Summer has everyone busy and few actually posting to Facebook. There have been some interesting conversations at David Brin's pages and Robert Sawyer has been busy with tours, conventions and such. However, I did not keep a sharp enough eye out so did not get to grab them. Visit Facebook and search for your favorite authors to see what they are doing. There are dozens of SF authors posting frequently. ~Valerie C.
Reading For the Future Today is the birth date of our own Jim Gunn, American science fiction author, editor, scholar, and anthologist.
In his honor we are posting a link to AboutSF.
For more about James Gunn, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J?ames_Gunn_(author)
John C. Tibbetts donates rare interview materials to CSSF/AboutSF | AboutSF
http://www.aboutsf.com/main/forums/main-forums/official-news-and-announcements/john-c-tibbetts-donates-rare-interview-materials-
www.aboutsf.com
AboutSF is a resource center for speculative literature, science fiction, and education. We are a joint project of the University of Kansas, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the Science Fiction Research Association, with generous support from Tor Books, The Heinlein Prize Tru
[7/12/11]
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William Wood I wish Gunn's multi-volume "The Road to Science Fiction" would be Kindlized. I'd love to have a portable version of that collection!
[7/12/11]
Mary Rose James Gunn is a marvel and a HUGE influence on the field. He is such a modest man that he will never admit it, but he has jump-started the careers of many and inspired countless more.
[7/14/11]
Reading For the Future Reading For the Future I mentioned William's comment to J. Gunn via the RFF group on Yahoo! He replied, "Good idea! I'll suggest it to Scarecrow Press. Jim"~Valerie C.
[7/14/11]
Reading For the Future Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988)
Just a reminder - Heinlein Juveniles
Heinlein Society - Official Robert Anson Heinlein Estate Endorsed Website
http://www.heinleinsociety.org/
www.heinleinsociety.org
The Heinlein Society is endorsed by the Robert Heinlein and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust, and exists to preserve and pay forward the legacy of author Robert Anson Heinlein.
[7/6/11]
Reading For the Future Andy Love sent this comment via the RFF Yahoo Group: "The old notion that science strips the world of wonder and joy rears its head in the NYT and is slapped down here (see link below). (I'm the Andrew in the comments quoting Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov [who was quoting someone else], and XKCD, all in science's defense)." ~Valerie C.
Does it Spoil Anything to Know How the Tricks Are Done? : EvolutionBlog
http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2011/06/does_it_spoil_anything_to_know.php
scienceblogs.com
Writing in The New York Times, Tim Kreider wonders if the immediate availability of information has robbed us of the romance of not knowing: Instant accessibility leaves us oddly disappointed, bored, endlessly craving more. I've often had the experience of...
[6/27/11]
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Ellen Albistegui DuBois All of the poets quoted are Romantic. The Romantic movement, a response to the burgeoning industrial revolution and a rebellion against Classicism and the Enlightenment, has always seen logic as something less human than instinct. This id...
[6/27/11]
Reading For the Future Agreed, Ellen - which is why I chose not to post this ~Cie
[6/27/11]
Reading For the Future satire –noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
parody –noun,
1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
Are the genres of science-fiction and fantasy i... - justpaste.it
http://justpaste.it/ddv
justpaste.it
The question was raised recently in #scifichat on Twitter, whether the science fiction and fantasy genres were compatible with humor and satire. I have included the definitions of satire, parody and humor below.
[6/26/11]
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Michael O'Brien I've read a lot of funny science-fiction, but I suspect it will be more difficult to write in future because there may not be the shared cultural background that makes it easy to share humour.
[6/26/11]
Reading For the Future NPR wants to know OUR favorites!
The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy Books? You Tell Us : NPR
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/24/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us
www.npr.org
To help you chart any fantastic voyages you might take this vacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll on science fiction and fantasy. Share your favorite titles: Your votes will decide the titles that make our top-100 list of the best "SF/F" titles ever written.
[6/26/11]
Showing posts with label Facebook Report. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 6/15/11
Rahul Talakanti I Like science Fiction.i was An Alien in my past Life in Another Galaxy. my Age is 18,00years in my past Life.i Got my past Life Through a Dream in a midnight sleep. on That planet Aliens 'Life span' is 3,000years.(1 Day=100hrs, 1 year = 1000 Days). on That planet Aliens are Looking so Handsome.They haven't ill, Dandruff,Fungal infections,cancer,cold,.,.etc. ...Their Body Resistance power is so GOOD. on That planet motor cars,vehicles are used solar Energy,Not Like us petrol,Diesel,.,.etc. Their Film Actors are Looking Like Angels.
5 minutes ago · Like ·
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Reading For the Future Rahul, this sounds like the seeds of a book. Why not write one about your dreams as you experience that world? If the book is suitable for kids, let us know--especially since this page focuses on books for children as shared by speculative and science fiction fans.~Valerie C.
[6/14/11]
Reading For the Future
We who read science fiction read it because we love to experience this chain-reaction of ideas being set off in our minds by something we read, something with a new idea in it; hence the very best science fiction ultimately winds up being a collaboration between author and reader, in which both create--and enjoy doing it: joy is the essential and final ingredient of science fiction, the joy of discovery of newness.
[6/11/11]
Comments:
Reading For the Future ?~Philip K. Dick
[6/11/11]
Rahul Talakanti I Like science Fiction.i was An Alien in my past Life in Another Galaxy. my Age is 18,00years in my past Life.i Got my past Life Through a Dream in a midnight sleep. on That planet Aliens 'Life span' is 3,000years.(1 Day=100hrs, 1 year = 10...
See More
[6/14/11]
Reading For the Future from Cynthia Ward Announcing TR:SF, an all-science fiction special issue, coming this fall.
Technology Review Goes From Fact to (Science) Fiction - Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26819/
www.technologyreview.com
Many of the editors at Technology Review are long-time science fiction fans--like many scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, our interest in science and technology was sparked by a heavy diet of science fiction in our youth. For us, science fiction is another way to approach the same fundamental...
[6/9/11]
Reading For the Future thank you Christopher Barzak for another response to the WAJ article
Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/09/why-the-best-kids-books-are-written-in-blood/
blogs.wsj.com
Some cultural critics argue that kids books have become too violent, too dark, too adult. Sherman Alexie, author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," argues that such books give young readers the tools they need to survive.
[6/9/11]
Comments
Ruth R. Davidson Thank you! That article moved me to tears. It's the best response yet to Gurdon.
[6/9/11]
Ruth R. Davidson I just read the book, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian". I can see what people are complaining about it, but they missed a whole lot of good by focusing on the parts that made them uncomfortable.
[6/11/11]
Reading For the Future I'm glad you liked it :)
One thing that is really bothering me about this entire argument is that 100 years ago "children's" books were Treasure Island and Peter Pan, and those are two of the most violent "children's" books I've ever read! Maybe not dark, per se, but they certainly aren't pure white bread.
~Cie
[6/11/11]
Reading For the Future
Check out the poll at the bottom -
Are darker themes in youth fiction helpful or harmful to teenagers?
82% (1213 votes) say helpful
18% (269 votes) say harmful
Should Young Adult Books Explore Difficult Issues?
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/05/should-book-covers-shield-young-adult-readers-from-the-world/
blogs.wsj.com
?"A great book is a perfect starting point for talking with kids about the real world around them. "
[6/9/11]
Comments:
StarDragon T. Canadian Forces Of Good now at 88.7% !
[6/11/11]
Reading For the Future More on how do we decide what books to recommend to kids.~Valerie C.
Is The Hunger Games corrupting kids? - The Week
http://theweek.com/article/index/216066/is-the-hunger-games-corrupting-kids
theweek.com
Has young-adult fiction become harmfully dark as a whole — or have teens always had to sift through subpar books to find enduring literature?
[6/8/11]
Reading For the Future Cie McCullough says, "Usually eschew lists; I find them nothing more than some else's opinion. However, this one is compiled to familiarize any high school student with the classics before they are required reading in college. Does it say something about the education system that I have read only 25%and still maintained a B+ average in both HS and college?"~Valerie C.
100 Books Every High School Student Should Read | Accredited Online Colleges.com
http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com/blog/2009/100-books-every-high-school-student-should-read/
www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com
When preparing for college, one of the smartest moves a high schooler can make is to read, read, read. This is especially true of literary classics. Many of the books covered on this list also surface in university literature classes, so high school students can facilitate their college workloads
[6/8/11]
Comments
Reading For the Future Visit Cie's page or see it on mine for some interesting comments on the link!~ Valerie Coskrey
[6/8/11]
Reading For the Future School Library Journal Review of the first book by upcoming new author Mark Jeffrey. 'Max Quick: The Pocket and the Pendant' will attract fans of Percy Jackson!
Reviews
New review (came out today) from School Library Journal
By: The Max Quick Series
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150216607153560.338153.6259958559
http://www.facebook.com/maxquickseries
[6/7/11]
Comments:
Mark Jeffrey A very promising young lad, I must say! :)
[6/7/11]
Reading For the Future A teen reader responds to Ms Gurdon
Booking Through 365: There Are Whole Lives In These Bookshelves
http://bookingthrough365.blogspot.com/2011/06/there-are-whole-lives-in-these.html
bookingthrough365.blogspot.com
Dear Ms Gurdon, Your article about YA literature has become a huge topic of conversation with the YA community filled with bloggers, authors, librarians, teachers and publisher professionals alike.
[6/7/11]
Reading For the Future Thanks to Christopher Barzak for this link:
A response to WSJ's article about YA lit
"That 'adult' aspect of reading is scary for many of us. It's our job as parents to protect our kids, even as they slowly move out into the world and further away from our dictates. But there's something almost comical about raising them with tales of big bad wolves and poisoned apples"
Teenagers: Has young adult fiction become too dark?
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2011/06/06/WSJ_young_adult_literature_too_dark
www.salon.com
A scorching Wall Street Journal editorial rips apart the genre -- and lights up the Internet
[6/6/11]
Comments:
Bev Kodak The author of the WSJ article apparently missed the point, as so many adults do. YA lit is inherently about hope, and how the human spirit triumphs over adversity. I like Bazarak's piece a lot. See also Laurie Halse Anderson's, Kathleen Duey's and many others' well reasoned responses.
[6/6/11]
Ruth R. Davidson From a teen reader: http://bookingthrough365.blogspot.com/2011/06/there-are-whole-lives-in-these.html?
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future Thanks Ruth! Just reposted it :)
[6/7/11]
Reading For the Future Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity. Why is this considered a good idea?
Darkness Too Visible
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038.html
online.wsj.com
Meghan Cox Gurdon on Jackie Morse Kessler's Rage, Cheryl Rainfield's Scars, Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games and other examples of contemporary young-adult fiction.
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150200478628080.326764.156183763079
photos of sci fi fans shared by V. Coskrey, although like Cie, I was not there and live east of the Rockies.~Valerie C.
Norwescon 34: Saturday
Saturday at Norwescon 34. NOTE: This album is still in progress. More photos yet to come!
By: Norwescon
Photos: 92
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future Visit David Brin for a vote on favorites and for comments.~Valerie C.
Contrary Brin: My Top Choices in Science-Oriented WebComics
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-top-choices-in-science-oriented.html
davidbrin.blogspot.com
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future David Brin shared this link.~Valerie C.Andrea Kuszewski's link.
