Posted on 03.19.08 by Doc @ 10:11 am張貼於03.19.08文檔@上午10時11分  Another titan has departed the science fiction world.另一個土衛六已經離開科幻世界。 Arthur C. Clarke, author of more than 30 novels and inventor of the geostationary communications satellite, passed away earlier today at his home in Sri Lanka.阿瑟克拉克，作者三十以上的小說和發明的地球靜止軌道通信衛星，去世，今天早些時候在他的家在斯里蘭卡。 As hard science fiction goes, there were none greater than Clarke, and his vision and tireless advocacy for human exploration and utilization of space may well be as important as any of his contributions to fiction.作為硬科幻小說有雲：有沒有大於克拉克，和他的遠見和不懈的宣傳，為人類探索和利用空間的可能，以及同樣重要，他的任何貢獻小說。 Among his many awards and recognitions, he was one of only two dozen SFWA Grand Masters, a Knight Bachelor, and a Commander of the British Empire.在他的眾多獎項和承認，他是一個只有兩個十sfwa宏偉的主人，騎士的學士，和一個指揮官的大英帝國。 He also had an他還一 asteroid小行星 and a和 dinosaur恐龍 named after him, and an Apollo command module named after one of his fictional spacecraft (他的名字命名，和一阿波羅指揮方艙命名後，他的一個虛構的航天器（ Odyssey奧德賽 ). ） 。 Categorized as:歸類為： Books圖書 |
Posted on 03.16.08 by Widge @ 4:16 am張貼於03.16.08由widge @上午04時16分  Rox rox writes in to let us know that the Luggage is up for auction.寫在讓我們知道的行李，到了拍賣。 Not just any luggage, though.不只是任何行李，雖然。 The Luggage from Sky One's adaptation of Colour of Magic行李從天空一的適應不同顏色的魔術 . 。 As I write this, it's currently at £2,150.正如我寫這一點，目前的英鎊， 2150 。 And if you know anything about the exchange rates these days, that means it's roughly $10,000 in US currency.如果您知道任何關於匯率的這些天來，這意味著它的大致10000美元在美國貨幣。 But the good news is that但好消息是， the Pratchett Nation continues its assault against Alzheimer's該pratchett國家繼續毆打對阿爾茨海默氏症 , and 100% of the purchase price goes to Alzheimer's research. ， 100 ％的購買價格去阿爾茨海默氏症的研究。 Nice.好的。 On a side note, some of you on this side of the pond might be saying: " Colour of Magic ? Sky One? Eh?"在一個方面說明，你們當中有些人就這方面的池塘可能會說： “ 顏色的魔術 ？天空一？嗯” ？ Yes, apparently.是的，顯然。 Check out the official site with the trailer.請參閱官方網站與拖車。 David Jason, Sean Astin,大衛傑森，肖恩astin ， Tim Curry添咖哩 and和 Christopher Lee克里斯托弗李 as the voice of Death.作為聲音的死因。 Wow, Christopher Lee as Death.哇，克里斯托弗李死亡。 What great casting.什麼偉大的鑄造。 That airs on Easter in the UK.認為氣在復活節在英國。 As Ken says after watching the trailer, it's possible to do a completely faithful TV adaptation of作為肯說，看完拖車，有可能會做一個完全忠實的電視改編 Hitchhiker's Guide hitchhiker的指南 . 。 Somebody get on that, would you?有人獲得上，你會嗎？ Categorized as:歸類為： Books圖書 |
Posted on 03.14.08 by Widge @ 3:38 am張貼於03.14.08由widge @上午03時38分  Terry Pratchett yesterday announced that he's特里pratchett昨天宣布，他的 donating $1M to research for Alzheimer's捐贈一百萬元給研究阿爾茨海默氏症 . 。 This after he was diagnosed in December with an early onset version of the disease.這之後，他被診斷出在12月與早發性版本的疾病。 He said, "Part of me lives in a world of new age remedies and science, and some of the science is a little like voodoo, but science was never an exact science, and personally I'd eat the arse out of a dead mole if it offered a fighting chance."他說： “的一部分，我生活在一個世界的新時代的補救措施和科學，有些科學是一個有點象的Voodoo ，但科學從來沒有一門精確的科學，和我個人想要吃屁股走出死胡同，摩爾如果它提供了一個戰鬥的機會“ 。 He also said "I intend to scream and harangue while there is time."