SF SiteThe new issue of the SF Site is now online.Return of the Over-Used Muse by Rob Schrab- March 1, 2008 In 1994 a small, independent comic from an even smaller independent label, Fireman Press, debuted. Set in the future, the story featured a world where robot assassins could be purchased through vending machines, assigned a target and would self-destruct upon completion of their mission. It was all the brainchild of creator Rob Schrab and he called it Scud: the Disposable Assassin. Weird, righthttp://www.sfsite.com/03a/sd267.htm Manna From Heaven by Roger Zelazny- March 1, 2008 Roger Zelazny has always been admired and praised by other writers for his way with words. The near poetic prose of stories like "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" and "24 Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai", and the unique mix of mythology, religion, and technology in novels like Lord of Light were often imitated but seldom matched. And in his most popular works, the long-running Amber series, he found mass popularity to match his stylistic talent and ambition.http://www.sfsite.com/03a/mh267.htm Babylon 5.1: TV reviews by Rick Norwood- March 1, 2008 The writer's strike is over. The networks are spacing out the shows they have to try to cover the gap due to the strike, so there is very little SF on TV. But what there is, Rick gives us a list of what to watch in March.http://www.sfsite.com/columns/rick267.htm Magdalen Rising by Elizabeth Cunningham- March 1, 2008 The four Gospels account of the life of Jesus suffers from a "Rosemary Woods" gap -- a period of roughly eighteen years between the ages of 12 and 30 in which either Jesus did nothing worth noting or was entirely absent from Palestine. There is some Biblical evidence to suggest the latter view. John the Baptist failed to recognize his own cousin, implying that he hadn't seen Jesus for quite some time. Also, Matthew 17:24-27 recounts that Jesus had to pay a Roman enforced "strangers tax" levied..http://www.sfsite.com/03a/mr267.htm Overlooked or Over-hyped -- a column by Neil Walsh- March 1, 2008 Many of us are drawn to stories about characters suffering from some form of memory loss. These tales can be a great deal of fun because they allow the reader to share in the character's self-discovery. This column looks at two books where memory loss is an integral feature of the story -- one is a recent award winner, and the other is more than a quarter century old and has recently been reprinted.http://www.sfsite.com/columns/over267.htm SF Site's Readers' Choice: Best Read of the Year: 2007 -- compiled by Neil Walsh- March 1, 2008 This year is the 10th anniversary of the SF Site Readers' Choice Best of the Year Top 10 List. Come and see the results of the the votes you and your fellow SF Site readers submitted. Whether your own personal favourite is on our Readers' Choice Best of 2007, you're sure to find some great books here.http://www.sfsite.com/columns/best08b.htm |