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-top-choices-in-science-oriented.html
» Want Kids to Win the Future? Turn Them Into Makers — and Sci-Fi Fans
Nolan Bushnell once almost destroyed his family's garage. As a youngster in Utah, he went tooling around with a liquid-fuel rocket on a roller skate and
Want Kids to Win the Future? Turn Them Into Makers — and Sci-Fi Fans
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/05/maker-faire-nolan-bushnell/
Wired.com
www.wired.com
Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and culture at Wired.com.
[[6/6/11]
Comments:
Reading For the Future link to the article sans the facebook input: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/05/maker-faire-nolan-bushnell/
[6/14/11]
Reading For the Future More on the great exhibition on Science Fiction happening until September 25th in London.
"Explore a range of imaginings that have provoked hopes and dreams, exhilaration and fear - and see how science fiction has influenced scientific discovery."
Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it
http://www.bl.uk/sciencefiction
www.bl.uk
Our new exhibition which will explore the Science Fiction genre and show how there is more to this diverse canon than meets the eye
[6/5/11]
Comments
Laura Swift Lind very cool.
[6/5/11]
5 minutes ago · Like ·
[6/14/11]
Comments:
Reading For the Future Rahul, this sounds like the seeds of a book. Why not write one about your dreams as you experience that world? If the book is suitable for kids, let us know--especially since this page focuses on books for children as shared by speculative and science fiction fans.~Valerie C.
[6/14/11]
Reading For the Future
We who read science fiction read it because we love to experience this chain-reaction of ideas being set off in our minds by something we read, something with a new idea in it; hence the very best science fiction ultimately winds up being a collaboration between author and reader, in which both create--and enjoy doing it: joy is the essential and final ingredient of science fiction, the joy of discovery of newness.
[6/11/11]
Comments:
Reading For the Future ?~Philip K. Dick
[6/11/11]
Rahul Talakanti I Like science Fiction.i was An Alien in my past Life in Another Galaxy. my Age is 18,00years in my past Life.i Got my past Life Through a Dream in a midnight sleep. on That planet Aliens 'Life span' is 3,000years.(1 Day=100hrs, 1 year = 10...
See More
[6/14/11]
Reading For the Future from Cynthia Ward Announcing TR:SF, an all-science fiction special issue, coming this fall.
Technology Review Goes From Fact to (Science) Fiction - Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26819/
www.technologyreview.com
Many of the editors at Technology Review are long-time science fiction fans--like many scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, our interest in science and technology was sparked by a heavy diet of science fiction in our youth. For us, science fiction is another way to approach the same fundamental...
[6/9/11]
Reading For the Future thank you Christopher Barzak for another response to the WAJ article
Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/09/why-the-best-kids-books-are-written-in-blood/
blogs.wsj.com
Some cultural critics argue that kids books have become too violent, too dark, too adult. Sherman Alexie, author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," argues that such books give young readers the tools they need to survive.
[6/9/11]
Comments
Ruth R. Davidson Thank you! That article moved me to tears. It's the best response yet to Gurdon.
[6/9/11]
Ruth R. Davidson I just read the book, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian". I can see what people are complaining about it, but they missed a whole lot of good by focusing on the parts that made them uncomfortable.
[6/11/11]
Reading For the Future I'm glad you liked it :)
One thing that is really bothering me about this entire argument is that 100 years ago "children's" books were Treasure Island and Peter Pan, and those are two of the most violent "children's" books I've ever read! Maybe not dark, per se, but they certainly aren't pure white bread.
~Cie
[6/11/11]
Reading For the Future
Check out the poll at the bottom -
Are darker themes in youth fiction helpful or harmful to teenagers?
82% (1213 votes) say helpful
18% (269 votes) say harmful
Should Young Adult Books Explore Difficult Issues?
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/05/should-book-covers-shield-young-adult-readers-from-the-world/
blogs.wsj.com
?"A great book is a perfect starting point for talking with kids about the real world around them. "
[6/9/11]
Comments:
StarDragon T. Canadian Forces Of Good now at 88.7% !
[6/11/11]
Reading For the Future More on how do we decide what books to recommend to kids.~Valerie C.
Is The Hunger Games corrupting kids? - The Week
http://theweek.com/article/index/216066/is-the-hunger-games-corrupting-kids
theweek.com
Has young-adult fiction become harmfully dark as a whole — or have teens always had to sift through subpar books to find enduring literature?
[6/8/11]
Reading For the Future Cie McCullough says, "Usually eschew lists; I find them nothing more than some else's opinion. However, this one is compiled to familiarize any high school student with the classics before they are required reading in college. Does it say something about the education system that I have read only 25%and still maintained a B+ average in both HS and college?"~Valerie C.
100 Books Every High School Student Should Read | Accredited Online Colleges.com
http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com/blog/2009/100-books-every-high-school-student-should-read/
www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com
When preparing for college, one of the smartest moves a high schooler can make is to read, read, read. This is especially true of literary classics. Many of the books covered on this list also surface in university literature classes, so high school students can facilitate their college workloads
[6/8/11]
Comments
Reading For the Future Visit Cie's page or see it on mine for some interesting comments on the link!~ Valerie Coskrey
[6/8/11]
Reading For the Future School Library Journal Review of the first book by upcoming new author Mark Jeffrey. 'Max Quick: The Pocket and the Pendant' will attract fans of Percy Jackson!
Reviews
New review (came out today) from School Library Journal
By: The Max Quick Series
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150216607153560.338153.6259958559
http://www.facebook.com/maxquickseries
[6/7/11]
Comments:
Mark Jeffrey A very promising young lad, I must say! :)
[6/7/11]
Reading For the Future A teen reader responds to Ms Gurdon
Booking Through 365: There Are Whole Lives In These Bookshelves
http://bookingthrough365.blogspot.com/2011/06/there-are-whole-lives-in-these.html
bookingthrough365.blogspot.com
Dear Ms Gurdon, Your article about YA literature has become a huge topic of conversation with the YA community filled with bloggers, authors, librarians, teachers and publisher professionals alike.
[6/7/11]
Reading For the Future Thanks to Christopher Barzak for this link:
A response to WSJ's article about YA lit
"That 'adult' aspect of reading is scary for many of us. It's our job as parents to protect our kids, even as they slowly move out into the world and further away from our dictates. But there's something almost comical about raising them with tales of big bad wolves and poisoned apples"
Teenagers: Has young adult fiction become too dark?
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2011/06/06/WSJ_young_adult_literature_too_dark
www.salon.com
A scorching Wall Street Journal editorial rips apart the genre -- and lights up the Internet
[6/6/11]
Comments:
Bev Kodak The author of the WSJ article apparently missed the point, as so many adults do. YA lit is inherently about hope, and how the human spirit triumphs over adversity. I like Bazarak's piece a lot. See also Laurie Halse Anderson's, Kathleen Duey's and many others' well reasoned responses.
[6/6/11]
Ruth R. Davidson From a teen reader: http://bookingthrough365.blogspot.com/2011/06/there-are-whole-lives-in-these.html?
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future Thanks Ruth! Just reposted it :)
[6/7/11]
Reading For the Future Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity. Why is this considered a good idea?
Darkness Too Visible
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038.html
online.wsj.com
Meghan Cox Gurdon on Jackie Morse Kessler's Rage, Cheryl Rainfield's Scars, Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games and other examples of contemporary young-adult fiction.
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150200478628080.326764.156183763079
photos of sci fi fans shared by V. Coskrey, although like Cie, I was not there and live east of the Rockies.~Valerie C.
Norwescon 34: Saturday
Saturday at Norwescon 34. NOTE: This album is still in progress. More photos yet to come!
By: Norwescon
Photos: 92
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future Visit David Brin for a vote on favorites and for comments.~Valerie C.
Contrary Brin: My Top Choices in Science-Oriented WebComics
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-top-choices-in-science-oriented.html
davidbrin.blogspot.com
[6/6/11]
Reading For the Future David Brin shared this link.~Valerie C.Andrea Kuszewski's link.
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-top-choices-in-science-oriented.html
» Want Kids to Win the Future? Turn Them Into Makers — and Sci-Fi Fans
Nolan Bushnell once almost destroyed his family's garage. As a youngster in Utah, he went tooling around with a liquid-fuel rocket on a roller skate and
Want Kids to Win the Future? Turn Them Into Makers — and Sci-Fi Fans
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/05/maker-faire-nolan-bushnell/
Wired.com
www.wired.com
Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and culture at Wired.com.
[[6/6/11]
Comments:
Reading For the Future link to the article sans the facebook input: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/05/maker-faire-nolan-bushnell/
[6/14/11]
Reading For the Future More on the great exhibition on Science Fiction happening until September 25th in London.
"Explore a range of imaginings that have provoked hopes and dreams, exhilaration and fear - and see how science fiction has influenced scientific discovery."
Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it
http://www.bl.uk/sciencefiction
www.bl.uk
Our new exhibition which will explore the Science Fiction genre and show how there is more to this diverse canon than meets the eye
[6/5/11]
Comments
Laura Swift Lind very cool.
[6/5/11]
Monday, April 11, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 4/11//11
Reading For the Future Nothing I can think of to add here :)
Liking science fiction and fantasy makes you a genius | Graham Edwards Online
http://grahamedwardsonline.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/liking-science-fiction-and-fantasy-makes-you-a-genius/
grahamedwardsonline.wordpress.com
A lot of people are unbearably snooty about genre fiction – especially SF, fantasy and horror. I’m not the first to remark on this – the debate rages daily across the interwebs. But I think I’ve finally worked out why there are so many folk who feel this way.
[4/8/11]
Reading For the Future Paul Levinson talks about George Melies, Hugo Gernsback, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, and everything in between in this 2002 interview.
Paul Levinson: Evolution of Science Fiction | Scifi Picks
http://www.scifipicks.com/2011/04/06/paul-levinson-evolution-of-science-fiction/
www.scifipicks.com
My 6-minute tour of the history of science fiction, from Mary Shelley through HG Wells all the way to the 21st century.
[4/7/11]
Reading For the Future This link offers activities and ideas for a number of books, SF and others. There should be enough SF here to warrant a look see. All ages.
CanTeach: English Language Arts: Novel & Picture Book Activities - Specific Novel & Picture Book Act
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/novel11.html
www.canteach.ca
CanTeach contains online resources for educators, including lesson plans, links, discussion lists, and more!
[4/6/11]
Reading For the Future
Chronicles of Narnia Unit Study
http://narniaunitstudy.tripod.com/
narniaunitstudy.tripod.com
[4/5/11]
Reading For the Future Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. Absolutely FREE online books - Thousands of novels, poems, stories - Easy to read books online.
"We've made some changes so that you can catalog your entire personal library on Read Print! We still feature thousands of online books, but you can now keep track... of everything you've ever read or want to read in one convenient place."
Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print Library
http://www.readprint.com/
www.readprint.com
A free online library, Read Print puts thousands of online books at your fingertips.
[4/6/11]
Reading For the Future
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ
www.youtube.com
Short lecture by Kurt Vonnegut on the 'simple shapes of stories.'
[4/4/11]
Reading For the Future I wanted to share this website with the teachers and the writers here. It's a bit scary - people are willing to write, even ghost write, well researched, 400-500 unique content for only five dollars.
