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What\'s In Your Secret Drawer?

Beth — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:13:27 -0600

More often than not, I always ask for books for Christmas. Might seem boring to some, but when the monumental holiday is over and there is that inevitable Christmas hangover (not in the alcohol sense, but in the sense of so much activity and exciteme

FIVE Challenge: Most Anticipated 2010

PersnicketySnark — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:41:50 -0600

FIVE Anticipated Titles for 2010Further explanation of the FIVE Challenge here.The category here is pretty self explanatory...books you'd give your first born to get your hands on. Just a warning my fave genre within YA skews toward contemporary fic

Panic In Year Zero ( Ray Milland ) « Kinhd Anhra Videos

Annas — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:07:02 -0600

Cast on TVGuide Film and DVD review of PANIC IN YEAR ZERO (1962) From THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED [1956] to ATOMIC TRAIN [TV-1999] fathers have helped women and children cope with the Bomb Panic In Year Zero, Ray Milland s Atomic Lost Weekend … On

Embracing Destiny: Getting Organized in the New Year

nonfictionarea — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:29:00 -0600

Next, cut half way down one small side, and place your magazines inside! Group books by genre and use the color dots to catalogue the books . For example, blue stickers for non-fiction , red for fiction, and green for reference books . Also, label cu

12/27/09

E.S. Wynn — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0600

Just a little announcement: Weirdyear's sister site Yesteryear Fiction goes live in five days on the first of the year, so give it a look and get in on the ground floor by sending us a story!- - - - - - - - -Silicon FantasyBy E.S. WynnElves will neve

A Reference Book: René Lemarchand’s “The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa” (PENN, 2009)

alexengwete — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:10:00 -0600

Among the books I received for Christmas stands out The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa by veteran French political scientist and africanist René Lemarchand, published by PENN (University of Pennsylvania Press) in the series “National

Farewell to a Decade

Carma — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:08:40 -0600

Ah, the last post of the year … heck, the decade! Would you believe I’ve been posting to this blog for two years now? In that time, I’ve published more than 250 posts … the first post to this blog was published on Nov. 1, 2007

Chunkster Reading Challenge

Teddy — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:39:47 -0600

February 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011This year, Wendy of Caribousmom is hosting this challenge. It is on a dedicated blog, Chunkster Reading Challenge.Definition of a Chunkster:A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonf

The 10 Best Tarantino Flicks

Paul Mackie — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:25:51 -0600

10. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) (director)09. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) (director)08. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (screenwriter)07. Natural Born Killers (1994) (story)06. Inglourious Basterds (2009) (director)05. Jackie Brown (1997) (director)04. True Roman

Just got back from "Avatar"

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:09:20 -0600

By SouthernFriedInfidelStaff WriterFinally got a chance to watch the big, highly advertised (pushed out the wazoo) movie from James Cameron, "Avatar." Without putting in any spoilers (that I can think of), I have a few thoughts I'd like to share.Rega

Flash Fiction : Light Years (16/100)

Simon Kewin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:00:02 -0600

... Earth? ... Light Years is a work of flash fiction. In fact it is the slowest piece of flash-fiction ever written. In real-time its one hundred words would take exactly 10,000 years to recount. Because of the limitations of a normal human

Small Talk Six: Hopes and Dreams for 2010

Susan Heim — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:06:22 -0600

This week’s topic on Small Talk Six is “6 things you are looking forward to in 2010”! (What’s Small Talk Six? Click here to find out.) Here are 6 things I hope to achieve this coming year!1. I’m hoping to start writing my first fiction book

Shaun D posted a tweet

Ronzoe — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:02:19 -0600

How about 12 science fiction surprises of 2009? http://bit.ly/5iC3GI Some nifty science discoveries we had this year. submitted by Shaun D

Flicker in the Porthole Glass, a novel – Installment III

MaxFiction — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:58:24 -0600

My novel Flicker in the Porthole Glass was published by MAMMOTH Books in 2002. The Review of Contemporary Fiction observed that, “…the achievement here is Desautels’s prose, an aural event both jagged and elegant, assaultive and invitin

Ross Douthat\'s rightwing Christmas delusion

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0600

Note: Here's one of those "few scattered new diaries" I told you about.It's Christmas time, and as befits the season, Ross Douthat has seen the enemy, and just can't wait to tell us. Forget Islam, that's soooo Bush/Cheney! Douthat i

Shaun D shared an item

Ronzoe — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:57:41 -0600

A New SF Manifesto of Bologna: Jetse de Vries and the Literature of Change (Part One)I struggled for hours on how to respond to Jetse de Vries’ post on whether science fiction should die. Part of the problem with the post is that it’s just anot

Series Preview: “Due mamme di troppo”: il film tv diventa una fiction in sei puntate prossimamente su Canale 5

magseries — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:27:16 -0600

Il 2010 è alle porte e con esso si riapre una nuova stagione televisiva ricca di fiction e di tanti nuovi prodotti. Una di queste è sicuramente la fiction “Due mamme di troppo“, che vede di nuovo insieme Lunetta Savino e Angela Finocchi

December 26th Updates to the Online Best of 2009 Book Lists

largeheartedboy — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:39 -0600

Today's updates to the list of online "best of 2009" book lists: AnimeGirl's Bookshelf (favorite books) Business Standard (best books) C-Dawg's World (top books) CG (best animation books) The Eagle & Child (favourite books) Eddie Boyer (top books) E

