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

Clash of the Titans: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Godzilla vs. Kong

April 28, 2021 locusmag 0

In our review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, we said, “The weakness of this movie was the humans and the strengths were the monsters, and there were not enough monster moments.” Well. The movie studios listened. Godzilla vs. Kong centers the monsters more than ever, not only offering several fight scenes of decent length and in varying locales, but even developing a story arc for Kong: this monster isn’t

Features

Photo Story: SF Writers in China

January 18, 2019 locusmag 0

The Future Affairs Administration brought another group of SF writers to China, with Carolyn Ives Gilman, Naomi Kritzer, and Fran Wilde coming from the US and Samantha Murray from Australia. They visited Danzhai village from December 1-3, 2018, along with Chinese writers Tang Fei, Lei, Liang Ling, Han Song, and Su Wanwen. Vera Sun and Emily Gu organized the trip for FAA. This feature and more like it in the