I see a bad trend here ~Cie
Writing related services people are willing to do for $5
http://www.fiverr.com/categories/writing/order/rating/pages/1
www.fiverr.com
Writing related services Fiverr users are willing to do for $5: writing, script, screenplay, proofing and more!
[3/30/11]
Comments:
Sandra Fogler Yeah, because written language, like all other language - already destroyed - is now OFFICIALLY on the auction block for five bucks. In addition to the issue of academic dishonesty, this is also reflective of a horrible economy, that five bucks gets you a paper.
[3/30/11]
Reading For the Future Yes
My main point. Thank you.
[3/30/11]
Reading For the Future Very glad to hear Neil Gaiman say people should try her books. She is my very favourite YA author (with apologies to all my writer friends).
Even when you know it might come, it is sad. Even sadder to think of all the books she still had not yet written. ~Cie
Neil Gaiman's Journal: Being Alive. Mostly about Diana.
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/03/being-alive.html
journal.neilgaiman.com
Diana's been my friend since about 1985, but I was a fan of hers since I read Charmed Life in about 1978, aged 18. I've loved being her friend, and I'm pretty sure she loved being my friend. She was the funniest, wisest, fiercest, sharpest person I've known, a witchy and wonderful woman, intensely p...
[3/27/11]
David Brin The implicit assumption in most fantasy is that the form of governance that ruled most human societies since the discovery of grain must always govern us. Science fiction, in sharp contrast, considers the possibility of learning and change.
The Difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy | Contrary Brin
http://davidbrin.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-difference-between-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
davidbrin.wordpress.com
Why are SF and Fantasy so often grouped together? Obviously, because they share readership and so are well placed together in book stores. And… heck… some of us write both! Still, there are very real differences.
[4/9/11]
Astrid Bear My piece on Dominic Flandry is up at Baen Books' site. They asked me to write it in conjunction with the publication of the last volume of the Technic Civilization collections, FLANDRY'S LEGACY.
A Midsummer Night's Flandry by Astrid Anderson Bear - Baen Books
http://baen.com/MidsummerFlandry.asp
baen.com
So I found myself plunged into the world of the dashing, clever, love-them-and-leave-them Dominic Flandry, determined warrior fighting against the forces of the Long Night. “Wow!” I remember thinking. “This stuff is pretty good!” And so I read all the Flandry there was, that summer, and moved on to
[4/7/11]
Donna Barr via Moe Labelle I'm not a well person. It's the LAST sentence had me cackling like Harry Secombe.
Harlan Ellison on God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le-vDxmIKOI&feature=related
www.youtube.com
The writer Harlan Ellison discusses his views on god and religion in the documentary 'Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth.
[4/7/11]
Liking science fiction and fantasy makes you a genius | Graham Edwards Online
http://grahamedwardsonline.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/liking-science-fiction-and-fantasy-makes-you-a-genius/
grahamedwardsonline.wordpress.com
A lot of people are unbearably snooty about genre fiction – especially SF, fantasy and horror. I’m not the first to remark on this – the debate rages daily across the interwebs. But I think I’ve finally worked out why there are so many folk who feel this way.
[4/8/11]
Reading For the Future Paul Levinson talks about George Melies, Hugo Gernsback, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, and everything in between in this 2002 interview.
Paul Levinson: Evolution of Science Fiction | Scifi Picks
http://www.scifipicks.com/2011/04/06/paul-levinson-evolution-of-science-fiction/
www.scifipicks.com
My 6-minute tour of the history of science fiction, from Mary Shelley through HG Wells all the way to the 21st century.
[4/7/11]
Reading For the Future This link offers activities and ideas for a number of books, SF and others. There should be enough SF here to warrant a look see. All ages.
CanTeach: English Language Arts: Novel & Picture Book Activities - Specific Novel & Picture Book Act
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/novel11.html
www.canteach.ca
CanTeach contains online resources for educators, including lesson plans, links, discussion lists, and more!
[4/6/11]
Reading For the Future
Chronicles of Narnia Unit Study
http://narniaunitstudy.tripod.com/
narniaunitstudy.tripod.com
[4/5/11]
Reading For the Future Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. Absolutely FREE online books - Thousands of novels, poems, stories - Easy to read books online.
"We've made some changes so that you can catalog your entire personal library on Read Print! We still feature thousands of online books, but you can now keep track... of everything you've ever read or want to read in one convenient place."
Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print Library
http://www.readprint.com/
www.readprint.com
A free online library, Read Print puts thousands of online books at your fingertips.
[4/6/11]
Reading For the Future
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ
www.youtube.com
Short lecture by Kurt Vonnegut on the 'simple shapes of stories.'
[4/4/11]
Reading For the Future I wanted to share this website with the teachers and the writers here. It's a bit scary - people are willing to write, even ghost write, well researched, 400-500 unique content for only five dollars.
I see a bad trend here ~Cie
Writing related services people are willing to do for $5
http://www.fiverr.com/categories/writing/order/rating/pages/1
www.fiverr.com
Writing related services Fiverr users are willing to do for $5: writing, script, screenplay, proofing and more!
[3/30/11]
Comments:
Sandra Fogler Yeah, because written language, like all other language - already destroyed - is now OFFICIALLY on the auction block for five bucks. In addition to the issue of academic dishonesty, this is also reflective of a horrible economy, that five bucks gets you a paper.
[3/30/11]
Reading For the Future Yes
My main point. Thank you.
[3/30/11]
Reading For the Future Very glad to hear Neil Gaiman say people should try her books. She is my very favourite YA author (with apologies to all my writer friends).
Even when you know it might come, it is sad. Even sadder to think of all the books she still had not yet written. ~Cie
Neil Gaiman's Journal: Being Alive. Mostly about Diana.
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/03/being-alive.html
journal.neilgaiman.com
Diana's been my friend since about 1985, but I was a fan of hers since I read Charmed Life in about 1978, aged 18. I've loved being her friend, and I'm pretty sure she loved being my friend. She was the funniest, wisest, fiercest, sharpest person I've known, a witchy and wonderful woman, intensely p...
[3/27/11]
From Other Walls
David Brin The implicit assumption in most fantasy is that the form of governance that ruled most human societies since the discovery of grain must always govern us. Science fiction, in sharp contrast, considers the possibility of learning and change.
The Difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy | Contrary Brin
http://davidbrin.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/the-difference-between-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
davidbrin.wordpress.com
Why are SF and Fantasy so often grouped together? Obviously, because they share readership and so are well placed together in book stores. And… heck… some of us write both! Still, there are very real differences.
[4/9/11]
Astrid Bear My piece on Dominic Flandry is up at Baen Books' site. They asked me to write it in conjunction with the publication of the last volume of the Technic Civilization collections, FLANDRY'S LEGACY.
A Midsummer Night's Flandry by Astrid Anderson Bear - Baen Books
http://baen.com/MidsummerFlandry.asp
baen.com
So I found myself plunged into the world of the dashing, clever, love-them-and-leave-them Dominic Flandry, determined warrior fighting against the forces of the Long Night. “Wow!” I remember thinking. “This stuff is pretty good!” And so I read all the Flandry there was, that summer, and moved on to
[4/7/11]
Donna Barr via Moe Labelle I'm not a well person. It's the LAST sentence had me cackling like Harry Secombe.
Harlan Ellison on God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le-vDxmIKOI&feature=related
www.youtube.com
The writer Harlan Ellison discusses his views on god and religion in the documentary 'Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth.
[4/7/11]
Thursday, March 24, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 3/24/11
Reading For the Future Thank you Lawrence Santoro for this information.
Free Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft for Nook and Kindle – Cthulhu Chick
http://cthulhuchick.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/
cthulhuchick.com
Presenting a free eBook (EPUB and MOBI) of the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. eBook is compatible with Nook, Kindle, KOBO, Sony and more.
[3/24/11]
Reading For the Future They have a section for teachers.
Welcome to CritterZoom! Streaming video of critters and offering interactive, online animal classes!
http://www.critterzoom.com/
www.critterzoom.com
Critterzoom educational wildlife videos for schools and home. Responsible internet content. Welcome to CritterZoom! Streaming video of critters and offering interactive, online animal classes!
[3/22/11]
Reading For the Future Supreme Court Justice William Brennan tackled the issue of how people will govern themselves in space settlements in a 1988 speech.
The Space Review: The path to the future, from a voice from the past
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1804/1
www.thespacereview.com
The overarching goal of space advocates is to create “a spacefaring civilization.” A key aspect—some say a key precondition—will be the existence of a legal structure governing how people will live and work in space.
[3/22/11]
Reading For the Future In honor of World Storytelling Day, Michele Wilson is offering some of her fantasy short stories suitable for children of all ages from 8 to over 80.
Index
http://artbymichelewilson.com/storyindex.htm
artbymichelewilson.com
I am currently working on a collection of Fantasy short stories entitled Sean's Stories. Sean is one of my favorite characters to write. A huge shape-shifting elf, he is an excellent Bard and would much rather sing and tell stories then do that hero stuff. Unfortunately for him, he is also an excell...
[3/20/11]
Reading For the Future Here's another great eBook for only 99 cents. Tim Pratt, the author, says it's for ages 10 and up - the protagonist is age 13, too!
Remember, the great thing about cheap and free eBooks is that there are quite a few free apps for reading them on Smart Phones.
And that's cool.
The Nex
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045JL56K
www.amazon.com
Teenager Miranda Candle finds a mysterious necklace and is suddenly transported to The Nex, the bizarre city at the center of all possible universes, where she falls in with a pair of would-be revolutionaries -- the skinshifter Howlaa and the bodiless Wisp -- fighting the oppressive regime of the ci
[3/15/11]
Reading For the Future Now you can watch Isaac Asimov’s unaired science show.
(and at a great price, too)
io9.com
http://io9.com/#!5782023/now-you-can-watch-isaac-asimovs-unaired-science-show
io9.com
In the two years before he died, Asimov was prepping a TV series about the thin line between science and science fiction - and how we need to embrace the future. Now you can see footage from it for free online.
[3/15/11]
Reading For the Future What can science fiction tell us about the future of social media?
io9.com
http://io9.com/#!5781908/what-can-science-fiction-tell-us-about-the-future-of-social-media
io9.com
Right now, you are reading a piece of social media. That means it's designed to be passed around on social networks - though it appears on io9.com, can easily be transplanted to Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon, and dozens of others.
[3/15/11]
Reading For the Future Alex Knight is doing something amazing! Her new eBook, What Luck! is only 99 cents but royalties from all sales during the month of March (even the sales made before this disaster will count) will go to various organizations for earthquake & tsunami relief. (for ages 14+)
What Luck!
http://www.amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Margaret Anne and Maxwell Sinclair have lost their only son and one another. “I shall love you forever.” Her prophetic last words to Maxwell haunt him for what seems like an eternity. Reunited by a miracle, they have little time for bliss as their idyllic existence is once again threatened. When an
[3/13/11]
Free Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft for Nook and Kindle – Cthulhu Chick
http://cthulhuchick.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/
cthulhuchick.com
Presenting a free eBook (EPUB and MOBI) of the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. eBook is compatible with Nook, Kindle, KOBO, Sony and more.
[3/24/11]
Reading For the Future They have a section for teachers.
