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coalescent) wrote2005-06-15 08:39 am
coalescent) wrote2005-06-15 08:39 am
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'Smile Time': the comic.
The link to the dark cabal, an anonymous group blog devoted to reviewing short sf, has been bouncing around all over the sf blogosphere. I think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nhw was the first to spot it, as part of his Hugo round-up; after I posted about it to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
shortform, Gwenda Bond picked it up, and subsequent commentary seen includes, but is not limited to: Justine Larbalestier here, Ben Peek here, Matt Cheney here (and more recently here), and this discussion at the Night Shade message boards.
If Molesworth went to Hogwarts [viadyddgu]
The Third Alternative is truly no more; from now on, the magazine will be known as Black Static. [viadouglain]
A fantastic reinterpretation of Star Wars in the light of the prequels; and what happens when a 7-year old watches the old films after the new ones. [viaswisstone and snowking]
Chance blogs about The Sparrow. And again. And again. And. Again. And then once more for luck.
Pretty pictures I'm nominating for the BSFA best artwork award: one, two, three.
Veronica Mars stuff:vonnielake talks about the pilot, and picklepocket has transcripts. Transcripts make me happy.
On the subject of the Global Frequency pilot: it turns out that Producer John Rogers has a blog, where he's made a couple of interesting posts about the show. One after the show got leaked; another about how the format of the comic would have been adapted for tv; and on the subject of a potential grassroots movement to get GF back on-screen somehow, this:mattia]
The link to the dark cabal, an anonymous group blog devoted to reviewing short sf, has been bouncing around all over the sf blogosphere. I think
nhw was the first to spot it, as part of his Hugo round-up; after I posted about it to shortform, Gwenda Bond picked it up, and subsequent commentary seen includes, but is not limited to: Justine Larbalestier here, Ben Peek here, Matt Cheney here (and more recently here), and this discussion at the Night Shade message boards.If Molesworth went to Hogwarts [via
dyddgu]The Third Alternative is truly no more; from now on, the magazine will be known as Black Static. [via
douglain]A fantastic reinterpretation of Star Wars in the light of the prequels; and what happens when a 7-year old watches the old films after the new ones. [via
swisstone and snowking]Chance blogs about The Sparrow. And again. And again. And. Again. And then once more for luck.
Pretty pictures I'm nominating for the BSFA best artwork award: one, two, three.
Veronica Mars stuff:
vonnielake talks about the pilot, and picklepocket has transcripts. Transcripts make me happy.On the subject of the Global Frequency pilot: it turns out that Producer John Rogers has a blog, where he's made a couple of interesting posts about the show. One after the show got leaked; another about how the format of the comic would have been adapted for tv; and on the subject of a potential grassroots movement to get GF back on-screen somehow, this:
The odds of this working are way, way too small to take seriously.And finally: Batman trained to be the best at everything, right? [via
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On the other hand, the entire idea of Global Frequency is of ordinary people subverting the establishment and getting things done. The concept of a fan base for the show subverting the establishment and getting things done ... frankly that's a little irresistible.
mattia]