From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com> To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] March 04 SFRevu online: Interview -Robin Hobb / Fools Fate + lots of reviews Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:29:49 -0500 Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Dear WSFA readinglist - since lots of WSFA members contributed reviews I thought it would be appropriate to send this out to the list. Ern SFRevu March 2004 Issue Online at www.sfrevu.com: (you can join/unjoin our mailing list at http://www.sfrevu.com/maillist.htm) Editorial License: Editorial - Robot Racers, Robot Spacers, Robot Dogs and Robot Frogs. Why we love bots, despite Hollywood's best efforts. Also: Hugo and Retro Hugo Nominations Due March 25th Midnight EST - Official Ballot Link: http://www.noreascon.org/hugos/ Feature Review/Interview: Robin Hobb / Fools Fate by Robin Hobb Events: Boskone 41 - Back in Boston after many years away in nearby Framingham, Boskone provided practice for the NESFA sponsored WorldCon to come this August, as Daniel Dern reports. Columns: US Books - Ernest Lilley looks at books received over here. UK Books - John Berlyne - Back on the job after his move out of London. Ivory and Ivy by Edward Carmien - This month our academic sleuth uncovers hardboiled dames, utopian plots, the fiction behind the cyber-films and the reality behind the Matrix. Zines and Short Fiction - Steven Sawicki - This month Steve looks at short fiction currently on the web. DamnAlien DVDs - Those Damn Aliens -=A0=A0as ever the aliens are ready = to help us understand ourselves, no matter how confused our movies seem to them. Things To Come (previews of galleys received) Book Reviews: Acorna's Triumph by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Alta by Mercedes Lackey Angel Seeker by Sharon Shinn Broken Angels by Richard Morgan The Burning Land by Victoria Strauss Cowl by Neal Asher Earth Logic by Laurie J. Marks The Language of Stones by Robert Carter The Last Light of the Sun by Gavriel Kay Lore Bringer - Book Three of The Last Clansman by Miller Lau Lost In Transmission by Wil McCarthy Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 - Vonda McIntyre (ed) Newton's Wake by Ken Macleod No Phule Like An Old Phule by Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck Open Space - Claude Laluminere (ed) Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton The Portable Door by Tom Holt The Swords of Night and Day by David Gemmel=A0 Space Stations - Martin H.Greenberg (ed), John Helfers (ed) Two Trains Running by Lucius Shepard Media:=A0Tripping The Rift - The Sci-Fi channel's newest series, a CGI space opera with a crew of misfit spacers, including every clich=E9 the creators could think of, out to make a name for themselves, or maybe just a buck=85whichever comes first. Upcoming Media: 03/10 Dawn of the Dead (Film) 03/16 Century City (TV) 03/19 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Film) 04/02 Hellboy (Film) ------------------ Masthead: Editor / Publisher: Ernest Lilley (editor-at-sfrevu.com) Managing Editor: Sharon Archer (sharon-at-sfrevu.com) Assoc. Editor (UK): John Berlyne (jberlyne-at-sfrevu.com)) Send review materials to: US: Ernest Lilley / SFRevu - Editor / 1405 Abingdon Dr. E #5, Alexandria, VA 22314 (media mail preferred) UK: John Berlyne / UK Assoc Editor / SFRevu.com / 8 Elm Grove, Sale, Cheshire, M33 7JY, United Kingdom Alternate/Additional copies: US New Releases: Sharon Archer / SFRevu Assoc. Editor /, 615 A Shaler Blvd. Ridgefield, NJ, NJ 07657 Short Fiction and DVDs: Steve Sawicki / SFRevu / 2824 Furbeck Rd., Altamont, NY 12009 Comics: Daniel Dern / SFRevu / P.O. Box 590309, Newton Centre, MA 02459