Welcome to CritterZoom! Streaming video of critters and offering interactive, online animal classes!
http://www.critterzoom.com/
www.critterzoom.com
Critterzoom educational wildlife videos for schools and home. Responsible internet content. Welcome to CritterZoom! Streaming video of critters and offering interactive, online animal classes!
[3/22/11]
Reading For the Future Supreme Court Justice William Brennan tackled the issue of how people will govern themselves in space settlements in a 1988 speech.
The Space Review: The path to the future, from a voice from the past
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1804/1
www.thespacereview.com
The overarching goal of space advocates is to create “a spacefaring civilization.” A key aspect—some say a key precondition—will be the existence of a legal structure governing how people will live and work in space.
[3/22/11]
Reading For the Future In honor of World Storytelling Day, Michele Wilson is offering some of her fantasy short stories suitable for children of all ages from 8 to over 80.
Index
http://artbymichelewilson.com/storyindex.htm
artbymichelewilson.com
I am currently working on a collection of Fantasy short stories entitled Sean's Stories. Sean is one of my favorite characters to write. A huge shape-shifting elf, he is an excellent Bard and would much rather sing and tell stories then do that hero stuff. Unfortunately for him, he is also an excell...
[3/20/11]
Reading For the Future Here's another great eBook for only 99 cents. Tim Pratt, the author, says it's for ages 10 and up - the protagonist is age 13, too!
Remember, the great thing about cheap and free eBooks is that there are quite a few free apps for reading them on Smart Phones.
And that's cool.
The Nex
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045JL56K
www.amazon.com
Teenager Miranda Candle finds a mysterious necklace and is suddenly transported to The Nex, the bizarre city at the center of all possible universes, where she falls in with a pair of would-be revolutionaries -- the skinshifter Howlaa and the bodiless Wisp -- fighting the oppressive regime of the ci
[3/15/11]
Reading For the Future Now you can watch Isaac Asimov’s unaired science show.
(and at a great price, too)
io9.com
http://io9.com/#!5782023/now-you-can-watch-isaac-asimovs-unaired-science-show
io9.com
In the two years before he died, Asimov was prepping a TV series about the thin line between science and science fiction - and how we need to embrace the future. Now you can see footage from it for free online.
[3/15/11]
Reading For the Future What can science fiction tell us about the future of social media?
io9.com
http://io9.com/#!5781908/what-can-science-fiction-tell-us-about-the-future-of-social-media
io9.com
Right now, you are reading a piece of social media. That means it's designed to be passed around on social networks - though it appears on io9.com, can easily be transplanted to Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon, and dozens of others.
[3/15/11]
Reading For the Future Alex Knight is doing something amazing! Her new eBook, What Luck! is only 99 cents but royalties from all sales during the month of March (even the sales made before this disaster will count) will go to various organizations for earthquake & tsunami relief. (for ages 14+)
What Luck!
http://www.amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Margaret Anne and Maxwell Sinclair have lost their only son and one another. “I shall love you forever.” Her prophetic last words to Maxwell haunt him for what seems like an eternity. Reunited by a miracle, they have little time for bliss as their idyllic existence is once again threatened. When an
[3/13/11]
Thursday, March 10, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 3/9/11
Reading For the Future A series of 3 new blog posts based on the work of Rozalyn Mansfield was just posted: a puzzle, a book review, and a teaching with SF article. Enjoy!~Valerie
Reading for the Future Reflections: What SF Story for YA is This?
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-sf-story-for-ya-is-this.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[3/6/11]
Reading For the Future I asked Robert sawyer if the trilogy was suitable for YA. He said yes, but there is some mild profanity. He said that his American publisher was only marketing them to an adult audience, but his Canadian publisher was listing them as adult novels suitable for YA. Fans of Enderverse should like these.~Valerie
Start reading the WWW Trilogy now!
http://kobo.com/sawyer
kobo.com
Discover Wake, Watch and Wonder, a stunning and mind-bending trilogy from Canada's leading futurist Robert J. Sawyer.
[3/6/11]
Reading For the Future Teaching with Science Fiction: 10 Reasons for Use in a Science Class
Reading for the Future Reflections: Teaching with Science Fiction: 10 Reasons for Use in a Science Classes
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaching-with-science-fiction-10.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
Like any good book shared among friends and associates, science fiction offers conversation starters. Class discussions often need an example to get the students thinking and talking. Examples from books can lead to examples from personal experiences and then to examples from the textbook or the tea...
[3/6/11]
Reading For the Future From David Brin -- Twenty-five years ago, just after finishing my thesis on comets, I collaborated with Gregory Benford to write Heart of the Comet. Here, we discuss how we went about writing the novel together, trading off with the main characters. A few moments of humor, as when Gregory specifies why he wrote the sex scenes and I wro...te the more technical ones. Plus why he never reads his own novels!See More
Comets in Fact and Fiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8ZXaJtnEA
www.youtube.com
Science fiction authors David Brin and Gregory Benford discuss their collaboration on Heart of the Comet. The novel, published in 1986, coincided with the last return visit of Comet Halley to Earth. Heart of the Comet tells the story of an ambitious manned mission to visit the comet and alter its or
[3/5/11]
Reading For the Future
Google Docs - Online documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, file storage and more
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=12e80e1400a773e9&mt=application%2Fvnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D2&ik=328ed06f21&view=att&th=12e80e1400a773e9&disp=attd&realattid=f_gkujakly0&zw&sig=AHIEtbRg5fcp_v3__Xk1q7H5HoOe65ZE-w
docs.google.com
Reading For the Future Spotlight: People I want to see at Renovation - by David G Anderson
[3/4/11]
Reading For the Future Lindalee sent this out as an example of a Yu's illustrated Goodnight Dune. Compare to the previous post on Goodnight Dune. ~Valerie C.
io9.com
http://io9.com/#!5773911/good-night-dune-for-wednesday
io9.com Goodnight Dune, a children’s book straight from Arrakis - Were you impressed by the science fiction children's books Caldwell Tanner created a few months back?Artist Julia Yu was, so she illustrated an entire book based on Tanner's Goodnight Dune .
[3/4/11]
Reading For the Future Thanks to Moshe Feder for posting this earlier today. In his words:
'This portion of a recent show includes a segment no SF fan should miss. It's a conversation with a remarkably convincing Philip K. Dick robot who is much more than just audioanimatronic.'
Social Robots, NOVA scienceNOW, PBS Video
http://video.pbs.org/video/1801231960
video.pbs.org
Would you want a robotic friend who could chitchat, do chores, even take care of you?
[3/2/11]
Reading For the Future Something fun
Goodnight Dune
http://goodnightdune.com/
goodnightdune.com
[3/2/11]
Reading For the Future another new blog post~Valerie C.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Teaching with Science Fiction: 10 Reasons for Use in a Science Classes
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaching-with-science-fiction-10.html">
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[3/1/11]
Reading For the Future Lynda Williams reviewed this book for us. As it turns out, the book is suitable for youth and was actually listed on the ALA List of Best Books for Young Adults.~Valerie C.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Book Review: Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-review-summers-at-castle-auburn-by.html
[3/1/11]
[I included the Bradbury reference again for the comment on a book reference to the letter.]
Reading For the Future http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/02/28/love-what-you-love-ray-bradbury/
Love what YOU love – Ray Bradbury
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/02/28/love-what-you-love-ray-bradbury/
www.geeksaresexy.net
This amazing letter was sent to a child by Fahrenheit 451 author Ray Bradbury back in October 1991. Unfortunately, we don't have the context in which the
[2/28/11]
Cie McCullough How do they get these shots?
Solar Observations from around the World
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=33207&id=118107518236480&fbid=170999999613898
There are many amateur astronomer and professional observatories also looking at the Sun. Here are some recent images from all over the world.
By: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (Little SDO)
Photos: 8
Welcome to WakeWatchWonder.ca | HOME
wakewatchwonder.ca
Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight with the aid of a signal-processing retinal implant. The technology also gave her an unexpected side effect—the ability to "see" the digital data streams of the World Wide Web. And within the Web she perceived an extraordinary presence, and
[3/6/11]
Reading for the Future Reflections: What SF Story for YA is This?
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-sf-story-for-ya-is-this.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[3/6/11]
Reading For the Future I asked Robert sawyer if the trilogy was suitable for YA. He said yes, but there is some mild profanity. He said that his American publisher was only marketing them to an adult audience, but his Canadian publisher was listing them as adult novels suitable for YA. Fans of Enderverse should like these.~Valerie
Start reading the WWW Trilogy now!
http://kobo.com/sawyer
kobo.com
Discover Wake, Watch and Wonder, a stunning and mind-bending trilogy from Canada's leading futurist Robert J. Sawyer.
[3/6/11]
Reading For the Future Teaching with Science Fiction: 10 Reasons for Use in a Science Class
Reading for the Future Reflections: Teaching with Science Fiction: 10 Reasons for Use in a Science Classes
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaching-with-science-fiction-10.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
Like any good book shared among friends and associates, science fiction offers conversation starters. Class discussions often need an example to get the students thinking and talking. Examples from books can lead to examples from personal experiences and then to examples from the textbook or the tea...
[3/6/11]
Reading For the Future From David Brin -- Twenty-five years ago, just after finishing my thesis on comets, I collaborated with Gregory Benford to write Heart of the Comet. Here, we discuss how we went about writing the novel together, trading off with the main characters. A few moments of humor, as when Gregory specifies why he wrote the sex scenes and I wro...te the more technical ones. Plus why he never reads his own novels!See More
Comets in Fact and Fiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8ZXaJtnEA
www.youtube.com
Science fiction authors David Brin and Gregory Benford discuss their collaboration on Heart of the Comet. The novel, published in 1986, coincided with the last return visit of Comet Halley to Earth. Heart of the Comet tells the story of an ambitious manned mission to visit the comet and alter its or
[3/5/11]
Comments:
Reading For the Future I loved Heart of the Comet. When will we build a generation ship like this?~Valerie C.
[3/5/11]
Reading For the Future I loved Heart of the Comet. When will we build a generation ship like this?~Valerie C.
[3/5/11]
Reading For the Future
Google Docs - Online documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, file storage and more
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=12e80e1400a773e9&mt=application%2Fvnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D2&ik=328ed06f21&view=att&th=12e80e1400a773e9&disp=attd&realattid=f_gkujakly0&zw&sig=AHIEtbRg5fcp_v3__Xk1q7H5HoOe65ZE-w
docs.google.com
Reading For the Future Spotlight: People I want to see at Renovation - by David G Anderson
[3/4/11]
Reading For the Future Lindalee sent this out as an example of a Yu's illustrated Goodnight Dune. Compare to the previous post on Goodnight Dune. ~Valerie C.
io9.com
http://io9.com/#!5773911/good-night-dune-for-wednesday
io9.com Goodnight Dune, a children’s book straight from Arrakis - Were you impressed by the science fiction children's books Caldwell Tanner created a few months back?Artist Julia Yu was, so she illustrated an entire book based on Tanner's Goodnight Dune .
[3/4/11]
Reading For the Future Thanks to Moshe Feder for posting this earlier today. In his words:
'This portion of a recent show includes a segment no SF fan should miss. It's a conversation with a remarkably convincing Philip K. Dick robot who is much more than just audioanimatronic.'
Social Robots, NOVA scienceNOW, PBS Video
http://video.pbs.org/video/1801231960
video.pbs.org
Would you want a robotic friend who could chitchat, do chores, even take care of you?
