http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org a chicago-sf.org project Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:54:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It looks like Irene Gallo has given us a sneak at an upcoming John Scalzi novel. Am I just slow? Had this been announced? http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=33 Mainline by Deborah Christian Recently, while browsing at the Hyde Park Powell's books, I chose between a ten dollar copy of R. Scott Bakker's The Warrior-Prophet in hardcover, or a three dollar and change paperback title from an author named Deborah Christian. The title was Mainline and that's the branch ... http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=32 Over in this thread on rasfw, Jim Butcher, renowned for being unwilling to spend two or three minutes on google to render Chicago accurately in his novels, gets cranky after someone comments on an upsurge of religious content in the Dresden novels. It's understandable. After all, it's so ... http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=31 In desperate Galactica withdrawal? Seen at Galactica SitRep: a short animated parody that's funny, cute, and short enough to still be endearing. See We Were Centurions. http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=30 Science Fiction Awards Watch has jumped into the blogosphere in a big way, coming just before this year's Hugo announcements. Aside from my own hand-wringing about His Majesty's Dragon and an impressive list of awards and award-resources, they've also just posted a link to author Jay Lake's defense of the ... http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=29 The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod Ken MacLeod's new novel takes us from a shocking explosion in a near-future Scotland, to the world of ultra-sophisticated conspiracy bloggers and the shady government operatives who play and spin them. The Travis family lead their own lives, but each of thejm is in ... http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=28 The story (see also the Torque Control take) of Titan's Campbell Award win has made a little more headway. David Truesdale has a column for F&SF that includes the remarks of Elizabeth Hull announcing Bova's victory. Until now we have had no insight into the reasoning of the ... http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=27 The Lost Fleet: Fearless by John G. Hemry writing as Jack Campbell When I reviewed the preceding volume in this series Dauntless I may not have fully expressed how much that book exceeded my expectations. I truly enjoy military science fiction, but I also tend to suffer for my dalliances ... http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=26 My Elves Are Different throws in on the Campbell & Titan debate. http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=25 Ben Bova's Grand Tour novel Titan was announced as winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel earlier this month. This post examines the merits of that decision and makes an argument to the jury of that award that their choice comprised a mistake ... http://kargadan.chicago-sf.org/?p=24