Xenite.Org was invited to interview Craig Horner, star of Legend of the Seeker, and you can now read the article here.
And SF-Fandom has a forum discussion about the Craig Horner interview. I hope you drop by and share your thoughts about the article.
In addition to the interview we added a Legend of the Seeker Web Directory to the site. I was having trouble finding fan sites and noticed they don't have many links to other fan sites. I think this is currently the largest list of Seeker fan sites on the Web but I cannot be sure.
And I also wrote "On Interviewing Craig Horner" at the other SF-Fandom blog, where I relate all the chaos and mishaps that led up to the actual interview and followed in its aftermath.
I sincerely hope you enjoy the article (and the directory).
And I want to thank WKT Public Relations for inviting Xenite to participate in the latest round of interviews.
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A final word about SciFi and Green Police
A friend mentioned to me today that there is a concise explanation of the "broad range of grass roots movements" around the world that have been labeled Green Police. Last week, in a series of articles on the SF Fandom Wordpress blog as well as here, I explored the "green police" concept from my limited perspective. I have been aware of the growing environmental movements around the world for some time and realized that science fiction (and fandom) have played their parts in developing the message.
Here is a concise list of the articles I wrote on both blogs:
BTW -- Black Oak Arkansas fans might think that second article title is familiar. It was inspired by the goofy song "Jim Dandy to the rescue". Sorry -- my resistance was futile.
I opened a discussion of these articles at SF-Fandom. Please feel free to drop by and leave your thoughts there if you don't want to comment on either of the blogs: SF Fandom blogs and environmentalism.
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Here is a concise list of the articles I wrote on both blogs:
SF-Fandom Wordpress Blog Environmental Series
- Are the Green Police Real Enough?
- Galactic Green Police
- Should man change his environment?
- One last word about Green Police
SF-Fandom Blogger Blog Environmental Series
BTW -- Black Oak Arkansas fans might think that second article title is familiar. It was inspired by the goofy song "Jim Dandy to the rescue". Sorry -- my resistance was futile.
I opened a discussion of these articles at SF-Fandom. Please feel free to drop by and leave your thoughts there if you don't want to comment on either of the blogs: SF Fandom blogs and environmentalism.
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.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Legend of the Seeker fan site now live
Because we now have a Legend of the Seeker Forum at SF-Fandom, and because we'll soon be publishing an exclusive interview with LOTS star Craig Horner, Xenite.Org has launched a new Legend of the Seeker fan site.
The interview with Craig is not yet live but it should be published sometime in the next 2-3 days. We'll post announcements across our network when the article goes live.
I think Craig Horner fans will enjoy the read.
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The interview with Craig is not yet live but it should be published sometime in the next 2-3 days. We'll post announcements across our network when the article goes live.
I think Craig Horner fans will enjoy the read.
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.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Who are the green police?
So today I am asking if man should change his environment on the Wordpress blog but it has been pointed out to me that I missed a connection to the term "green police", which seems to have found quite a few uses.
There is a band called the Green Police. I wonder if they should call their lead singer "Green Sting"? Sorry. You just had to live through the 1980s to enjoy that kind of humor, I suppose.
I want to point out that in my other article I linked to an article I wrote several years ago called "How to steal the planet Venus and make it your own". I just think that is such a really cool concept -- taking ownership over a planet by getting there first.
The other evening I was watching a Star Trek special features Blu-Ray Disc and it included a semi-interactive section where you can watch brief explanations of the planets in the various movies. The commentator used a star chart (as did the interactive navigation) to show you where all the planets are supposed to be.
I get that civilizations might claim worlds, but how do you claim the space between stars? In Star Trek: Voyager the ship was constantly entering someone's space and being challenged. How do you monitor and control the space between star systems on that scale? You're literally staking out a huge 3-dimensional claim in galactic chunks.
None of which really has anything to do with science fiction and environmentalism, I realism, but once you start thinking about all this stuff you sort of get carried away with it. It just takes you along for the ride.
Maybe one day we'll start imagining what we could do with all those brown dwarf stars floating around the galaxy that failed to ignite for lack of sufficient mass. Think of all that hydrogen and helium that is so neatly packaged.
And maybe someone will come up with a way to utilize dead stars that are just huge diamonds (the remnants of white dwarfs that failed to collapse into neutron stars).
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.
There is a band called the Green Police. I wonder if they should call their lead singer "Green Sting"? Sorry. You just had to live through the 1980s to enjoy that kind of humor, I suppose.
I want to point out that in my other article I linked to an article I wrote several years ago called "How to steal the planet Venus and make it your own". I just think that is such a really cool concept -- taking ownership over a planet by getting there first.
The other evening I was watching a Star Trek special features Blu-Ray Disc and it included a semi-interactive section where you can watch brief explanations of the planets in the various movies. The commentator used a star chart (as did the interactive navigation) to show you where all the planets are supposed to be.
I get that civilizations might claim worlds, but how do you claim the space between stars? In Star Trek: Voyager the ship was constantly entering someone's space and being challenged. How do you monitor and control the space between star systems on that scale? You're literally staking out a huge 3-dimensional claim in galactic chunks.
None of which really has anything to do with science fiction and environmentalism, I realism, but once you start thinking about all this stuff you sort of get carried away with it. It just takes you along for the ride.
Maybe one day we'll start imagining what we could do with all those brown dwarf stars floating around the galaxy that failed to ignite for lack of sufficient mass. Think of all that hydrogen and helium that is so neatly packaged.
And maybe someone will come up with a way to utilize dead stars that are just huge diamonds (the remnants of white dwarfs that failed to collapse into neutron stars).
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.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dollhouse fan fighting for the show
Although I log in to the SF Fandom Twitter account a few times each week, I rarely check to see who has actually sent a tweet to the account. Hence, I missed a late December Tweet from Tore Simonsen, who appears to be a dedicated Dollhouse fan trying to save the show.
I decided I might as well give his campaign a little boost, although I don't know if my help comes too late.
You can read his Dollhouse: Help In Any Way You Can post here. It provides some links you can follow to sign online petitions, etc.
Good luck, Tore.
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I decided I might as well give his campaign a little boost, although I don't know if my help comes too late.
You can read his Dollhouse: Help In Any Way You Can post here. It provides some links you can follow to sign online petitions, etc.
Good luck, Tore.
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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