[3/2/11]
Reading For the Future Something fun
Goodnight Dune
http://goodnightdune.com/
goodnightdune.com
[3/2/11]
Reading For the Future another new blog post~Valerie C.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Teaching with Science Fiction: 10 Reasons for Use in a Science Classes
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaching-with-science-fiction-10.html">
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[3/1/11]
Reading For the Future Lynda Williams reviewed this book for us. As it turns out, the book is suitable for youth and was actually listed on the ALA List of Best Books for Young Adults.~Valerie C.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Book Review: Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-review-summers-at-castle-auburn-by.html
[3/1/11]
[I included the Bradbury reference again for the comment on a book reference to the letter.]
Reading For the Future http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/02/28/love-what-you-love-ray-bradbury/
Love what YOU love – Ray Bradbury
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/02/28/love-what-you-love-ray-bradbury/
www.geeksaresexy.net
This amazing letter was sent to a child by Fahrenheit 451 author Ray Bradbury back in October 1991. Unfortunately, we don't have the context in which the
[2/28/11]
Comments
Jack Lessovitz Someday very soon,very very soon, There will be a great starship named Bradbury.
[2/28/11]
Mary Rose Love this! He talks about this letter in one of his books - Zen maybe.
[2/28/11]
Jack Lessovitz Someday very soon,very very soon, There will be a great starship named Bradbury.
[2/28/11]
Mary Rose Love this! He talks about this letter in one of his books - Zen maybe.
[2/28/11]
From Other Walls
Cie McCullough How do they get these shots?
Solar Observations from around the World
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=33207&id=118107518236480&fbid=170999999613898
There are many amateur astronomer and professional observatories also looking at the Sun. Here are some recent images from all over the world.
By: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (Little SDO)
Photos: 8
Welcome to WakeWatchWonder.ca | HOME
wakewatchwonder.ca
Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight with the aid of a signal-processing retinal implant. The technology also gave her an unexpected side effect—the ability to "see" the digital data streams of the World Wide Web. And within the Web she perceived an extraordinary presence, and
[3/6/11]
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Link on Speculative Fiction -- 3/2/11
Reading For the Future Lynda Williams reviewed this book for us. As it turns out, the book is suitable for youth and was actually listed on the ALA List of Best Books for Young Adults.~Valerie C.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Book Review: Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-review-summers-at-castle-auburn-by.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
Reading For the Future
Love what YOU love – Ray Bradbury
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/02/28/love-what-you-love-ray-bradbury/
www.geeksaresexy.net
This amazing letter was sent to a child by Fahrenheit 451 author Ray Bradbury back in October 1991. Unfortunately, we don't have the context in which the
Reading For the Future A nice bit of historic science
Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM
www.youtube.com
The captain can be heard over the loudspeaker saying, "Those on the right side can see the space shuttle. Those on the left side can probably see the people on the right side looking at the space shuttle." You gotta love airplane humor.
Reading For the Future' On November 30th and December 1st, 2010, at the TIME Conference Center in New York City, many of the most innovative people and organizations in the science and technology world came together for an historic gathering - the 2010 World Technology Summit & Awards, the eighth Summit and ninth Awards thus far!'
Does Sci-Fi Influence the Future?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJP-YqAJT9c
www.youtube.com
Tech Nation's Moira Gunn and science fiction author Paul Levinson explore the influence of sci-fi on technological breakthroughs of the future, from space exploration to time travel.
Reading For the Future A Program Designed For Teen Writers Interested in Today's Hottest Fantasy Fiction Genres.
SharedWorlds
http://www.wofford.edu/sharedworlds/
www.wofford.edu
Here there be monsters! And beasts! And fantastical creatures. The faculty of Shared Worlds creative writing camp has called on some of speculative fiction's most compelling storytellers to chase down and gather up all manner of wondrous beasts. Scroll through our Fantastic Bestiary and don't forget
Reading For the Future Some of my favorite authors publish with Baen, however a couple of their works were left off the list. But it is a start. Fledgling and Saltation, both by Lee and Miller were both left off the list, although Baen published them last year or so. At least the ones on the list were personally vetted by someone who has read each one. ~Valerie C.
Young Adult Reading List - Baen Books
http://baen.com/ya_list.asp
baen.com
This is a preliminary list of books published by Baen deemed by me, Toni Weisskopf, executive editor, (with help from editor Hank Davis) to be suitable for an intelligent young adult reader. These are the books I would have read (and in some cases did read) when I was in middle and high school.
Reading For the Future Good luck if you have been nominated! :)
SFWA announces the 2010 Nebula Award Nominees
http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/
www.sfwa.org
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Facebook Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 2/22/11
Reading For the Future Some of my favorite authors publish with Baen, however a couple of their works were left off the list. But it is a start. Fledgling and Saltation, both by Lee and Miller were both left off the list, although Baen published them last year or so. At least the ones on the list were personally vetted by someone who has read each one. ~Valerie C.
Young Adult Reading List - Baen Books
http://baen.com/ya_list.asp
baen.com
This is a preliminary list of books published by Baen deemed by me, Toni Weisskopf, executive editor, (with help from editor Hank Davis) to be suitable for an intelligent young adult reader. These are the books I would have read (and in some cases did read) when I was in middle and high school. I en
[2/23/11]
Reading For the Future Good luck if you have been nominated! :)
SFWA announces the 2010 Nebula Award Nominees
http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/
www.sfwa.org
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
[2/22/11]
Reading For the Future Three great books represented here, so it was a must share
(even though only two were SF) __this refers to an image posted by REading For the Future.
Reading for the Future: 'Admiral Richard Byrd said on the eve of his polar voyage "Jules Verne guides me."'
There are some great examples here. Answer the call for help, or use it as a jumping off point in a discussion.
Inspired By Science Fiction?: Science Fiction in the News
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3210
www.technovelgy.com
Inspired By Science Fiction? I'm doing a talk on science fiction and innovation at the Wharton business school, and I need a list of people who were inspired by science fiction in their careers. Also, I need more examples of modern-day scientists who have specifically stated that particular ideas we.....153 ImpressionsRaw number of times this story has been seen on your Wall and in the News Feed of your Fans · 0% FeedbackNumber of Comments and Likes per impression
[2/18/11]
Reading For the Future Futuristic Movie Timeline, also by Dan Meth.
Yes, these are movies, but most started out as great books.
Notes by the creator:
No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought it would be interesting to arrange some classic films about the future into chronological order and see what we’d find. I’ve als...o charted the years in which they were released as well as the current year. This is by far the geekiest thing I’ve ever done.
* I only included movies in which Wikipedia knew the exact year.See More
[2/17/11]
Lynn E. Cohen Koehler
Today's Al's Book Club for Kids pick! Tony DiTerlizzi!!
The Search For WondLa
wondla.com
[reposted from 1/31/11]
The Fantasy World Map by Dan Meth (an image)
..270 ImpressionsRaw number of times this story has been seen on your Wall and in the News Feed of your Fans · 1.85% FeedbackNumber of Comments and Likes per impression
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future Very interesting contest - Imaginary books!
Lost Pages’ Imaginary Book Contest :: ChiZine Publications
http://chizine.com/chizinepub/contests/lost-pages/
chizine.com
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future
http://www.facebook.com/notes/reading-for-the-future/reading-for-the-future-encouraging-literacy-through-speculative-fiction/196939027000102
READING FOR THE FUTURE ~ ENCOURAGING LITERACY THROUGH SPECULATIVE FICTION
"IT IS THE MARK OF AN EDUCATED MIND TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN A THOUGHT WITHOUT ACCEPTING IT." - ARISTOTLE Re....
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future Who we are and how to reach us
(Link to Notes where information is kept for websites, blog and physical address of RFF,Inc.)
[2/17/11]
Reading for the Future~Valerie via EDGE Publishing
As you may already know, "Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales", edited by Julie Czerneda, and Susan MacGregor (Fall 2011) is the ONLY Tesseracts in the 16 edition all-Canadian speculative fiction series to be developed for a YA audience. So, in celebration of T15, our question for you today i...s: "What was your favorite fantasy story growing up?". Would you read it again now?See More
[2/16/11]
Comments
Laura Lind What got me into SF was _Black Cauldron_, but now I can't stand it.
February 16
Reading For the Future I loved the juvenile Heinleins. I no longer get surprised to have adults say certain books are boring and formulaic. After all, kids like different stuff. And although I love H. Beam Piper, who writes suitably for YA, I cannot make myself finish reading Fuzzy Sapiens even though I recommend it highly for YA and junior high along with a science class discussion of scientific method and a history discussion on colonization sociology and politics.
February 17
Reading For the Future
Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed, 2008 winner of the Golden Duck for Best Picture Book, now a motion picture from Disney
Mars Needs Moms | Disney
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/marsneedsmoms/?cmp=dmov_dpic_mars_psg_Title_mars+needs+moms_extl
disney.go.com
Learn about Milo, Ki, Gribble, and the gang from Mars Needs Moms... with videos, games, character bios, and more.
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future
Get ready for the 2011 Renovation, the WorldCon in Las Vegas this August. RFF will be there with this teaching workshop called Roadshow. ~Valerie C.
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/announcement-rff-teams-with-aboutsf-for.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
Reading for the Future Reflections: Announcement: RFF Teams with AboutSF for Roadshow at Renovation
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future This newsletter links to several new articles posted to the RFF blog. Enjoy!
Check back in a couple of days, too, because some articles mentioned are still in draft form. I plan to edit the newsletter with links as I get the articles completed.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Reflections Collections -- 2/15/11
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/reflections-collections-21511.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com.
[2/16/11]
Young Adult Reading List - Baen Books
http://baen.com/ya_list.asp
baen.com
This is a preliminary list of books published by Baen deemed by me, Toni Weisskopf, executive editor, (with help from editor Hank Davis) to be suitable for an intelligent young adult reader. These are the books I would have read (and in some cases did read) when I was in middle and high school. I en
[2/23/11]
Reading For the Future Good luck if you have been nominated! :)
SFWA announces the 2010 Nebula Award Nominees
http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/
www.sfwa.org
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
[2/22/11]
Reading For the Future Three great books represented here, so it was a must share
(even though only two were SF) __this refers to an image posted by REading For the Future.
Reading for the Future: 'Admiral Richard Byrd said on the eve of his polar voyage "Jules Verne guides me."'
There are some great examples here. Answer the call for help, or use it as a jumping off point in a discussion.
Inspired By Science Fiction?: Science Fiction in the News
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3210
www.technovelgy.com
Inspired By Science Fiction? I'm doing a talk on science fiction and innovation at the Wharton business school, and I need a list of people who were inspired by science fiction in their careers. Also, I need more examples of modern-day scientists who have specifically stated that particular ideas we.....153 ImpressionsRaw number of times this story has been seen on your Wall and in the News Feed of your Fans · 0% FeedbackNumber of Comments and Likes per impression
[2/18/11]
Reading For the Future Futuristic Movie Timeline, also by Dan Meth.
Yes, these are movies, but most started out as great books.
Notes by the creator:
No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought it would be interesting to arrange some classic films about the future into chronological order and see what we’d find. I’ve als...o charted the years in which they were released as well as the current year. This is by far the geekiest thing I’ve ever done.
