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If I had one wish, it would be to know all languages…not just so I could read French steampunk, but it wouldn’t hurt.
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OF Blog offers a translation tidbit from Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Angel’s Game: the original Spanish, a published English translation, and a translation by the poster. Food for thought. I like the second one, myself.
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In September, Hulu will start offering its content-streaming services in Britain! Hooray! (via SF Signal)
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Ask a Sci Fi exec, soon to be a Syfy exec. Craig Engler will be answering questions on Twitter; use the hashtag #syfyq, and no, he has no comment on whether Syfyq might have been a better name.
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The 2009 Locus Awards are here! Congrats to everyone. Funny how I love that non-Dave McKean Graveyard Book cover and hate that non-Dave McKean Coraline cover.
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We all loved the original Battlestar Galactica Simpsons, but over at i09, more is merrier. They’ve added Simpson-ized characters from other comics and movies, thanks to several deviantARTists.
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Only a couple of weeks lefts, but for those of us who can’t take the wait, here’s an extended trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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I mentioned in a previous round-up that Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother is now on stage in Chicago, and now, here are some videos of the production. They’re as creepy as the book!
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Genetically-modified rice is meant to fight cedar-pollen allergies, a rising problem in Japan. It seems safe for monkeys to eat, soooo when can I have mine? Genetically-modified rice is way more exciting than taking a Zyrtec.
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A year before it comes out, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender starts to tease us.
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Ten top sci-fi/fantasy editors, including Tor.com’s own Patrick Nielsen Hayden, talk about what they look for in short stories. (via Jason Sanford)
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Over at John Scalzi’s Whatever, Sarah Rees Brennan talks about The Bad Boy type, with regards to her novel Demon’s Lexicon.