerged as [...]
Katie MacAlister’s Steamed: A Steampunk Romance is one of the first offsprings of a crossbreeding of romance and steampunk. The New York Times bestselling author of humorous paranormal romance demonstrates clear familiarity with not just steampunk (which she knowingly teases), but with SF/F as she engages in believable, well-researched world-building. For all its speculative chops it’s a romance, but it’s also good steampunk…