* I only included movies in which Wikipedia knew the exact year.See More
[2/17/11]
Lynn E. Cohen Koehler
Today's Al's Book Club for Kids pick! Tony DiTerlizzi!!
The Search For WondLa
wondla.com
[reposted from 1/31/11]
The Fantasy World Map by Dan Meth (an image)
..270 ImpressionsRaw number of times this story has been seen on your Wall and in the News Feed of your Fans · 1.85% FeedbackNumber of Comments and Likes per impression
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future Very interesting contest - Imaginary books!
Lost Pages’ Imaginary Book Contest :: ChiZine Publications
http://chizine.com/chizinepub/contests/lost-pages/
chizine.com
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future
http://www.facebook.com/notes/reading-for-the-future/reading-for-the-future-encouraging-literacy-through-speculative-fiction/196939027000102
READING FOR THE FUTURE ~ ENCOURAGING LITERACY THROUGH SPECULATIVE FICTION
"IT IS THE MARK OF AN EDUCATED MIND TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN A THOUGHT WITHOUT ACCEPTING IT." - ARISTOTLE Re....
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future Who we are and how to reach us
(Link to Notes where information is kept for websites, blog and physical address of RFF,Inc.)
[2/17/11]
Reading for the Future~Valerie via EDGE Publishing
As you may already know, "Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales", edited by Julie Czerneda, and Susan MacGregor (Fall 2011) is the ONLY Tesseracts in the 16 edition all-Canadian speculative fiction series to be developed for a YA audience. So, in celebration of T15, our question for you today i...s: "What was your favorite fantasy story growing up?". Would you read it again now?See More
[2/16/11]
Comments
Laura Lind What got me into SF was _Black Cauldron_, but now I can't stand it.
February 16
Reading For the Future I loved the juvenile Heinleins. I no longer get surprised to have adults say certain books are boring and formulaic. After all, kids like different stuff. And although I love H. Beam Piper, who writes suitably for YA, I cannot make myself finish reading Fuzzy Sapiens even though I recommend it highly for YA and junior high along with a science class discussion of scientific method and a history discussion on colonization sociology and politics.
February 17
Reading For the Future
Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed, 2008 winner of the Golden Duck for Best Picture Book, now a motion picture from Disney
Mars Needs Moms | Disney
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/marsneedsmoms/?cmp=dmov_dpic_mars_psg_Title_mars+needs+moms_extl
disney.go.com
Learn about Milo, Ki, Gribble, and the gang from Mars Needs Moms... with videos, games, character bios, and more.
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future
Get ready for the 2011 Renovation, the WorldCon in Las Vegas this August. RFF will be there with this teaching workshop called Roadshow. ~Valerie C.
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/announcement-rff-teams-with-aboutsf-for.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
Reading for the Future Reflections: Announcement: RFF Teams with AboutSF for Roadshow at Renovation
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future This newsletter links to several new articles posted to the RFF blog. Enjoy!
Check back in a couple of days, too, because some articles mentioned are still in draft form. I plan to edit the newsletter with links as I get the articles completed.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Reflections Collections -- 2/15/11
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/reflections-collections-21511.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com.
[2/16/11]
Friday, February 18, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 2/18/11
Reading For the Future ~Valerie via EDGE Publishing
As you may already know, "Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales", edited by Julie Czerneda, and Susan MacGregor (Fall 2011) is the ONLY Tesseracts in the 16 edition all-Canadian speculative fiction series to be developed for a YA audience. So, in celebration of T15, our question for you today i...s: "What was your favorite fantasy story growing up?". Would you read it again now?See More
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed, 2008 winner of the Golden Duck for Best Picture Book, now a motion picture from Disney
Mars Needs Moms | Disney
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/marsneedsmoms/?cmp=dmov_dpic_mars_psg_Title_mars+needs+moms_extl
disney.go.com
Learn about Milo, Ki, Gribble, and the gang from Mars Needs Moms... with videos, games, character bios, and more.
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future Get ready for the 2011 Renovation, the WorldCon in Las Vegas this August. RFF will be there with this teaching workshop called Roadshow. ~Valerie C.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Announcement: RFF Teams with AboutSF for Roadshow at Renovation
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/announcement-rff-teams-with-aboutsf-for.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future This newsletter links to several new articles posted to the RFF blog. Enjoy!
Check back in a couple of days, too, because some articles mentioned are still in draft form. I plan to edit the newsletter with links as I get the articles completed.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Reflections Collections -- 2/15/11
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/reflections-collections-21511.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future "All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental."
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will
http://www.avclub.com/articles/15-things-kurt-vonnegut-said-better-than-anyone-el,1858/
www.avclub.com
1. "I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" The actual advice here is technically a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's "good uncle" Alex, but Vonnegut was nice enough to pass it on at speeches and in A Man Wit...
[2/16/11]
Lynn E. Cohen Koehler Today's Al's Book Club for Kids pick! Tony DiTerlizzi!!
The Search For WondLa
http://wondla.com/?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+Children%27s+Bookshelf&utm_campaign=0738b84f72-Simon+&+Schusters+-WondLa++-20110131&utm_medium=email
wondla.com
January 31 [Reposted 2/16/11]
Reading For the Future
Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alpha-SFFH-Workshop-for-Young-Writers/133481160019572
The Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers is a ten-day workshop for speculative fiction writers aged 14-19 at the University of Pittsburgh's Greensburg campus. At Alpha, students write and revise a short story, give and receive critiques, work with four ...professional authors, and form friendships that often last for years. They also get the opportunity to do a public reading of one of their stories or poems. During or after Alpha, many students submit their work to professional magazines for the first time. Previous attendees have placed in the Dell Magazines Award and Writer’s of the Future contests, and have sold stories to Boys’ Life, Realms of Fantasy, Fantasy Magazine, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Fantastic Stories, Corpse Blossoms, Aberrant Dreams, and Fantastical Visions. Want more details? Check out the website.
[2/12/11]
Reading For the Future via David Brin Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.
–from an interview for Locus
[2/12/11]
Reading For the Future Sad news
Brian Jacques, Writer of Redwall Series, Dies at 71
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/arts/09jacques.html?_r=2&hpw
www.nytimes.com
Mr. Jacques worked many trades before finding his métier as a writer of the Redwall children’s fantasy books.
[2/10/11]
Reading For the Future More to celebrate Jules Verne's birthday
8 Jules Verne Inventions That Came True (Pictures)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/pictures/110208-jules-verne-google-doodle-183rd-birthday-anniversary/?source=link_fb20110208julesverne
news.nationalgeographic.com
See eight real-life inventions dreamed up decades earlier by Jules Verne—whose 183rd birthday is honored Tuesday with a Google doodle.
[2/8/11]
As you may already know, "Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales", edited by Julie Czerneda, and Susan MacGregor (Fall 2011) is the ONLY Tesseracts in the 16 edition all-Canadian speculative fiction series to be developed for a YA audience. So, in celebration of T15, our question for you today i...s: "What was your favorite fantasy story growing up?". Would you read it again now?See More
[2/16/11]
Comments:
Reading For the Future I had to shorten EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing to make the item fit in the space.~Valerie
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future From Cie: Sword of Shanara. I must have read it five times before I went to college. I reread it recently and was so disappointed. It seemed like a LotR clone. But from 10-17 I love it :D
[2/16/11]
Laura Lind
Not exactly fantasy, but in elementary school it was D'Auleries (sp?) Greek Myths. I didn't actually get into SF until middle school, but then it was the Alanna books by Tamora Pierce. Now there's more in the same world, & I still enjoy t...hem. In high school, I think my favorites were the Pern books. Of course, my answer to "What's your favorite book" has always been "Whatever book I'm reading now." Just looking back, I can see that I read those books more than anything else during those years.See More
[2/16/11]
Laura Lind What got me into SF was _Black Cauldron_, but now I can't stand it.
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future I loved the juvenile Heinleins. I no longer get surprised to have adults say certain books are boring and formulaic. After all, kids like different stuff. And although I love H. Beam Piper, who writes suitably for YA, I cannot make myself finish reading Fuzzy Sapiens even though I recommend it highly for YA and junior high along with a science class discussion of scientific method and a history discussion on colonization sociology and politics.
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future I had to shorten EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing to make the item fit in the space.~Valerie
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future From Cie: Sword of Shanara. I must have read it five times before I went to college. I reread it recently and was so disappointed. It seemed like a LotR clone. But from 10-17 I love it :D
[2/16/11]
Laura Lind
Not exactly fantasy, but in elementary school it was D'Auleries (sp?) Greek Myths. I didn't actually get into SF until middle school, but then it was the Alanna books by Tamora Pierce. Now there's more in the same world, & I still enjoy t...hem. In high school, I think my favorites were the Pern books. Of course, my answer to "What's your favorite book" has always been "Whatever book I'm reading now." Just looking back, I can see that I read those books more than anything else during those years.See More
[2/16/11]
Laura Lind What got me into SF was _Black Cauldron_, but now I can't stand it.
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future I loved the juvenile Heinleins. I no longer get surprised to have adults say certain books are boring and formulaic. After all, kids like different stuff. And although I love H. Beam Piper, who writes suitably for YA, I cannot make myself finish reading Fuzzy Sapiens even though I recommend it highly for YA and junior high along with a science class discussion of scientific method and a history discussion on colonization sociology and politics.
[2/17/11]
Reading For the Future Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed, 2008 winner of the Golden Duck for Best Picture Book, now a motion picture from Disney
Mars Needs Moms | Disney
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/marsneedsmoms/?cmp=dmov_dpic_mars_psg_Title_mars+needs+moms_extl
disney.go.com
Learn about Milo, Ki, Gribble, and the gang from Mars Needs Moms... with videos, games, character bios, and more.
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future Get ready for the 2011 Renovation, the WorldCon in Las Vegas this August. RFF will be there with this teaching workshop called Roadshow. ~Valerie C.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Announcement: RFF Teams with AboutSF for Roadshow at Renovation
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/announcement-rff-teams-with-aboutsf-for.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future This newsletter links to several new articles posted to the RFF blog. Enjoy!
Check back in a couple of days, too, because some articles mentioned are still in draft form. I plan to edit the newsletter with links as I get the articles completed.
Reading for the Future Reflections: Reflections Collections -- 2/15/11
http://rff-reflections.blogspot.com/2011/02/reflections-collections-21511.html
rff-reflections.blogspot.com
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future "All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental."
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will
http://www.avclub.com/articles/15-things-kurt-vonnegut-said-better-than-anyone-el,1858/
www.avclub.com
1. "I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" The actual advice here is technically a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's "good uncle" Alex, but Vonnegut was nice enough to pass it on at speeches and in A Man Wit...
[2/16/11]
Comments
Lawrence Morrison I knew Kurt since I was seven. wonderful man, remembered me at Noreascon3, years later, fantastic mind!!!!
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future You are privileged :)
Slaughterhouse 5 has always been one of my favorite books.
[2/16/11]
Lawrence Morrison I knew Kurt since I was seven. wonderful man, remembered me at Noreascon3, years later, fantastic mind!!!!
[2/16/11]
Reading For the Future You are privileged :)
Slaughterhouse 5 has always been one of my favorite books.
[2/16/11]
Lynn E. Cohen Koehler Today's Al's Book Club for Kids pick! Tony DiTerlizzi!!
