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FeatureHBO Go's Interactive Features Perfect For 'Game Of Thrones'

Michael Hinman explores the iPad app that brings the Seven Kingdoms to life

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Well, I admit: I really don't have a lot of time to read. And while George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" are quietly sitting in the iBook section of my tablet, I just really haven't had a chance to get into it yet. So watching the amazing HBO series "Game of Thrones" means, at least for ...

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FeatureYeah, We're Party Poopers: No April Fool's Here

Every year, someone makes Michael Hinman jump on his soapbox

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You know it's April 1 when your day is filled with pranks and jokes, you can't trust the news you read online, and you find yourself reading yet another whining column from me asking my counterparts in the news industry to respect what they do. I actually woke up Sunday morning thinking that this ...

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FeatureSciFriday: CBS Is Right To Claim Lost 'Star Trek' Script

Some fans are crying foul, but there's nothing heavy-handed

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If you're a Star Trek fan, then chances are you've seen one of several excellent fan productions online: "Star Trek: Phase II." Originally founded as "Star Trek: New Voyages," executive producer and star James Cawley spent tens of thousands of dollars of his own money to continue the original "St ...

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FeatureSpecial Message: Did You Miss Me? I Missed You

Michael Hinman explains his sudden absence the last few weeks

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There are times I wish that we had built this huge media operation where I would have a huge team of writers and editors that would keep things going whether the chief was there or not. But this is not the old days of newspapers (and sadly for newspapers, it's not the old days of newspapers, eith ...

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FeatureAstrojive: Howard And Burroughs: Box Office Poison?

Richard Lee Byers contemplates the poor box-office performances of Conan the Barbarian and John Carter

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When I was a kid, I thought pulp writers Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of John Carter (and Tarzan), were two of the greatest writers who ever lived. Decades later, I’d still say they were two of the supreme masters of fantasy and SF, even though I now see th ...

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FeatureThe Fannish Life: Why Aren't There More Capt. Janeways?

Science-fiction is less the good old geek boys club than it used to be

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James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and C.L. Moore all have in common that they were science-fiction writers. They also were all female and they began writing in a time when it was difficult to sell science-fiction books under a female name. At least that's what editors and publishers (who were almost ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Trying My Own Hand At Writing

Michael Hinman talks about the struggle to complete a work of fiction

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Well, I have decided, for sure, wholeheartedly and under no other circumstances, that March will not end without me finishing a story treatment that I've been working on since late last year. I know that sounds very disciplined of me, but to be honest, it's not the first, second or even third mon ...

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Feature'Celebrity Apprentice' Week 2: Grace Under Fire

Penn Jillette calls out George Takei, but he doesn't bite

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Sometimes, even when you're winning, you're losing. The "Celebrity Apprentice" men's team, Unanimous, took its second challenge in as many tries this week. But that didn't stop Donald Trump from trying to create some drama among a team that seems to be gelling quite well -- and that drama almost ...

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FeatureThe Fannish Life: Gone To Gallifrey

The only place where Doctors, Daleks and fans can co-exist

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If you’d told me a year ago, no, even six months ago, no, even four months ago, that I’d be going 3,000 miles to a Doctor Who convention, I’d have thought you mad. When Teri Sears, a long time Whovian, first told me of Gallifrey 2012, I thought it sounded good. But it wasn’t until after ...

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Feature'Celebrity Apprentice' Week 1: George Takei Earns A Nickname

Follow our favorite Enterprise crewman's journey to win money for charity

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Donald Trump may not agree with the fact that George Takei wants to be married to his longtime partner, Brad Altman, but he seems to have a lot of respect for the "Star Trek" actor. Takei, a contestant on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" this season, is part of the men's team, known as "Unanimous." T ...

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FeatureSciFriday: What Will eBay Ban Next? Superman?

The move against 'Chillerama' and 'Teenage Werebear' is silly, Michael Hinman says

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If you take a look online, there are some great promotional pictures of "Smallville" star Tom Welling donning the famous Superman suit. Sorry "Smallville" fans, I'm more of a Batman guy, so I'm not sure if Welling actually wore the costume in the series or not, but he did look great in those photos. ...

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FeatureAstrojive: Power Couples

Richard Lee Byers takes a Valentine's Day look at romance and superheroes

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Well, I thought that in honor of Valentine’s Day, I’d salute happy, enduring superhero relationships. Then I realized there hardly are any. Despite their many advantages (powers, good looks, celebrity, etc.), superheroes are seldom lucky in love. Sometimes the problem is one’s nemeses, ...

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FeatureSciFriday: Finally, An Amazing Star Wars MMO

But will genre fans give up Star Trek Online for Star Wars: The Old Republic?

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To help celebrate nearly a year beefing online, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (you know, the MMORPG) Star Trek Online went from being a subscription-based game to free-to-play. Basically, that means if you buy the game, you can log in and not have to pay a monthly subscriptio ...

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FeatureAstrojive: Stupid Aliens

Richard Lee Byers offers a modest proposal to improve science-fiction

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It’s a new year. Perhaps we could use a New Year’s resolution to improve science-fiction. I’ll propose one: No more stupid alien invaders. I suggest this with a certain trepidation, knowing as I do that hostile extraterrestrial dumbasses have a long, proud history in sci-fi dating back ...

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FeatureWhen Social Media Gets Out Of Control

The push for content sometimes takes real bad turns

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We have forums as part of Airlock Alpha and the GenreNexus website, but you rarely read about them in things I write, and rarely you will see my posting there. I know that having these community areas are important for readers like you to have a place to congregate and share thoughts and opinion ...

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