Christians Won The War On Christmas Again

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:30:41 -0600

Dang it. What are we doing wrong? Christmas was celebrated in countless households yesterday once again.No Christian or atheist casualties either. Some war.Like I've stated before, I like Christmas. It is just like Halloween to me. Lots of ficti

Sherlock Holmes Review

Allan Ford — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:22:48 -0600

Schlock Holmes is too brutal. Call it instead The Adventure of the Da Vinci Code Knock-off or The Adventure of the Missing Ending. Either would be equally appropriate. This original story, which borrows heavily from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s &#

Visions of Paradise: Heechee Rendezvous

awais1 — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:20:00 -0600

That may not be true for all readers , but it is important to me. I started reading science fiction at a time in my life when I needed to escape from the real world, and the easiest escape was to bury myself in a book set in the far future Original p

Book Review: The World According To Garp

Laura Cococcia — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:00:47 -0600

Post written by Laura Cococcia. You can follow Laura on Twitter. I recently saw a post on Facebook that said “my personal goal is to read all of John Irving’s books by the time I die.” I want to steal that goal. Is that allowed? Are

Tear Down This Wall.

yumers — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:55:33 -0600

One of the things I like to do is look at people`s bookshelves. I think the types of books on the bookshelf tell kind of a story about that person I arrived at my parents` home in Japan for the holidays and found myself looking at my parents` bookshe

beta sf | Kilner\'s Place

Annas — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:21:44 -0600

beta sf Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy & AUTOGRAPHED 2 BOOK LOT pic Two items in all for this collection. Hi, I’m Science Fiction , Fantasy, and Horror Author Kristie Lynn Higgins and I’m excited to offer this great deal on Ebay.

Review zu “Avatar” – Technische Blaupause für die Zukunft?

Martin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:07:18 -0600

„Ja, ja, so blau, blau, blau blüht der Enzian… -Pflücker.“ – Mit James Cameron (Terminator 1+2, Aliens) tritt endlich mal wieder ein waschechter Science-Fiction-Opa auf den Plan, um das Genre von dem Schaden zu befreien, den seelenl

Islam: "Jews are Apes and Pigs"

jewishactivist — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:56:30 -0600

Yemenite Cleric Abd Al-Majid Al-Zindan explaining the Islamic view on Jews: This shouldn't be a shock, since what he is saying is based upon Qur'anic verses and Islamic tradition. Islamic clerics and leaders spread this dehumanization of Jews thro

The Really, Really Last Challenge for 2010

Beth F — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:30:00 -0600

Meghan from Medieval Bookworm is hosting the Tournament of Reading Challenge. The idea is to read medieval history, medieval literature, and/or historical fiction (that takes place in medieval times). I'm in on the peasant level, which means I've com

Review of Gun Law by Lee Walker

Ian Parnham — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:17:00 -0600

Review at Western Fiction Review

Movie: Repo Men (2010)

Damin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:14:40 -0600

Repo Men is a science fiction action film, directed by Miguel Sapochnik and written by Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner. Cast: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schrieber, Alice Braga, Carice van Houten and Chandler Canterbury. Repo Men is set to be rel

Why Do You Need HGH Pills ?

george tirebiter — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:04:57 -0600

Do you have any idea what the fuss is HGH? Nowadays it is quite pretty obvious that humans growth hormone is the way to get into the surface. Although it has been around for centuries already, recognition is now becoming one of the issues that many f

Best of the Decade - David\'s picks

Ryan Deschamps — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:57:00 -0600

Happy Holidays!As we approach the end of the decade, our bloggers have decided to share our own personal best ten books of the past decade. So over the next week or so, our regular blog contributors will list those books that are on their top ten be

Who Can Learn To Be A Dynamic Speed Reader?

Percival Pelaez — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:38:57 -0600

By Dr. Jay PolmarThe world is dominated by life-long learners: the people who take the time to learn everything they can about their chosen field and everything they can about corresponding subjects. The 400 most successful businesspeople "the Forbes

Dazzle the World with Your New Amazing Abilities

barryrostek — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:56:56 -0600

Just use these hints and you’ll increase your reading speed: You can read lines of text, more effectively, by reading groups of words at one time than reading a single word, and your reading speed improves when you just widen your eye span (per

How Speed Reading Will Work For You

Amit Bhagria — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:56:44 -0600

By Dr. Jay PolmarJust use these hints and you'll increase your reading speed: You can read lines of text, more effectively, by reading groups of words at one time than reading a single word, and your reading speed improves when you just widen your e

Speed Reading For The Family

Goran Ilic — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:56:18 -0600

The world is dominated by life-long learners: the people who take the time to learn everything they can about their chosen field and everything they can about corresponding subjects. The 400 most successful businesspeople "the Forbes 400" attribute m

Total Fitness Review

adsas — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:47:48 -0600

The world is dominated by life-long learners: people who take the time to learn everything they can about their chosen field and everything they can about corresponding subjects. The 400 most successful businesspeople "the Forbes 400" attribute most

Speed Reading For The Family

peterjack — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:46:19 -0600

Speed Reading For The Family

Pat — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:41:03 -0600

Dazzle the World with Your New Amazing Abilities

Nataliya — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:37:03 -0600

By Dr. Jay PolmarJust use these hints and youll improve your reading speed: You can read lines of text, more effectively, by reading groups of words at one time than reading a single word, and your reading speed improves when you just widen your eye

SPEED READING FOR THE FAMILY

willy — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:36:44 -0600

The universe is dominated by life-long learners: people who take a time to sense all they can about their selected margin as well as all they can about analogous subjects. The 400 many successful businesspeople “the Forbes 400″ charge man