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Winners of the Masters of Science Fiction DVD Competition

I’m pleased to announce the winners of our Masters of Science Fiction DVD competition. Thank you for all the entries. The following lucky people will be receiving the DVD set in the mail:

  • Chris W., FL
  • Kat S., NH
  • John B., UT
  • Carl J., PA
  • William J. R., MN
  • Mook H. K.,NJ
  • Patrick T., CT
  • Maria P., IL
  • Catrina C., TX
  • Keith H., WA

I’m very pleased with the success of this giveaway so if I receive further opportunities to offer…

Baen Books For September 2008

Baen Books are releasing the following books during September 2008:

  • Duainfey by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
  • Belisarius I: Thunder at Dawn by Eric Flint, David Drake
  • Van Rijn Method & Poul Anderson
  • Yellow Eyes by John Ringo & Tom Kratman
  • The Long Twilight by Keith Laumer
  • Thraxas Under Siege by Martin Scott

What Makes a Fan?

The other day I posted the claim that There Is No Such Thing As Science Fiction Fandom. It was as I acknowledged in the article, an over-reaching claim. But I basically stand by the point I was making that fandom has splintered into many specialized form and there really isn’t an overall fandom at this point.

Over at dashPunk, C. E. Dorsett posted a rebuttal of sorts suggesting that it’s not…

Stargate Atlantis Ends With Season 5

The Sci Fi Channel has greenlit a two hour movie based on their Stargate Atlantis series. Sci Fi will of course have the television premiere for the movie which will aslo get a DVD release.

The Stargate Atlantis movie will be written by executive producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie and will follow Atlantis’ fifth and final season (which is set to conclude in January 2009). It seems at this new…

There’s No Such Thing as Science Fiction Fandom

Okay that’s a sweeping simplification. It would be more accurate to claim that there’s no such thing as a single unifying science fiction fandom.

I think there’s a strong case to be made that historically there used to be one. The one that formed around the pulp magazines, that essentially created WorldCon and the Hugos. Members of that fandom were at one time a pretty good example of the average…

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