Forum: World Events

On Monday this week online book seller Amazon bought the Uk's online book seller the Book Depsoitory for an undisclosed amount. It would have been a...

Linda and I were just reading about the latest coup in Niamey, Niger and we came across this little gem in regards to an earlier coup in 1999. ...

I've got a real world event on February 27, 2010. I'll be at Cinema 16:9 in Lansdowne for ?Author and a Movie." I'll be reading from my recently...

The New York Times reports Salinger died of natural causes at the age of 91. More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/books/29salinger.html ...

Robert B. Parker author of the Spenser and Jesse Stone detective thrillers has died at his home, aged 77. Creator of the iconic characters of...

Thought you all would find this of interest. I guess Norman Mailer stabbing his second wife Adele with a butcher knife finally caught up to him,...

Oct 1st is Support Our 'Zines Day! GUD Magazine could use your support--you know that, we know that. But I wanted to take the time to talk from...

The paranoia continues; http://www.news.com/Real-ID-could-mean-real-travel-headaches/2009-1028_3-6228133.html?tag=nefd.lede BTW- the 'REAL' ID...

And if it gets to the point where you have to produce a Federal ID card (instead of a State one) or be labelled an "illegal enemy combatant" and...

www.pjstar.com/entertainment/x1749108393/Philip-Jose-Farmer-dead-at-91 A nice, long life... but still :( New content added on a regular basis. ...

Any truth in the rumor he left a will donating his body to science fiction? LINTON ROBINSON.com</font> MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK PROMO VIDEOS FOR...

What are some of the better April Fool's jokes today relevant to SF? GUD's humble submission: GUD goes 'pay per view' and adds lolcat translations ...

YES!!For a long time now, I've been worried that we'd never get around to resuming serious manned space exploration. Now, at least according to the...

Actor Patrick McGoohan of 'The Prisoner' fame died this week. As did John Mortimer, author of the UK series Rumpole of the Bailey, and actor...

I see one of the USA astronauts, Mithchell, now 77 years old, is claiming aliens are real and there's been a huge cover up all these years? I'd be...

The full story is here. From the article: Forrest J Ackerman, writer-editor who coined 'sci-fi,' dies at 92 The Los Angeles native...

Michael Crichton passed away today. Despite suffering with cancer his passing was unexpected. I didn't like all of his stuff, but I still think...

abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5903459&page=1 We're losing all the great stars :( Great actor and great person.

I reckon these guys are playing with fire myself. Still...more interesting than the olympics. Ten seconds after this experiment is started we...

As the holiday weekend drew to a close, science fiction fans were saddened as the news spread online: Thomas M. Disch had died Friday morning, an...

I haven't written much here lately, 'cause I am so swamped with, you know, gigs that pay, but I did want to drop in and share this blog:...

I always preferred George's lower-key act from the 70s, but I still liked his cranky-old-guy stuff to. Love him or hate him, he was an influence on...

This is getting depressing very quickly. First Robert Asprin, Now Harvey Korman. www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/30/arts/30korman.php

www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=47897&cat=14 Robert Asprin Dies at 61 Atlanta, GA 5/23/2008 03:02 PM GMT (FINDITT) Author...

Should we boycott the China Oylimpics? The world I mean, not SF Forum folk in particular. My GF Lin and I have decided we will not be watching...