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| BIGGEST in case you missed it: 7 earth-type planets, some in Goldilocks zone, discovered 40ly away. Also, there better be some exoplanet- celebrating monastic-style beer on the way amirite? |
On Positron:
- So many book club notes! Chicago Nerds and Weird & Wonderful both talk The Left Hand of Darkness; Think Galactic discusses Lizard Radio and Uprooted; Classic SF loves/hates Dune; Sulzer SFF does A Darker Shade of Magic; Phandemonium discusses Capricon guest of honor Beth Revis's Across the Universe; Chicago Nerds return to portal-fantasy riffs with Every Heart a Doorway; and Weird & Wonderful reads A Taste of Honey.
- Review up for Tchaikovsky's Children of Time. So many reviews on the way!
- The Chopin Theater has been presenting Diamond Dogs, an SF play based on the Alastair Reynolds novella, with puppetry by Mary Robinette Kowal. This Saturday, Reynolds is giving a talk before the play, and there's a discount: check the Facebook event for details.
- Speaking of SF plays, Otherworld's production of A Princess of Mars is returning to the stage March 18-April 1.
- The Juggernaut Film Festival—30 short SF films in one day—is March 4th at the Music Box.
- Columcon (formerly Columbia Geek Culture Gala), a student-run con, is March 3-5 at Columbia in the Loop.
- Author talks coming up: John Darnielle at Lincoln Hall, 3/1; Ada Palmer at Seminary St. Co-Op, 3/7; John Scalzi at Volumes, 3/29.
- Bucket O'Blood is launching a new pop culture lecture series, starting with Dr. Paul Booth's "Is It Just Timey-Wimey? Time Travel & Its Effects in Dr. Who" on March 12.
- As always, check the Events Page for book clubs and more.
- Bram Stoker Horror Awards finalists announced.
- Nebula, Bradbury, and Norton shortlists released.
- Over at the Chicago Review of Books, Eliot Pepper interview Malka Older about Infomacracy and the state of the union.
- CRB editor Adam Morgan interviews John Darnielle about his new novel Universal Harvester on Electric Lit.
- Check out this short animated TED talk about conlangs.
- In New Statesman, Michael Moorcock remembers the conflict between Kubrick & Clarke's vision for 2001.
- On the Awl, Victoria Johnson has a great round-up (and cartographic analysis) of The Maps We Wandered Into As Kids.
- Heavy on the science, but some of you may dig this: peer-reviewed paper on possibilities for life on Titan.
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