Blinks: Collector donates to SDSU; reviews of Rajaniemi, Youmans; Blaylock on steampunk; more

January 31, 2013August 17, 2017 admin

» So Cal collector Edward Marsh is donating his $10-$12m collection to San Diego State University; more at Mercury News and KPBS and UT San Diego

» B&N: Paul Di Filippo reviews Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Fractal Prince

» tomcat in the red room reviews Marly Youmans’ Thaliad

» Huffington Post: James P. Blaylock On Steampunk

» Boston Review: John Crowley: Forget Harry Potter; Adults Should Read Joan Aiken’s Wolves

» Hugo eligibility materials from David Brin and John Picacio

» Ideas Captured interviews Kit Reed

» The Maine Edge’s 2012’s best reads includes titles by Doctorow & Stross and Sawyer

» Telegraph: David Langford briefly reviews McDonald, Scalzi, Smythe, Sigler, Martin

Films

Hey, Mr. Wizard! Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Shazam!

April 15, 2019 locusmag 0

With a single magic word, troubled youth Billy Batson (Asher Angel) gains the ability to transform into a superhero adult (Zachary Levi) and back again. What follows is to be expected from teenage boys with new toys as Billy and his foster brother Freddy (Jack Dylan Grazer) test the limits of his comically enlarged body. Josh: I laughed a lot at some of those scenes (I’d had a couple beers).

Awards Roundtable

Nebula Award Overlap

February 22, 2011 admin 8

The 2010 Nebula Award nominee list is out! This gives us our first chance to examine some lists and look for overlap. I’ve marked all the stories that appear both on the Nebula ballot and the Locus Recommended Reading list with asterisks [**]. Of course, it’s pretty easy to overlap with the Recommended Reading List, since it is large and meant to be comprehensive. It’s also much easier to compare

Features Interviews

Gregory Benford: Dynamic Control

November 4, 2012 admin 4

Features Spotlight

Spotlight on: Kelly Robson, Writer

August 28, 2016 admin 0

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