While promoting his new book, Shadowrise, Tad Williams invited Xenite.Org to interview him for the Web. We love interviewing writers and actors so we readily agreed. The team conferred, came up with a list of questions, and I was able to get the ball rolling pretty quickly.
Okay, so Shadowrise was published in March -- which was when all the other Tad Williams interviews appeared. We had a few delays in the process but the interview is now finally live.
Be sure to drop by Xenite.Org and read An Interview with Tad Williams. It's packed full of interesting questions, anecdotes, background information, pictures -- well, if you're familiar with Xenite.Org then you know it's NOT just another interview about a book.
Be sure to let me know what you think. And if you're a Tad Williams fan, we'll appreciate your letting your friends know about the interview. I'm sure they'll be interested, too.
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Showing posts with label scifi news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scifi news. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
May the Force amuse you
Variety and other sources including MTV are reporting that LucasFilm Ltd. is planning to disturb the Force with a sitcom based in the Star Wars universe.
Here is an excerpt from the MTV take on the news:
With the recent news that SyFy will develop a sitcom, I suppose this is the next step in the evolution of science fiction TV. In a few more years we'll probably have science fiction cooking shows, fantasy home design shows, and Girls-and-Geeks game shows (oh, wait, we've already slogged through Beauty and the Geek).
Oh well. Science fiction TV was fun while it lasted. Now I guess we'll all have something to chortle about other than how clueless the Mundanes can be.
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Here is an excerpt from the MTV take on the news:
Yesterday, Lucasfilm issued a press release revealing plans for an unusual new "Star Wars" TV series. Building on the success of high-profile parodies from the "Family Guy" and "Robot Chicken" crews, the Lucas camp is planning a sitcom series based on the famous galaxy far, far away. "Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich will be "creatively involved"; the show will also feature the writing talents of Brendan Hay ("Frank TV") and direction from Todd Grimes ("Back at the Barnyard").
With the recent news that SyFy will develop a sitcom, I suppose this is the next step in the evolution of science fiction TV. In a few more years we'll probably have science fiction cooking shows, fantasy home design shows, and Girls-and-Geeks game shows (oh, wait, we've already slogged through Beauty and the Geek).
Oh well. Science fiction TV was fun while it lasted. Now I guess we'll all have something to chortle about other than how clueless the Mundanes can be.
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
SF-Worlds relaunched with new design, expanded content
SF Worlds is returning to its roots. Years ago when I created the SF-Worlds.com domain I wasn't sure what to do with it. I didn't need another Web site for science fiction FAQs and essays but the name just seemed too cool to pass up.
In the late 1990s Netscape began experimenting with XML files in a format they called Rich Site Summaries (an early form of today's common RSS feeds). The Netscape format was intended to help sites publish news headlines and lists of recently updated pages. The format eventually merged with blog structures but for about two years many Web sites published custom news stories and distributed links to those stories through RSS feeds.
I built SF-Worlds into the Web's largest source of science fiction and fantasy news headlines covering dozens of topics. Unfortunately, the dot-com meltdown of 2000 burned out many of the experimental companies that were pushing out XML feeds. My headlines either turned stale or became completely inaccessible as sites disappeared. I eventually settled on creating a few essay sections to populate SF-Worlds.
But I've always wanted to do more with the domain. The news format still intrigued me but I just didn't have time to dig up new XML news feeds and, quite frankly, there are not that many dedicated science fiction and fantasy news sources anyway (at least not like the old ones).
After several experiments I've settled upon a new format for the domain that makes the pages more attractive, easier to read, and easier to update (I hope). I've also been able to add a Science Fiction News page that makes liberal use of video news channel feeds to cover topics related to science and science fiction.
I invite you to check out the new SF-Worlds. Oh, yes, the old essays are still there, somewhat revised, in some cases expanded, and updated where I could find time to update them.
But I think it's the new content you'll be most interested in. I certainly hope so.
SF-Fandom is a moderated, fan-run community devoted to science fiction, fantasy, history, and mythology. SF-Fandom was founded in 2001 and is part of the Xenite.Org network. Free registration is required to post. Please be sure you read our Posting Guidelines.
In the late 1990s Netscape began experimenting with XML files in a format they called Rich Site Summaries (an early form of today's common RSS feeds). The Netscape format was intended to help sites publish news headlines and lists of recently updated pages. The format eventually merged with blog structures but for about two years many Web sites published custom news stories and distributed links to those stories through RSS feeds.
I built SF-Worlds into the Web's largest source of science fiction and fantasy news headlines covering dozens of topics. Unfortunately, the dot-com meltdown of 2000 burned out many of the experimental companies that were pushing out XML feeds. My headlines either turned stale or became completely inaccessible as sites disappeared. I eventually settled on creating a few essay sections to populate SF-Worlds.
But I've always wanted to do more with the domain. The news format still intrigued me but I just didn't have time to dig up new XML news feeds and, quite frankly, there are not that many dedicated science fiction and fantasy news sources anyway (at least not like the old ones).
After several experiments I've settled upon a new format for the domain that makes the pages more attractive, easier to read, and easier to update (I hope). I've also been able to add a Science Fiction News page that makes liberal use of video news channel feeds to cover topics related to science and science fiction.
I invite you to check out the new SF-Worlds. Oh, yes, the old essays are still there, somewhat revised, in some cases expanded, and updated where I could find time to update them.
But I think it's the new content you'll be most interested in. I certainly hope so.
SF-Fandom is a moderated, fan-run community devoted to science fiction, fantasy, history, and mythology. SF-Fandom was founded in 2001 and is part of the Xenite.Org network. Free registration is required to post. Please be sure you read our Posting Guidelines.
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