他還表示： “我打算尖叫和harangue雖然有時間” 。 I've personally lost two grandparents to Alzheimer's, so I feel for him.我已經親自失去了兩位祖父母阿爾茨海默氏症，所以，我覺得他。 And I'm sure his carrying on will help the cause.我敢肯定，他在繼承將有助於事業。 So scream on, Brother Terry.所以就尖叫，兄弟特里。 We're right there with you.我們正在正確的有與您合作。 In related news, the British Association for the Advancement of Dead Moles was quick to point out that there are no scientific studies linking them with Alzheimer's cures.在相關的新聞報導，英國協進會死痣是快速指出，有沒有科學的研究聯繫起來，與阿爾茨海默氏症的解藥。 They said this while remaining seated.他們說這雖然餘下的坐下。 And also dead.和也死了。 Thankee to thankee ，以 Rox rox , who sent us this. ，誰向我們發送了這一點。 Categorized as:歸類為： Books圖書 |
Posted on 02.29.08 by Doc @ 11:24 am張貼於02.29.08文檔@上午11時24分  With a body of work that runs the gamut from the proto-cyberpunk Jerry Cornelius novels to the high fantasy melodrama of Elric to the madcap steampunk of the Nomad of the Time Stream, Michael Moorcock's writing chops have never been in doubt for fans of sci-fi/fantasy fiction.同一個機構的工作運行域從原賽博朋克傑里利烏斯小說，高幻想鬧劇的elric向madcap steampunk的游牧的時間內流，邁克爾moorcock的寫作印章從未有疑問，球迷的科幻Fi的/幻想小說。 His more "mainstream" novels (and I use the term exceedingly loosely), like Behold the Man , Gloriana or Mother London , have received stellar reviews outside the sometimes cloistered confines of genre fiction (though他更“主流”的小說（我使用這個詞極為鬆散的） ，想看哪，該名男子 ， gloriana或母親倫敦 ，已收到恆星評語外，有時cloistered局限體裁小說（雖然 my own thoughts我自己的想法 on his more "serious" efforts run counter to the larger book-reviewing world).對他更“嚴重”的努力背道而馳，以規模較大的圖書審查世界） 。 This April, at the Nebula Awards, he will join the hallowed ranks of the SFWA Grand Masters as the 25th member of that exclusive club.今年4月，在星雲獎，他將加入神聖的行列，該sfwa宏偉的主人，作為第二十五成員認為，專屬俱樂部。 Categorized as:歸類為： Books圖書 |
Posted on 02.10.08 by Widge @ 12:27 am張貼於02.10.08由widge @上午12時27分  Neil Gaiman尼爾蓋曼 ( （ whom we just mentioned其中，我們剛才提到的 ...funny that) has celebrated the 7th birthday of his blog by announcing he (and publisher Harper Collins) will place one of his books online for free for a month (initially, anyway). ...搞笑認為）慶祝第七的生日他的博客中宣布，他（和出版商哈珀柯林斯）將他的一個聯機叢書，免費為一個月（最初，無論如何） 。 The voting for which one takes place over the next week,投票哪一個發生在未來一周， so get to it因此，獲得它的 . 。 The titles in question are: American Gods ,標題的問題是： 美國的神 ， Anansi Boys anansi男孩 , ， Coraline coraline , Fragile Things , M is for Magic , ， 脆弱的東西 ， 男的是魔術 ， Neverwhere neverwhere , Smoke and Mirrors , and ， 煙霧和鏡子 ，和 Stardust 星塵 . 。 Rough choice.粗糙的選擇。 On one hand I say Coraline because it's the perfect scary book for kids and adults.一方面，我說coraline ，因為它的完美可怕的圖書專為兒童和成人。 On the other hand, I dig Neverwhere for the urban fantasy.在另一方面，我挖neverwhere為城市的幻想。 And on the hand I borrowed from someone else (or maybe a Tom Lehrer song), there's Stardust , which is a much better book than it is a film...and it was a decent film.和對手，我借來從別人的（或可能是湯姆教師宋） ，有的星塵 ，這是一個更美好的書，比這是一個電影...這是一個體面的電影。 So...you're on your own.因此， ...您對您自己。 But make sure and vote, whatever your choice.但要確保和表決，無論你的選擇。 Categorized as:歸類為： Books圖書 |
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