The Search For WondLa
http://wondla.com/?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+Children%27s+Bookshelf&utm_campaign=0738b84f72-Simon+&+Schusters+-WondLa++-20110131&utm_medium=email
wondla.com
January 31 [Reposted 2/16/11]
Reading For the Future
Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alpha-SFFH-Workshop-for-Young-Writers/133481160019572
The Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers is a ten-day workshop for speculative fiction writers aged 14-19 at the University of Pittsburgh's Greensburg campus. At Alpha, students write and revise a short story, give and receive critiques, work with four ...professional authors, and form friendships that often last for years. They also get the opportunity to do a public reading of one of their stories or poems. During or after Alpha, many students submit their work to professional magazines for the first time. Previous attendees have placed in the Dell Magazines Award and Writer’s of the Future contests, and have sold stories to Boys’ Life, Realms of Fantasy, Fantasy Magazine, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Fantastic Stories, Corpse Blossoms, Aberrant Dreams, and Fantastical Visions. Want more details? Check out the website.
[2/12/11]
Reading For the Future via David Brin Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.
–from an interview for Locus
[2/12/11]
Reading For the Future Sad news
Brian Jacques, Writer of Redwall Series, Dies at 71
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/arts/09jacques.html?_r=2&hpw
www.nytimes.com
Mr. Jacques worked many trades before finding his métier as a writer of the Redwall children’s fantasy books.
[2/10/11]
Reading For the Future More to celebrate Jules Verne's birthday
8 Jules Verne Inventions That Came True (Pictures)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/pictures/110208-jules-verne-google-doodle-183rd-birthday-anniversary/?source=link_fb20110208julesverne
news.nationalgeographic.com
See eight real-life inventions dreamed up decades earlier by Jules Verne—whose 183rd birthday is honored Tuesday with a Google doodle.
[2/8/11]
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 1/19/11
We have a busy page at Facebook. Here are the week' stats.
fb page stats for 17jan11
203 monthly active users (+0 since last week)
302 people like this (-3 since last week)
30 wall posts or comments this week (+20 since last week)
55 visits this week (+0 since last week)
This might be a bit outdated, but the museum is perpetual!~Valerie C.
via Cie McCullough
Join author Jane Yolen and illustrators Jane Dyer, Barry Moser, Ruth Sanderson and Bruce Degen as they discuss the interplay of words and pictures in the process of creating a picture book. Hear firsthand how the whole emerges greater than the sum of its parts.
1:00 pm panel discussion
2:00 pm book signings
2:30 pm Jane Yolen takes you on a gallery tour of her art collection.See More
Home - The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
http://www.carlemuseum.org/Home
www.carlemuseum.org
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is the first full-scale museum in this country devoted to national and international picture book art.
[1/15/11]
via Lynda Williams
Writers - input welcome on the Writer's Craft blog.
Clarion Blog
http://clarionfoundation.wordpress.com/
clarionfoundation.wordpress.com
Writers are often asked to explain how their favorite authors have influenced their work over the years. But how about what we are reading today? Does it percolate into what we write tomorrow?
[1/16/11]
Reading For the Future News from Nichelle Nichols Communications Page:
Tonight on PBS at 8pm - Gene Roddenberry, Rod Serling, & Irwin Allen.
Great way to introduce the Golden Age of SF
Season Two Preview, Pioneers of Television, PBS Video
http://video.pbs.org/video/1694653879
video.pbs.org
PIONEERS OF TELEVISION returns with new stories of the visionaries who shaped the medium.
[1/17/11]
Reading For the Future Just in case you have not heard the nominations yet.
Philip K. Dick Award
http://www.philipkdickaward.org/
www.philipkdickaward.org
The judges of the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:
[1/17/11]
Reading For the Future From Tim Pratt: 'Damn, this video makes me want to write hopeful science fiction.'
NASA - The Frontier Is Everywhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0
www.youtube.com
FULL CREDIT goes to Michael Marantz for his brilliant original: http://vimeo.com/2822787 http://michaelmarantz.com/ AND OF COURSE to Carl Sagan. I made an entire page of credits and forgot to cite The Pale Blue Dot. Total brain fart on my part. I miss the man dearly. NASA - http://www.youtube.com/u
[1/15/11]
Reading For the Future Valerie C. via Julie Czerneda
Tesseracts 15 update is now available at www.czerneda.com.
Julie Czerneda Official Site
http://www.czerneda.com/
www.czerneda.com
Julie Czerneda's Official Site,Science Fiction and Fantasy Author and Editor, Information on her Work, Stories, and Educator Materials
[1/15/11]
Reading For the Future I complained to the site that they were not putting out enough hard sci fi. Rome wrote back for suggestions. I mentioned my interest in YA and YA suitable books. Rome gave me the name of 3 currently available. I invite him to view this page and help with our book list. See comment below.
Science Fiction Book Club
http://www.facebook.com/ScienceFictionBookClub?ref=mf
The Science Fiction Book Club is one of the best-known resources for science fiction and fantasy books. Our goal is to provide our community of book-lovers with a carefully edited selection of science fiction and fantasy titles all at a significant cost savings. W...e believe in providing our members with the best of the best including original anthologies available only to our members.
[1/15/11]
Reading For the Future commented:
My dialog with Rome included this comment about YA and YA suitable sci fi:
"Science Fiction Book Club Thanks for the great feedback, Valerie - its helpful for me to keep improving SFBC. I'll keep an eye out for more hard sf and some of the t...itles/authors you ment...ion. In the meantime, you might want to check out CHAOS WALKING by Patrick Ness - it's a 2-in-1 omnibus of a YA trilogy - and the third book, MONSTERS OF MEN. Both are available through the club and are very good reads for both YA and adults. Another one is NOMANSLAND. -Rome" ~Valerie c.See More
Saturday at 5:07am
Reading For the Future commented:
If anyone has read these books, do let us know what you think of them! Shall we add them to our book list? ~Valerie C.
Saturday at 5:08am
Reading For the Future Something for writers, and readers, to watch for: pirated eBooks.
little bits of everything - Don't Steal Books
http://renesears.livejournal.com/52367.html
renesears.livejournal.com
So, this morning, a reader tweeted sarahtales that she had illegally downloaded The Demon's Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan's first book, because the e-format she wanted wasn't available in her region. (The paper book was.) She then didn't understand why Brennan was upset. ...She claimed she was making a s...
[1/14/11]
Eric Warren commented:
just another reason that technology and easy access is not always better...here we go again!
January 14 at 10:22am
Reading For the Future commented:
Actually, I am quite upset at a friend's comment to my own posting of this:
'What if I already own the book? Could I then feel like the pirated ebook is more like a backup of something that I have already purchased and to which I have user r...ights? I have transferred video cassettes to DVD without guilt if there is no DVD available, but don't do that if I could buy a legitimate copy. If I buy the book and there is no ebook available, I would probably feel ok doing this, but if there was an ebook option? This is actually something that I have been thinking about a great deal lately.'See More
January 14 at 3:32pm
Eric Warren commented:
stealing is stealing...period...there is no way to justify 'pirating' or downloading anything without permission or purchase other than greed and wanting something for free...authors, artists, publishers have rights...they create and produce the product, it is not anyone's to steal...you want it, buy it...if you cannot afford it, that's why there are libraries! haven't we been through this before with illegal music downloading? people need to stop trying to justify a crime...
January 14 at 5:42pm
Reading For the Future ?'H.P. Lovecraft was the forefather of modern horror fiction having inspired such writers as Stephen King, Robert Bloch and Neil Gaiman But what led an Old World, xenophobic gentleman to create one of literature’s most far-reaching mythologies? What attracts even the minds of the 21st century to these stories of unspeakable abominations and cosmic gods?'
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown - Watch the Documentary Film for Free
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/lovecraft_fear_of_the_unknown/
www.snagfilms.com
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown - The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is Fear of the Unknown.. Watch free documentaries. Share documentary films.
[1/13/11]
(I apologize if these 3 below are duplicates from the last posting.)
Reading For the Future This also comes from SFBC; they expect the show to pay tribute to all of our beloved authors and classic novels as well as films.~Valerie
Ridley Scott pays tribute to "Prophets of Science Fiction"
http://io9.com/5727097/ridley-scott-pays-tribute-to-prophets-of-science-fiction
io9.com
For a guy who felt that science fiction was dead a few years ago, Ridley Scott seems to have renewed his interest in the genre of late. He's producing a show for the Science channel paying tribute to scifi's creators.
[1/11/11]
Reading For the Future I offer this because the SFBC made this announcement with the posting:
"Congratulations to Paolo Bacigalupi, whose YA novel, SHIP BREAKER, has won the American Library Association's Michael L Printz award for literary excellence in Young Adult literature- a well deserved achievement! -Rome" `Valerie
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, Science Fiction Book Club® - sfbc.com
http://www.sfbc.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1065626490
www.sfbc.com
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi, Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, Price: $11.99 with Science Fiction Book Club® Membership, Length: 336 pages - sfbc.com
[1/11/11]
Reading For the Future This came to my wall via Lynda Williams. ~Valerie
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150119235341667&id=576430978&ref=mf
BBC Book Nerd Challenge
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish or read an excerpt....By:Lynda Williams
[1/11/11]
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From Other Walls
This might be a bit outdated, but the museum is perpetual!~Valerie C.
via Cie McCullough
Join author Jane Yolen and illustrators Jane Dyer, Barry Moser, Ruth Sanderson and Bruce Degen as they discuss the interplay of words and pictures in the process of creating a picture book. Hear firsthand how the whole emerges greater than the sum of its parts.
1:00 pm panel discussion
2:00 pm book signings
2:30 pm Jane Yolen takes you on a gallery tour of her art collection.See More
Home - The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
http://www.carlemuseum.org/Home
www.carlemuseum.org
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is the first full-scale museum in this country devoted to national and international picture book art.
[1/15/11]
via Lynda Williams
Writers - input welcome on the Writer's Craft blog.
Clarion Blog
http://clarionfoundation.wordpress.com/
clarionfoundation.wordpress.com
Writers are often asked to explain how their favorite authors have influenced their work over the years. But how about what we are reading today? Does it percolate into what we write tomorrow?
[1/16/11]
From the Wall of Reading For the Future
Reading For the Future News from Nichelle Nichols Communications Page:
Tonight on PBS at 8pm - Gene Roddenberry, Rod Serling, & Irwin Allen.
Great way to introduce the Golden Age of SF
Season Two Preview, Pioneers of Television, PBS Video
http://video.pbs.org/video/1694653879
video.pbs.org
PIONEERS OF TELEVISION returns with new stories of the visionaries who shaped the medium.
[1/17/11]
Reading For the Future Just in case you have not heard the nominations yet.
Philip K. Dick Award
http://www.philipkdickaward.org/
www.philipkdickaward.org
The judges of the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:
[1/17/11]
Reading For the Future From Tim Pratt: 'Damn, this video makes me want to write hopeful science fiction.'
NASA - The Frontier Is Everywhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0
www.youtube.com
FULL CREDIT goes to Michael Marantz for his brilliant original: http://vimeo.com/2822787 http://michaelmarantz.com/ AND OF COURSE to Carl Sagan. I made an entire page of credits and forgot to cite The Pale Blue Dot. Total brain fart on my part. I miss the man dearly. NASA - http://www.youtube.com/u
[1/15/11]
Reading For the Future Valerie C. via Julie Czerneda
Tesseracts 15 update is now available at www.czerneda.com.
