Blinks

Blinks: NPR’s Top 100, Tea Party, Vinge, reviews

August 11, 2011August 17, 2017 admin

» NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books, results of 60,000 votes, are led by J.R.R. Tolkien and Douglas Adams

» The Smart Set: Nick Mamatas’ Paperpack Politics: Insectoids, teenage moon gangs, and the Tea Party

» SF Chronicle: Michael Berry reviews Daniel H. Wilson, Lisa Goldstein, Grant Morrison

» PW: Adam Lipkin interviews Vernor Vinge

» B&N: Paul Di Filippo reviews Lev Grossman’s The Magician King

Films

Teenagers Scare the Living Hell Out of Me: Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce Review Brightburn

September 4, 2019 locusmag 1

Although it’s easiest to describe Brightburn as “Superman, but evil,” it’s a mistake to think of it as a superhero movie. It is, rather, a pretty straightforward horror movie. It stars Elizabeth Banks and David Denman as the Kent-like parents of Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn), an alien child they find in a crashed spaceship. They adopt and raise Brandon until he turns 12 and starts exhibiting unnatural abilities. Arley:

Roundtable

Italcon 39: Before, During, and After: A Personal Perspective by Michael Bishop

August 30, 2013 admin 6

An unexpected invitation On February 12 of this year, Armando Corridore, owner and publisher of the firm Elara Libri in Bologna, Italy, e-mailed me an invitation to attend Italcon 39 – “the annual Italian congress of fantastic literature” – as its sole American literary guest. Armando explained that the convention would be held in Bellaria, “a quiet seaside town on the Adriatic coast,” from May 23 – May 26. It would run

Features Interviews

Ilana C. Myer: Troubadour Magic

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Conventions Features News

2018 ICFA Report

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