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INSTAVISION: I talk with science fiction author S.M. Stirling, author of Island In The Sea of Time,
INSTAVISION: I talk with science fiction author S.M. Stirling, author of Island In The Sea of Time, Dies the Fire, and most recently The Sword of the Lady, about military science fiction, the fragility of advanced technology, and the new apocalypticism in science fiction.

Great Big Huge Proposition 65 Decision -- Well, Sort Of
This morning's San Francisco Chronicle reports on a $10 million Proposition 65 judgment against T-A Creations for selling 100,000 lead-tainted children's lunch boxes to the California Department of Public Health Services (maybe if you're going to sell toxic lunch-boxes, the...

Hal Drapers bibliothekarische Science Fiction
An einen kurzen Beitrag von 1961 im “Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy” erinnert ein neuer Artikel in Inside Higher Ed.

Women and Science Fiction:
Megan McArdle has an interesting post on how to get women interested in science fiction. Some of her suggestions seem plausible. For example, she notes that the closely related fantasy...

INSTAVISION: I talk with bestselling science fiction author John Ringo about his novel The Last Cen
INSTAVISION: I talk with bestselling science fiction author John Ringo about his novel The Last Centurion, the place of military science fiction, the suckiness of the Starship Troopers movie, and more.

Oscar Countdown: Day 2
Today's question, courtesy of Jacqui Lipton: This year, two science fiction movies have been nominated for Best Picture - District 9 and Avatar. It is very unusual for a science fiction film to be nominated for Best Picture and no...

Lakeshore Learning Materials
Recalls Children’s Toy Boxes

Transit Technicians Scam
Two Municipal Transportation Agency agree to pay $287,000 settlement for stealing money from fare boxes.