Julie Czerneda Official Site
http://www.czerneda.com/
www.czerneda.com
Julie Czerneda's Official Site,Science Fiction and Fantasy Author and Editor, Information on her Work, Stories, and Educator Materials
[1/15/11]
Reading For the Future I complained to the site that they were not putting out enough hard sci fi. Rome wrote back for suggestions. I mentioned my interest in YA and YA suitable books. Rome gave me the name of 3 currently available. I invite him to view this page and help with our book list. See comment below.
Science Fiction Book Club
http://www.facebook.com/ScienceFictionBookClub?ref=mf
The Science Fiction Book Club is one of the best-known resources for science fiction and fantasy books. Our goal is to provide our community of book-lovers with a carefully edited selection of science fiction and fantasy titles all at a significant cost savings. W...e believe in providing our members with the best of the best including original anthologies available only to our members.
[1/15/11]
Reading For the Future commented:
My dialog with Rome included this comment about YA and YA suitable sci fi:
"Science Fiction Book Club Thanks for the great feedback, Valerie - its helpful for me to keep improving SFBC. I'll keep an eye out for more hard sf and some of the t...itles/authors you ment...ion. In the meantime, you might want to check out CHAOS WALKING by Patrick Ness - it's a 2-in-1 omnibus of a YA trilogy - and the third book, MONSTERS OF MEN. Both are available through the club and are very good reads for both YA and adults. Another one is NOMANSLAND. -Rome" ~Valerie c.See More
Saturday at 5:07am
Reading For the Future commented:
If anyone has read these books, do let us know what you think of them! Shall we add them to our book list? ~Valerie C.
Saturday at 5:08am
Reading For the Future Something for writers, and readers, to watch for: pirated eBooks.
little bits of everything - Don't Steal Books
http://renesears.livejournal.com/52367.html
renesears.livejournal.com
So, this morning, a reader tweeted sarahtales that she had illegally downloaded The Demon's Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan's first book, because the e-format she wanted wasn't available in her region. (The paper book was.) She then didn't understand why Brennan was upset. ...She claimed she was making a s...
[1/14/11]
Eric Warren commented:
just another reason that technology and easy access is not always better...here we go again!
January 14 at 10:22am
Reading For the Future commented:
Actually, I am quite upset at a friend's comment to my own posting of this:
'What if I already own the book? Could I then feel like the pirated ebook is more like a backup of something that I have already purchased and to which I have user r...ights? I have transferred video cassettes to DVD without guilt if there is no DVD available, but don't do that if I could buy a legitimate copy. If I buy the book and there is no ebook available, I would probably feel ok doing this, but if there was an ebook option? This is actually something that I have been thinking about a great deal lately.'See More
January 14 at 3:32pm
Eric Warren commented:
stealing is stealing...period...there is no way to justify 'pirating' or downloading anything without permission or purchase other than greed and wanting something for free...authors, artists, publishers have rights...they create and produce the product, it is not anyone's to steal...you want it, buy it...if you cannot afford it, that's why there are libraries! haven't we been through this before with illegal music downloading? people need to stop trying to justify a crime...
January 14 at 5:42pm
Reading For the Future ?'H.P. Lovecraft was the forefather of modern horror fiction having inspired such writers as Stephen King, Robert Bloch and Neil Gaiman But what led an Old World, xenophobic gentleman to create one of literature’s most far-reaching mythologies? What attracts even the minds of the 21st century to these stories of unspeakable abominations and cosmic gods?'
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown - Watch the Documentary Film for Free
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/lovecraft_fear_of_the_unknown/
www.snagfilms.com
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown - The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is Fear of the Unknown.. Watch free documentaries. Share documentary films.
[1/13/11]
(I apologize if these 3 below are duplicates from the last posting.)
Reading For the Future This also comes from SFBC; they expect the show to pay tribute to all of our beloved authors and classic novels as well as films.~Valerie
Ridley Scott pays tribute to "Prophets of Science Fiction"
http://io9.com/5727097/ridley-scott-pays-tribute-to-prophets-of-science-fiction
io9.com
For a guy who felt that science fiction was dead a few years ago, Ridley Scott seems to have renewed his interest in the genre of late. He's producing a show for the Science channel paying tribute to scifi's creators.
[1/11/11]
Reading For the Future I offer this because the SFBC made this announcement with the posting:
"Congratulations to Paolo Bacigalupi, whose YA novel, SHIP BREAKER, has won the American Library Association's Michael L Printz award for literary excellence in Young Adult literature- a well deserved achievement! -Rome" `Valerie
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, Science Fiction Book Club® - sfbc.com
http://www.sfbc.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1065626490
www.sfbc.com
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi, Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, Price: $11.99 with Science Fiction Book Club® Membership, Length: 336 pages - sfbc.com
[1/11/11]
Reading For the Future This came to my wall via Lynda Williams. ~Valerie
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150119235341667&id=576430978&ref=mf
BBC Book Nerd Challenge
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish or read an excerpt....By:Lynda Williams
[1/11/11]
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
FB Report: Lots of Links on Speculative Fiction -- 1/11/11
From the Wall of Reading For the Future page on Facebook
Reading For the Future This came to my wall via Lynda Williams. ~Valerie
BBC Book Nerd Challenge
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150119235341667&id=576430978&ref=mf
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish or read an excerpt....
By:Lynda Williams
[1/11/11]
Reading For the Future Just in case you want to read some classic SF in German, here are some German Vintage Science Fiction Posters.
kino-50er.de
http://www.kino-50er.de/filmplakatescifi.htm
www.kino-50er.de
[1/10/11]
Reading For the Future Apparently, today is 'National Science Fiction Day'. I was told this by an educational newsletter I subscribe too. Here is a sampling of some of their offerings.
CurrClick - Advanced Search
http://www.currclick.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=science+fiction&x=0&y=0&quicksearch=1&search_filter&filters&search_free&search_in_description=1&search_in_author=1&search_in_artist=1
www.currclick.com
The purpose of this Enrichment4You e-guide is to provide a brief overview of mutations in science fiction and real life. A special focus on 1950’s style science fiction featuring “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” and the real science of amphibians with massive mutations will be discussed. You wil
[1/2/11]
Reading For the Future I have been reminded that the Hugo Nomination Period has begun.
Locus Online News » Hugo Nomination Period Open
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/01/hugo-nomination-period-open/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
www.locusmag.com
Nomination ballots will be accepted from January 1, 2011, to Saturday, March 26, 2011, 23:59 PDT for the Hugo Awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Members of Renovation who join by January 31, 2011, and all members of Aussiecon 4, the prior year’s Worldcon, are invited to submi...
[1/2/11]
Reading For the Future Just wanted to tell everyone - we have reached 300 'likes' on this page :) Quite appropriately, it is Isaac Asimov's birthday today.
If you would like to become more involved with Reading For the Future, please check out our website www.readingforfuture.com or think about joining our Yahoo group - Talking RFF (lurkers welcome).
Reading for the Future
http://www.readingforfuture.com
www.readingforfuture.com
Reading for the Future is a grass roots group of parents, teachers and librarians that have banded together to help excite children, to inspire them to read, to study, and to learn by useing Science Fiction (SF, Sci Fi) in the classroom.
[1/2/11]
Reading For the Future Finalists for the 2010 Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards have been named. Here is the link for the Fantasy & Science Fiction nominees in the Young Adult category:
Cybils: 2010 Finalists Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult)
http://www.cybils.com/2010-finalists-fantasy-science-fiction-young-adult.html
www.cybils.com
The Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards
[1/1/11]
Reading For the Future Finalists for the 2010 Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards have been named. Here is the link for the Fantasy & Science Fiction nominees in the Middle Grades:
Cybils: 2010 Finalists Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade)
http://www.cybils.com/2010-finalists-fantasy-science-fiction-middle-grade.html#tp
www.cybils.com
The Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards
[1/1/11]
Reading For the Future About 6 or 7 are SF.
11 YA Novels We Can’t Wait To Read In 2011
http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/12/30/2011-ya-novels/?xrs=share_fb
hollywoodcrush.mtv.com
Now that we've decided which 2010 YA novel was tops, it's time to turn our attention to the plethora of books that will fill our shelves, nightstands, desks, coffee tables in 2011. Happily, many of our favorite authors will be back with sequels and spin-offs, meaning a year of guaranteed great reads...
12/30/10]
Reading For the Future Introducing young people to SF does not mean we have to limit ourselves to prose.
Science Fiction Poetry Association
http://www.sfpoetry.com
www.sfpoetry.com
Science Fiction Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
[12/28/10]
Reading For the Future Great video of this morning's eclipse.
Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMw7yamP4Rw
www.youtube.com
Time Lapse Video of Lunar Eclipse on December 21, 2010 from Gainesville Florida. 1:10 AM EST (6:10 GMT) to 5:03 AM EST (10:03 GMT). Music is Claude Debussy Noctures: Sirènes
[12/21/10]
From Other Walls
David Brin Lovely! A video of Richard Feynman and the difference between knowing the name of something & knowing something. Great perspective on how to talk to kids about science. By the way, I met Feynman when I was a student at Caltech. I’ll tell that story another time…
R. P. Feynman and the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05WS0WN7zMQ
www.youtube.com
[1/11/11]
David BrinInstitute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies IEET Fellow David Brin muses about the challenge of governing a galactic civilization.
Isaac Asimov and Human Destiny
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/brin20110107
ieet.org
Ever notice how many futuristic authors toy, now and then, with the concept of a global overmind?
[1/7/11]
Science Fiction Book Club Congratulations to Paolo Bacigalupi, whose YA novel, SHIP BREAKER, has won the American Library Association's Michael L Printz award for literary excellence in Young Adult literature- a well deserved achievement! -Rome
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, Science Fiction Book Club® - sfbc.com
http://www.sfbc.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1065626490
www.sfbc.com
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi, Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA, Price: $11.99 with Science Fiction Book Club® Membership, Length: 336 pages - sfbc.com
[1/11/11]
Science Fiction Book Club Get the tivo ready - Ridley Scott's on-again-off-again relationship with science fiction seems to be on again. We can now look forward to him profiling some of sf's brightest lights, including Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry and others. No, it's not on Syfy (they really should have thought of it first), but on the Science channel. -Rome
Ridley Scott pays tribute to "Prophets of Science Fiction"
http://io9.com/5727097/ridley-scott-pays-tribute-to-prophets-of-science-fiction
io9.com
For a guy who felt that science fiction was dead a few years ago, Ridley Scott seems to have renewed his interest in the genre of late. He's producing a show for the Science channel paying tribute to scifi's creators.
[1/7/11]
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Reading For the Future. This comment is from one of R. Sawyer' friends:
Janet Wilson also commented on Robert J. Sawyer's link.
Janet wrote,"I'd say, definitely YA-suitable! (And probably less such "language" than the YA reader uses)"~Valerie
[3/6/11]
Reading For the Future: Heather Borean also commented on Robert J. Sawyer's link.
Heather wrote, "As a parent of former YA's who has always been very careful about what her kids read I would absolutely recommend Wake and Watch for YA's They might even make the kids... reading them THINK. Nothing gratuitous about them whatsoever."~Valerie
[3/6/11]