Burning books so that the supply is lower in an effort to raise prices is certainly a new one. I’m pretty amused!
As an update to my Neuromancer Centipede Press piece: They have already sold out, not 24 hours later. Hopefully you got your copy!
Our Wargate books coverage over the weekend got a lot of attention, and it caused Jason Anspach, its CEO, to post about it, then delete his posts, and he’s been quiet on social media since then, though I hear behind the scenes he’s very angry that we got the scoop! We really do the best journalism out here in these spaces.
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Why Tom Cruise’s Digger Bombed: The Cost, The Pitch, and The Split Verdict
Tom Cruise’s Digger opened to $8 million in the United States and $20 million worldwide, with roughly $100 million more spent on marketing. Reported production budgets run from $125 million to $180 million, depending on the outlet. Tracking before the reviews landed had the film at $18 million to $20 million domestically. IndieWire’s headline calls it the biggest bomb of Cruise’s career, and the studio that released it closes its merger with Paramount on Tuesday.
Book Review: Six-Gun Shiva by R.H. Snow
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Probability Zero Has the Evolution Internet Scrambling
Vox Day’s recent book, Probability Zero, argues that the mathematics of evolution by natural selection don’t add up. The response from the “evolution scientist” community has been remarkable, as they’ve all but gotten themselves into a panic over people reading it.
Lanterns Finale Review: “Dirt and Stars” Solves the Murder Mystery and Doesn’t Bother Making It Matter
The “Lanterns” season finale, “Dirt and Stars,” ended the way the whole season felt: slow, muted, and exactly as predictable as the show’s marketing. Eight episodes built around the question of who killed Hal Jordan end with an answer that changes nothing, and John Stewart takes the ring in the finale just as everyone knew he would from the first traile…
Space King Hit a $50,000 Kickstarter Goal in Six Minutes, and Games Workshop Is Watching
Space King, a YouTube cartoon from two British animators, asked Kickstarter for $50,000 on August 30 to fund a board game. Studio Flashgitz funded the goal in six minutes. Twenty-seven days later the campaign closed on a total that dwarfed the ask, from a studio that had never shipped a physical product. Games Workshop has reason to pay attention, and i…
Centipede Press Opens Pre-Orders on Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy: 500 Signed Sets, Five Signatories, Publication Set for April 2027
Centipede Press has opened pre-orders on William Gibson’s complete Sprawl trilogy, collecting Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive as three illustrated volumes in a clothbound slipcase. Publication is set for April 2027, and the announcement lists shipping in late April, about five weeks after Apple TV airs the finale of its Neuromancer seri…
Heinlein’s 1955 Outline Became Variable Star, and the Sequels Never Came
Variable Star, the 2006 Tor novel Spider Robinson wrote from an unfinished Robert A. Heinlein outline, remains a single book. Robinson announced three sequels in 2009, and none has been published. The raw material Heinlein left for the whole project was seven surviving pages and fourteen handwritten index cards.
Fans Launch #SaveStargate Fan Film Campaign After Amazon Kills Martin Gero Series
Trek Shorts creator Samuel Cockings has opened a GoFundMe campaign, part of his team’s #SaveStargate efforts. The campaign aims to finish a viral Stargate fan film and build toward a full fan-made 10-episode web series. The campaign is a direct response to Amazon’s decision to scrap its in-development Stargate revival.