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Woo...scary, boys and girls. Here's where you'll find books of all things imaginary: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Futuristic, etc.

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A genre in a time warp *
The weird thing about sci-fi fans gathered in Toronto for their world convention is how focused they are on the past -- odd for a group famous for changing the present by predicting the future [More]

Bradbury celebrates 83rd birthday *
Science fiction author Ray Bradbury celebrated his 83rd birthday with this wish... [More]

For Us, The Living: Back to the future *** 1/2
The heart-tugging, familiar voice of Robert A. Heinlein returns with the publication of his first novel, written in 1939. It's a fascinating work, a special gift for fans of the science-fiction grandmaster, says SPIDER ROBINSON [More]

Forward, into the past *
Why are our imaginations retreating from science and space, and into fantasy? asks SPIDER ROBINSON [More]

Neal Stephenson: The long and short of him *
Neal Stephenson, the writer lionized by the cyberset, is a man of few words in person, a self-described introvert, in fact. The same, however, can't be said of his books. [More]

Sawyer wins Hugo Award *
Canadian Robert Sawyer took home the best novel of the year prize at the 50th presentation of the Hugo Awards on Saturday night, the annual awards for science-fiction writing [More]

Sci-fi fans flock to Toronto *
A convention first established in the 1930s and devoted to all things interstellar touches down in Toronto [More]

Science. Fiction *
I am a devotee of fiction about science. Not science fiction, though I occasionally crack a Michael Crichton novel for the dope on dinosaur DNA or nanotechnology. [More]

Shop talk -- Books about the Shopping Condition *
Already the stores are full of Christmas offerings, but as RYAN BIGGE writes, not everyone loves to shop till they drop. [More]

William Gibson's Pattern Recognition (Shaviro review) **** 1/2
William Gibson's new novel Pattern Recognition (which I have finally finished reading) is very likely the first work of literature to use "Google" as a verb (as in: "If you Google him, you'll find...). What's important, however, is not that Gibson is savvy enough to note how everyone's favourite search engine has entered the vocabulary, but rather the absolute ordinariness, or taken-for-grantedness, of this usage: it's a detail, precisely, that doesn't stand out in any way in the novel. And that is what makes it significant... [More]

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At 84, original 'abductee' still wants to believe *
You could say Betty and Barney Hill's last meal -- at least, the last while they still led normal lives -- was eaten in Montreal, one of their favourite cities. [More]

Will Susanna Clarke follow in the footsteps of J. K Rowling? *
Although it has not yet been published in her native Britain, Susanna Clarke's first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, has been sold in 23 countries. A fantastical tale of practical magic, reviewers' copies have reportedly sold for more than $200 on eBay. Today, we meet the woman behind the hype. . . [More]