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10 Questions with Writer, Speaker, & Futurist Kathleen Ann Goonan (@KathleenAnnGoonan)

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This Author Spotlight features Kathleen Ann Goonan author of QUEEN CITY JAZZ Kathleen Ann Goonan is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels, including her groundbreaking Nanotech Quartet:   New York Times Notable Book Queen City Jazz, Darrell Award winner Mississippi Blues, and Nebula Award finalists Crescent City Rhapsody and Light Music.   In War Times won the John W. Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2007 and was the American Library Association’s Best SF Novel of 2007.  Her most recent novel is This Shared Dream.   She has published over fifty stories in venues such as Discover Magazine , Asimov’s, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and numerous Best of Year anthologies, some of which are collected in Angels and You Dogs .   Professor of the Practice of Science Fiction Studies and Creative Writing at Georgia Tech 2010-2016, her most recent academic work appeared in SFRA Review and in Intelligence Unbound:  Th

Kong: Skull Island (2017) Review

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I love monster movies. Kaiju  in Japanese. I recall seeing the King Kong  remake as a kid, the one with Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange.  Kong was awesome, the movie felt big and epic and totally believable. And it had the primal, sexual element embodied in the Beauty and the Beast  alpha-male motif involving Kong and Lange. I saw the 2005 remake starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody, and of course directed by Peter Jackson, who was hot off his Oscar wins for The Lord of the Rings .  This version was good, too; the part when the guy is eaten head-first by that giant worm haunts me to this day (I should do a separate blog about this: movies in which people are eaten alive; no thanks!). The FX were of course excellent, the performances were fine, I liked Jack Black's zaniness as the a-hole responsible for Kong winding up in the city, where he meets his demise. But I don't recall much more than that. It was a bit of a surprise

@SFWA & #WriteStuff @StoryBundle are Now Available!

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The AI bundle is over! Hopefully you grabbed your bundle. But not to worry, as StoryBundle always has something amazing to offer. Ergo, they have two bundles currently available. The SFWA bundle, which is a collection of 12, yes twelve , great reads from professional science fiction writers, all of whom are esteemed members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. They've been around for more than half a century. And you must be a paid, working writer in order to be eligible for membership. Grab it now, before it ends Wednesday May 3rd. Next up is the WriteStuff bundle, a collection of 12 books on writing. Books about writers, by writers, for writers, and for aspiring writers. Because we all know that writing is a trade in which we are all apprentices and no one ever becomes a master. Was it Bradbury who said that??? The Write Stuff bundle is curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, author of  Goals & Dreams: Freelancer's Survival Guide.  The

The #ArtificialIntelligence @Storybundle ENDS TODAY April 20 Midnight Eastern, 9 PM Pacific #SFWApro

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The Artificial Intelligence Storybundle Curated by Lisa Mason Artificial Intelligence—A.I. When computers become conscious. Self-aware. Genuinely as intelligent as human beings. Will A.I. benefit humanity? Or become our greatest enemy? In the March, 2017  Scientific American , Gary Marcus, a professor of neural science at New York University, joins futurist Ray Kerzweil, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and others in concluding that the Singularity—that moment when A.I. truly exists—has not yet arrived. Will not arrive until the future. That hasn’t stopped science fiction writers from tackling difficult questions about A.I., speculating about the future, and asking what if? In the most entertaining way! You must check out these amazing books from authors—bestselling, award-winning, as well as popular indies—in the  A.I. Storybundle . In New York Times Bestselling  Walter Jon Williams’   Aristoi , an elite class holds dominion over a glittering interstellar culture wit