Saturday, April 13, 2013
Frank Bank, R. I. P.
TV Series Finale: Actor Frank Bank died this morning, one day after he turned 71. Today is his friend and former co-star Tony Dow’s 68th birthday.
Bank was primarily know for his role as Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford on the Leave It to Beaver sitcom in the 1950s and 60s. He reprised his role as Wally Cleaver’s friend in the Still the Beaver TV movie and the 1980s sequel series, The New Leave It to Beaver, joining most of the original sitcom’s surviving cast.
Time Machine Update
Iranian media pulls ‘time machine’ story after online mockery | The Raw Story: An Iranian press outlet pulled a story about a “time machine” after it was received with mockery after spreading online.
Wired reported on Thursday that a Fars News Agency story promoting Ali Razeghi’s alleged invention — a device that could supposedly use readings taken from finger impressions to predict the next five to eight years of a person’s life — got on multiple news sites’ radar after being picked up by the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
Wired reported on Thursday that a Fars News Agency story promoting Ali Razeghi’s alleged invention — a device that could supposedly use readings taken from finger impressions to predict the next five to eight years of a person’s life — got on multiple news sites’ radar after being picked up by the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest
Amazon.com: Look You On Beauty And Death eBook: Livia J. Washburn, James Reasoner: Kindle Store: Heroic fantasy short story. A beautiful woman who wields a blade as deadly as any man! A wizard from a far land whose sorcerous powers spell either doom or paradise, depending on his lecherous whim! The warrior Ralna, personal bodyguard to the Empress, sets out into a sun-blasted wasteland on a quest to save the life of her sister. But it may be that not everything is as it appears, and Ralna's wits may prove as valuable to her as her sword arm.
Bestselling, award-winning authors James Reasoner and Livia J. Washburn venture into the realm of swords and sorcery in this action-packed 7000 word short story that originally appeared in the anthology NEW AMAZONS, edited by Margaret Weis. Newly revised and expanded by the authors, it's now available for the first time in an e-book edition.
Happy Birthday, James Bond!
Happy Birthday, James Bond (Shhhhh!) | Bad Latitude | an SFGate.com blog: Six months after the brutally misguided celebration of World James Bond Day (the 50th anniversary of the movie “Dr. No” in October 1962), and six months after a an enthusiastic and sheep-like lifestyle media bought into the hoopla with a blind faith that would make cult leaders giddy with envy, we give you the real event:
Secret Agent James Bond turns 60 years old today.Hat tip to Art Scott.
Free for Kindle for a Limited Time
MAKING STORY: TWENTY-ONE WRITERS ON HOW THEY PLOT (TWENTY-ONE WRITERS #1) (THE TWENTY-ONE WRITERS PROJECT): Bill Crider, Meredith Cole, Jeremy Duns, Brett Battles, Cara Black, Lisa Brackmann, Rachel Brady, Rebecca Cantrell, Jeffrey Cohen, Timothy Hallinan: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: It's often said that everyone has a book inside him or her -- but how do you plot it? In MAKING STORY, edited by the Edgar- and Macavity-nominated author Timothy Hallinan, twenty-one novelists--who have written more than 100 books among them and sold hundreds of thousands of copies--talk about how they go about turning an idea into a plot, and a plot into a book. MAKING STORY offers practical, experience-based advice from people who have repeatedly sat down to write a good book and succeeded in doing just that. The writers who will help you to create your story are Michael Stanley, Kelli Stanley, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Jeffrey Siger, Zoe Sharp, Stephen Jay Schwartz, Mike Orenduff, Debbi Mack, Wendy Hornsby, Gar Anthony Haywood, Timothy Hallinan, Leighton Gage, Jeremy Duns, Bill Crider, Meredith Cole, Jeffrey Cohen, Rebecca Cantrell, Rachel Brady, Lisa Brackmann, Cara Black, and Brett Battles. This is an indispensable book for aspiring authors and the first in a series, each focusing on a different writing challenge.
Roger Williams Update
National Parks Traveler: Brown University Students Crack 300-Year-Old Code Attributed To Rhode Island Founder Roger Williams
Now in Paperback
BEAT to a PULP: Hardboiled 2: Robert J. Randisi, Wayne D. Dundee, Matthew C. Funk, Eric Beetner, Jedidiah Ayres, Jen Conley, Charles Boeckman, Kieran Shea, Paul S. Powers, BV Lawson, Tom Roberts, Jay Stringer, Edward A. Grainger, David Cranmer, Scott D. Parker: 9780983377542: Amazon.com: Books: BEAT to a PULP: Hardboiled 2 follows the blood-soaked trail left behind by the 2011 award-winning collection, edited by David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker, and pumps out another thirteen knuckle-breaking, crime tales. With writers from the 1930s and 40s golden era of pulp (Paul S. Powers and Charles Boeckman) and modern hardboiled masters (Robert J. Randisi and Wayne D. Dundee), this wild bunch is set to blaze a rat-a-tat sweep across the pulp fiction landscape. Keeping the body count high are top-shelf stories from Jedidiah Ayres, Eric Beetner, Jen Conley, Matthew C. Funk, Edward A. Grainger, BV Lawson, Tom Roberts, Kieran Shea, and Jay Stringer.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Maria Tallchief, R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: Maria Tallchief, a daughter of an Oklahoma oil family who grew up on an Indian reservation, found her way to New York and became one of the most brilliant American ballerinas of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Chicago. She was 88.
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