Darkness Mixes Mafia, Magic
Anthony Deluca, one of the producers of 2K Games’s forthcoming video game The Darkness, told SCI FI Wire that the game, based on the Top Cow comic of the same name, mixes mafia with magic.
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Rings RPG Expands Tolkien
Feb. 26 —
Lord of the Rings Online: The Shadows of Angmar is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that takes its cues directly from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, but that also expands on them. “[We] took a lead from the master [and] focused [the game] on the first book [in the trilogy] and covered the storyline as Frodo and Sam leave the Shire and start moving towards … Rivendell,” said Jeff Anderson, president of Turbine, Inc.
Gradisil Colonizes Earth Orbit
Feb. 23 —
Gradisil looks at the colonization of Earth’s orbital space, SF author Adam Roberts said. “The ‘nation-building’ part is about colonizing Earth orbit, creating a ragtag country called ‘the Uplands’ out of private settlers and space enthusiasts,” he said.
Streaking Is Just His Luck
Streaking looks at luck: specifically, the luck handed down from father to son in an Irish family over six centuries. Author Brian Stableford told SCI FI Wire that the book grew out of his longtime fascination with the phenomena of “psychological probability.”
End Is Near For Grimwood
Take a teenage girl, $15 million and the end of the world, and you have the start of End of the World Blues, SF author Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s new novel, which was just named a finalist for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Stoker Nominees Named
Feb. 20 —
Nominees have been announced for this year’s Bram Stoker Awards, which recognize superior achievement in horror writing. The award, named for the author of the seminal horror work Dracula, is presented annually by the Horror Writers Association.
Heart Mixes History, SF
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart mixes the history of the atomic bomb with time travel for a fish-out-of-water tale. SF writer Lydia Millet’s novel is a finalist for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award.
VanderMeer Gets Weird
Elysium Extrapolates Present
Feb. 15 —
The Elysium Commission is a futuristic tale with a literate former war hero-turned-investigator. Author L. E. Modesitt wanted to consider what might happen in a generally capitalistic future society in which cloning and high-technology information systems are the norm.