Internet Review of Science Fiction Suspending Publication in 2010. I enjoyed reading the site and had two articles published there. http://irosf.com/news-item.qsml?id=220 Paul McAuley on depicting science in fiction http://unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com/2009/12/sciencefiction.html Weird Books http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/weird/index.shtml Japan planned ‘karate ladies’ escort for Thatcher http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8433689.stm …
Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_duke_nukem/all/1 Phantom Menace Review The best (and longest) movie review I’ve ever encountered. http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/12/17/watch-this-70-minute-video-review-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/ Star Wars quotes in Japanese http://nihonshock.com/2009/12/star-wars-quotes-in-japanese/ Can tongue surgery improve English-speaking ability? http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/12/21/can-tongue-surgery-improve-english-speaking-ability/ Richard K Morgan on …
Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/11/dr-peter-watts-canad.html Ten Ways Space Travel Isn’t Like Television or the Movies http://www.satelliteinternet.com/news/ten-ways-space-travel-isnt-like-television-or-the-movies/ The Funniest Reasons Customers Reject Books http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/210048821.html “I don’t do books about elephants set during the …