Fast Forward congratulates all the Nebula Nominees!

http://www.sfwa.org/2013/02/2012-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/

It’s been 10 years since the space shuttle Columbia was lost during re-entry at the end of mission STS-107.  Here’s a look back at a short video that Fast Forward created in February, 2003 to remember the astronauts who lost their lives.

You can find the video here:

RIP

Jay Lake is an award winning writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy and one hell of a nice guy. He’s also been a guest on Fast Forward. Jay has been fighting colon cancer since 2008 and is currently on his fourth round of chemotherapy. Right now this doesn’t seem to be working and things aren’t looking so good for Jay.

One of the new things that could help is to do a full genome sequencing for him which could lead his doctors to a new treatment path for him. There is a fundraiser going on at YouCare.com (http://tinyurl.com/anqp49z) right now. Please donate something if you can. Just to help you decide to give, there are a number of Acts of Whimsy that a number of leading SF authors have offered to perform as donations reach various levels.

So, please, help a good man fight a bad thing, help raise the level of whimsy in the universe, and as alot of folks have been have saying – Fuck Cancer!

Phyllis Irene Radford

Episode 261 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction features an interview with science fiction and fantasy author and editor Phyllis Irene Radford. Ms.Radford discusses her use of pseudonyms for her different “writing personalities,” with books as Irene Radford, P. R. Frost, and C. F. Bentley (as well as future work to be published under the name Phyllis Ames).  Ms. Radford also talks about her involvement with the author cooperative Book View Café and her fondness for Oregon, where she lives. This interview was conducted on September 10, 2012.
Also in this episode:
Colleen Cahill reviews Dinosaur vs. Santa, a picture book for your youngest readers.
Marianne Petrino gives 3 chans to the anime series Kaze No Stigma.

This episode (#261) of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction was first shown in December 2012.

Edward M. Lerner

Episode 260 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction features an interview with author Edward M. Lerner. Mr. Lerner is a “hard” science fiction writer, with more than a dozen published novels and many works of short fiction. In the interview, he talks about his recent novel, Energized, his collaboration with Larry Niven on the Fleet of Worlds series, and about the day-to-day work of being a full-time writer.

Also in this episode:
Guest reviewer Steve Cordle recommends the book Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore.
Anime reviewer Marianne Petrino gives 4 chans to the movie Origin: Spirits of the Past.

This episode of Fast Forward was first shown in October, 2012.

Joe Haldeman

Episode #259 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction features an interview with Hugo Award winning author Joe Haldeman. Mr. Haldeman talks about his writing and Joe’s Place, his long running blog. He also discusses painting, insights gained as a writing teacher, and the political complexities of having a manned space program in contemporary America.

Also in episode #259:
Colleen Cahill reviews Alien on a Rampage, a children’s book that’s fun for all ages.
Marianne Petrino gives her highest rating, 5 chans, to the anime series Romeo x Juliet.

The Joe Haldeman interview was originally recorded on May 20, 2011.
Episode 259 was first cablecast in September, 2012.

Stanley Schmidt

In episode #258 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction we interview the (now former) editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine, Stanley Schmidt. Analog is best known as the major periodical for English language “hard” science fiction. Mr. Schmidt was the editor of Analog for over thirty years, and in this interview he describes his early relationship with the magazine. Schmidt also talks about his personal definition of science fiction, and what he looks for in a story.
The interview was conducted on May 20, 2011.

Also in this episode:
A “special report” – highlights from the Nebula Awards ceremony held in Arlington, VA on May 19, 2012.
Marianne Petrino give 3 chans to the anime series Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple.

This episode of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction was first shown in August, 2012.

Geoffrey A. Landis

In episode #257 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction we interview scientist and author Geoffrey A. Landis. Mr. Landis talks about his (mostly) short fiction work and his prize winning genre poetry. He also discusses his “day job” with NASA, and how interwoven his love of science and science fiction is.

Also in this episode:

Colleen Cahill reviews The Celestial Globe, a novel by Marie Rutkoski.
Marianne Petrino gives 3 chans to Planet of the Beast King, an anime television series.
John Pomeranz reminds us of the wonderful life and work of Ray Bradbury, one of the preeminent authors of the genre, who passed away on June 5, 2012.

This episode of Fast Forward was first shown in June, 2012.

It’s almost the end of the year (not to mention the end of a long count of the Mayan calendar) so we thought we should try to catch up on some of the Fast Forward episodes that were released in the past few months but never got formally announced on the blog!  We’ll be reminding you about these episodes over the next few days.  If you haven’t watched the interviews yet, here’s your chance.

Here is your chance to get into an anthology and help a person!! Ms. Karen DeLabar is a writer and a young woman who was recently stricken with Toxic Shock Syndrome. To help offset her medical expenses, friends are putting together a short story anthology called The Orange Karen Tribute Anthology. If your piece is selected, you don’t get paid, but the karma points are precious. I have already submitted a piece for consideration:) How’s about you?

MGP