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About: N.E. Lilly


Website: http://www.spacewesterns.com/


Profile: is the editor of SpaceWesterns.com. When he isn't reading submissions or indulging his love of the Space Western sub-genre, he's developing websites for Science Fiction professionals and organizations through GreenTentacles.


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News for science fiction fans who like video games of all sorts.

  • How to build a better being on the National Geographic Channel will be showcasing Spore
  • How You Can “Save” PC Gaming
  • New Star Wars Videogame Unleashes the Force in You
  • Games Demystified: Portal, on Gamasutra, goes into the science behind the game.
  • SFSignal begins a Game Bits column

Upcoming games? Videogames meta-discussion? News about the intersection of videogames and science fiction? If you…

News about science fiction on the Internet.

  • The Con Anti-Harassment Project is a grass-roots campaign to encourage conventions to create anti-harassment policies
  • Zombie CSU website launched in conjunction with the book launch. Zombie CSU includes over 250 interviews with real-world experts ranging from Law Enforcment and the Military to Psychology and Medicine to present the first ever look at how our real world would react, research and respond to a zombie uprising.
  • Lonelygirl15…

Movie Review: Star Wars: Clone Wars

I’m a fan of Star Wars. I’ve been a fan of Star Wars since I watched the original movie in theaters at roughly the age of four. So, it’s not surprising that I share my love of Star Wars with my children. When the new movie came out, we decided to see it.

After reading a number of poor reviews of Star Wars: Clone Wars, I went into the movie theaters with low,…

News about science fiction on the Internet.

  • Will TheWB Be Your New Favorite Website? The WB launches a new video on demand website, and adds your favorite Science Fiction shows.
  • Pyr’s blog now a group effort
  • Gemini Division, an NBC web series, has gone live.
  • The Fate of Short Fiction Online. Gordon Van Gelder, editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, wants your input.
  • Sites of the Week: Batman on Film (AMC SciFi…

News about science fiction on the Internet.

  • Fanzines beget blogs by Robert Ebert
  • TTA Press launches Transmissions From Beyond podcast site
  • Fruitless Recursion is a news website that publishes criticism of science fiction criticism
  • Castle Television Series new website launched. Castle is a drama based on a famous mystery novelist, Nick Castle (Nathan Fillion) who helps the NYPD homicide department solve crimes.
  • There You Have It, 10 Years Of SyFy Portal. SyFy Portal celebrates 10 years online.
  • SF…

News for science fiction fans who like video games of all sorts.

  • Warren Ellis discloses that he wrote Dead Space story
  • PAX coming to East Coast in 2010!
  • Top 5 Best Aliens in Video Games
  • Star Trek online game ready to engage
  • Star Trek Online Gameplay Trailer
  • 2 new StarCraft 2 gameplay videos - Protoss & Zerg
  • Disney Leading Hollywood to the Videogame Grail
  • Video games can’t be blamed for humanity’s problems

Upcoming games? Videogames meta-discussion? News about the…

News about science fiction on the Internet.

  • Transcriptase launches as an archive for ex-Helix writer’s stories.
  • Web Fiction Guide is a new online resource to keep track of online fiction: e-zines and blooks (blogged novels).
  • Fan History’s science fiction section needs your help. Fan History is a fan run project dedicated to documenting the history of fandom. Laura Hale, site admin, is asking for more people in the science fiction community to help develop it.
  • Will…

News for science fiction fans who like video games of all sorts.

  • Stargate Worlds was demo’d by GameSpy at Comic-Con International. It’s due to be released Q4 2008.
  • In The Making (and Remaking) of Bionic Commando 1up reports various tidbits on the latest incarnation of the classic 1987 arcade game.
  • Engage! Cryptic to obtained the license for Star Trek and has begun work on an Massive Multiplayer Online game. More details will be revealed at the…

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog Review

“Ahhhahahahahahaa… Ah-hahaAah! HahaAaAah… so that’s, y’know, coming along.”

The Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog webisodes were shot in the span of six days and funded by Joss Whedon (for a low six figures). On July 15th, Act 1 of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog launched and under a massive influx of traffic the site crashed (reportedly taking the Whedonesque website down with it). By July 19th the third and final Act was online and by…

  • Fanlib closes today. Firefox News assess the situation in an article, On the Demise of Fanlib, and Why Fan-run Sites Are More Likely to Succeed
  • Genreville is a brand new blog run by Rose Fox, editor of Publishers Weekly’s SF/fantasy/horror and mass market reviews. The introductory post contains an interview with Ellen Datlow (previously of Omni, Omni Online, Event Horizon, and SCIFICTION – more recently, The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction)
  • Whedon…

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