SF2 Concatenation

Message of the moment: Summer edition now up

We have the usual BIG seasonal news page which is broken down into sections (films, books, TV, authors, conventions and science). Then there is our annual SF/F film top ten of the year (12 months) to Easter. This is based on British Isles box office takings (hence is a public poll) so you may want to scroll down that page to our own recommendations as to the best DVDs of the year to seek out and, as all are linked to YouTube trailers, you can make your own mind up. We also have our annual dollop of whimsy with Gaia. Topping the lot off, we have many SF and a couple of non-fiction book reviews. That should hold you until mid-summer. (Of course if you are in the southern hemisphere then it will not be summer at all, but just pretend it is an alternate world thing.) If this sort of thing appeals to you then feel free to let like-minded friends know via your social site, blog or whatever.

On the staff front it has been busy as usual. However we still need additional UK-based fantasy book reviewers, non-UK-based national convention reviewers and non-British brief news reporters. Hope that some of you are up for it. Meanwhile enjoy this edition. Splundig.

Forthcoming

Mid-summer (or even winter in Australasia and friends in Antarctica) sees a new addition to our selection of the very best of the one-page Nature 'Futures' stories.

Most recently added

v23(3) 2013.4.20 -- New Columns & Articles for the Summer 2013

• Newscast for the Summer 2013. Which includes within it loads of sections covering SF books, films and TV as well as science not to mention fandom and convention news. See the master newscast link index that connects to all the news sub-sections relating to films, books, TV, fandom, science news and forthcoming book listings for both SF, fantasy and popular science.
• 2012/13 (year to Easter) SF Film Top Ten Chart and Other Worthies (All archive annual film charts here)
• Gaia - Annual whimsical SF and/or science snippets and exotica
• 2013/4 Diary of Major SF Conventions & Forthcoming SF Films of the Year (Updated)

v23(3) 2013.4.20 -- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Reviews

• Hunger -- Melvin Burgess
• The Creative Fire -- Brenda Cooper
• Gun Machine -- Warren Ellis
• The Steam Mole -- Dave Freer
• Misspent Youth -- Peter F. Hamilton
• A Red Sun Also Rises -- Mark Hodder
• Society of Steam Book 3 – Power Under Pressure -- Andrew P. Mayer
• The Ballad of Halo Jones -- Alan Moore & Ian Gibson
• Boneshaker -- Cherie Priest
• The Doctor and the Rough Rider -- Mike Resnick
• Apollo’s Outcasts -- Allen Steele
• Batman – Judge Dredd Collection -- John Wagner et al
• Strontium Dog: The Life and Death of Jonny Alpha - The Project -- John Wagner & Carlos Ezequerra
• (Judge Dredd) The Taxidermist -- John Wagner, Alan Grant et al
• The Emperor of All Things -- Paul Witcover

v23(3) 2013.4.20 -- Non-Fiction SF & Science Fact Book Reviews

• The Mummy’s Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy -- Roger Luckhurst
• The Science of Discworld IV: Judgment Day -- Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen

v23(2) 2013.1.30 -- New story from the Nature Futures series

• Invisible: The path to immortality by Joao Ramalho-Santos
  Short Story (1 page PDF). Having a scientific breakthrough, getting published and hence recognition, you might think was a path to immortality... Not any more... (This is one that may well resonate with our scientist regulars.)
• The index to all of the Concatenation selection of Nature 'Futures' stories.
• The guidelines for prospective 'Futures' SF short stories.

Full 'What's New' list