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CAUSES
Damien G. Walter Proclaims 2014 Beginning of the End of Old White Male Dominance of Genre
Where Are the Black Women In Science Fiction?
ENTERTAINMENT
John Scalzi Adds 13th Sign To Chinese Calendar: “Year Of the Asshole”
TangentOnline OTR Presents: Rossum’s Universal Robots – the play that “invented” the word Robot
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Reddit ‘Full Length Movies’ On Youtube List (Note: Some/Many of the films listed are in violation of IP rights: many others are potentially so.)
Reddit Full Length Science Fiction On Youtube (See caveat above)
Reddit Full Length Horror On Youtube (See caveat above)
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Harlan Ellison & Stan Lee To Appear On Simpsons
A Princess of Mars Original Manuscript Page (via Patrick Dearen on Facebook)
New Star Trek Phase II Episode Debuts (via David Gerrold)
Surprising Stories January 14 Issue
Kameron Hurley Makes Excuses For Science Fiction
SF Romance 2014 New Release Roundup
Michael Burstein Named President of Society for the Advancement of Speculative Storytelling
BSFS Earth Squadron Movie Project
Jo Walton – The Future Is Stll Bright
Last Issue of Electronic Velocipede
Ares Gaming Magazine Re-Launch
SCIENCE
Top 10 Science Fiction Films Chosen By Scientists
Competition Reveals Robots Not Quite There Yet (or so they want you to believe)
Hope This Isn’t A Trend: 2014’s First Asteroid Impacts Our Atmosphere
4 out of these 1,058 People May Go To Mars
Time Travelers On the Internet?
Jury Out On Exactly How Accurate Asimov’s 1964 Predictions Were (We think ‘job well done’)
Surveillance Tech Creepier Than You Think
*Following a review, it was determined that Reddit “Full Length Movie” lists do contain a substantial percentage of material that is in the public domain and/or has been made available by its rights owners.