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Glass Slippers and Brass Beds at NYRSF Reading
Opinion > Event Reviews
Kelly Link's "Cinderella Game" and Jennifer Stevenson's Brass Bed made for a creepy, yet sexy, evening...

Dreams With Sharp Teeth; filmmakers with sharp tongues
Opinion > Movie Reviews
Dreams With Sharp Teeth is a wonderful movie about one of the greats of American fiction. Harlan Ellison is not only the focus, but the star of a movie that feels far too short...

Devilish April Fool's Fun at NYRSF Readings
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This month's reading at New York City's South Street Seaport featured demonic tales by Elizabeth Glover and Andy Duncan in an intimate setting...

NYRSF Reading: Durst and Gilman on 4 March
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[Editor's note: Once again, the editor wasn't able to attend the reading to write a review, but the intrepid Eugene Myers stepped up to the plate and wrote this review for SFScope. Thanks, Eugene! And to anyone else who attends...

Wastelands Not a Wasted Evening
Opinion > Event Reviews
The monthly reading at New York's South Street Seaport featured contributors from the new anthology Wastelands, edited by John Joseph Adams...

KGB Fantastic Fiction Reading on 19 December: Christopher Barzak and Naomi Novik
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Review of the KGB Fantastic Fiction reading of 19 December: as always, a packed house to hear, this month, Barzak and Novik...

Street Cred—a fan's view of the writers' strike
Opinion > Film & Television
SFScope's television reviewer Sarah Stegall flew to Los Angeles to participate in Mutant Enemy Day, on behalf of the writers. Here's her report and photos...

"The Star Pit" by Samuel R. Delany: a 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Radio Adaptation
Opinion > Event Reviews
The 40th anniversary celebration of the original broadcast of Samuel R. Delany's "The Star Pit" was a wonderful taste of the past and the far future...

NYRSF Reading: A Tribute to Avram Davidson on 6 November
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Last night's reading was a tribute to Avram Davidson, and featured the talents and memories of Thomas M. Disch, Michael Swanwick...

KGB Fantastic Fiction Reading on 19 September: the release of The Best of LCRW
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Review of the KGB Fantastic Fiction reading of 19 September: good readings in a huge crowd in a very small room. Show up early next time to get a seat...

NYRSF Reading: Di Filippo and Spinrad on 4 September
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Paul Di Filippo and Norman Spinrad were the featured readers at the New York Review of Science Fiction's Reading Series at South Street Seaport last night, and they were great. But even better was the cozy, intimate atmosphere that allowed the fans to get right up close...

Mythic Creatures at the American Museum of Natural History
Opinion > Event Reviews
The American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, is currently exhibiting "Mythical Creatures" from the past and present, trying to explain where some came from, showing what they do, and introducing them to the public. It's a fascinating look at the non-real...

Interstitiality and the Creative Artist: a Fascinating Discussion
Opinion > Event Reviews
Last Monday's panel discussion "Interstitiality and the Creative Artist" presented wonderful insights into the world of comic artists trying to survive between, rather than within, the strictures of modern marketing...
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