Author Michael Crichton Dead at 66
Prolific author Michael Crichton, best known for his widescreen epic storytelling style, died November 4th in Los Angeles after a long, private battle with cancer. Crichton made a name for himself by writing just-beyond-science-fact novels such as the Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Timeline, Prey, and Congo, selling more than 150 million copies worldwide. [...]
Author Neil Gaiman Participating in Online Chat
The Washington Post will be hosting an online chat tomorrow starting at 12:00 (EST) featuring noted author and comic writer Neil Gaiman. Fans can submit questions before or during the chat.
This, they hope, will bring your attention to the National Book Festival which takes place the following Saturday in Washington, D.C. which over 70 [...]
Scholastic Organizes Harry Potter Read-a-thon
Scholastic, publisher of the Harry Potter series, has organized an all day read-a-thon to celebrate Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone’s tenth anniversary. Fans may drop by Scholastic HQ in New York on September 23 at 8 a.m. to participate in the reading. Those who show up will also be rewarded with a special tenth [...]
Tor Launches Sci-Fi Community Site
Science fiction book publisher Tor debuted their new website at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. It’s a blog/social network that aims to unite lovers of Sci-fi and deliver them news and exclusive short-stories. The site is currently in beta but looks to be working quite well.
A recent news post on the site lists the winners [...]
Comic-Con ‘08: Twilight panel
I’m going to be the idiot geek here and confess that before I read the story in Entertainment Weekly, I had no idea what Twilight was. Sue me. I’m not a woman. But I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt and sit through the Comic-Con Twilight panel to [...]
Marvel To Adapt Philip K. Dick’s Electric Ant
Marvel’s penchant for adapting classic works of Science Fiction to comic form continues with the announcement that they will take on Phillip K. Dick’s Electric Ant in 2009. David Mack and Pascal Alixe will handle creative duties on the project with help from Brian Michael Bendis and Paul Pope.
The comic book publisher’s take [...]
Babylon 5: The Rest of the Story
Well, it’s here at last. The Babylon 5 scripts team announced the final release of their 3 volume set, Babylon 5: Other Voices. With fans clamoring for more of the Babylon 5 universe, the folks that helped Joe put together his 15 volume set somehow convinced him to allow them to produce three volumes in [...]
Spielberg has 39 Clues
Scholastic Inc. is prepping to launch a major new project that defines the very term “multimedia.” And if you haven’t heard of it yet, you’re about to hear a lot about it, because a movie’s being made of the project by some guy named Spielberg.
It’s called The 39 Clues, and it’s planned as a series [...]
Harry Potter prequel
This one almost slipped past us… A couple of weeks ago, Waterstone’s posted a handwritten, 800-word prequel of the Harry Potter books, contributed for a charity auction by J.K. Rowling herself. Rowling describes the untitled short story as “from the prequel I am not working on.” The story relates a heretofore unknown episode amongst the [...]