Did everyone enjoy my rhyme-laden, holiday cheer-filled predictions for UFC 124? No? Ok, maybe it was because I went 5-5 with one unpredicted draw. Oh well. I never pretend to be perfect. Hopefully my picks for the first card of 2011, UFC 125: Resolution, will be more accurate.
Clay and Susan Griffith are the contributors for this week’s Take Five, a semi-weekly series where we ask authors to share five facts about their latest books. A married couple, they are the authors of The Greyfriar: Vampire Empire: Book 1, currently available from Pyr Books:
In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept [...] Suvudu » Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games
Science fiction and science fact sometimes get a little mixed up, and when it does it can make for some great entertainment. Here are three such cases:
Theory: The Moon Landings Were Faked
With several of the major religious holidays behind us and 2011 hurtling toward us like an asteroid, brag here on Suvudu what you got for geek gift swag in the last month!
A few reviews to whet your appetite this holiday week, from established authors like R. Scott Bakker and Orson Scott Card, to more speculative authors like Alastair J. Archibald and Patrick Ness. Michael Moorcock is profiled at io9, and HBO releases a new video in the artisans series, this time interviewing Simon Brindle, the overseer of all things armor-related.
There are some great sci-fi/fantasy bloggers out there, fans who are devoting a lot of time and energy into supporting authors and their readers. Variety is the spice of life, as they say, and with the menagerie of unique and very different individuals out there contributing, it produces a whole that is better than its parts.
A good pro wrestling commentator can really enhance the experience of watching a match. Being there live is great, but an entertaining commentator adds a whole new dimension. And by those criteria, the only name I could go with was the one and only Bobby “The Brain” Heenan.
Hey, kid: See that big guy in the corner with the biker beard? Yeah, the one who can’t stop laughing (who knows what that’s about) and hauls around a sack full of stuff he swears “elves” gave him. Right. I want you to sit in his lap. Go on, I’ll get the camera. What do [...] Suvudu » Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games
