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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Latest in Spec Received

The May issue of the Christian sf newsletter, Latest in Spec (PDF) is now available online for your perusal.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Latest in Spec Newsletter Returns

Formerly on this blog, I used to link Latest in Spec, the newsletter of the Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy Blog Tour, of which this blog is a member. After the newsletter went to a PDF format, I wasn't able to link it anymore.

But, good news, Latest in Spec is back on-line. Here's the site, which looks really good. This is the place for Christian f/sf/h news, so be sure to give it a look-see.

As a note, I had trouble getting the site to load, so if you can't see it, try clicking out on one of its links in its sidebar and then hit the "back" button on your browser.

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Currently Reading

D.G.D.: The latest collection of winning stories from the annual contest; the writers are all brand new and in my past experience, the stories are consistently strong.

D.G.D.: I always fret when reading something like this that I'm not getting the best version, but I suppose the Brothers Grimm don't have a definitive version anyway since they edited their own work so many times. One way or the other, this edition has nice binding, gold-gilt pages, and the promise of containing all the stories--except I think it's missing "Bluebeard."

Snuffles: Let's see...snobby upper-class high school, check. Mysterious exclusive club run by bratty rich girl, check. Awkward new girl with magic powers, check. Hot guy, check. Yep, the clichés are all there! Still, it seems to be good-hearted and reasonably decent.

Currently Watching

Snuffles: The nuns-with-guns cartoon against which all others must be measured, for good or ill. Set in the 1920s, featuring a young pistol-packing nun and her (reformed) demon companion who try to stop a rogue demon from remaking the world. Draws heavily on Catholicism, but the metaphysics of the Chrono Crusade universe are all over the place and not really coherent. Has good emotional moments, excellent action, and interesting "cinematography." Flops from humor to drama rapidly but effectively, though occasionally mixes in decidedly misplaced crudities.

Unless otherwise noted, the Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible [NRSV], copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

This and other translations are noted with standard acronyms (NRSV, NAB, NIV, etc.). Scripture quotations without notice of translation are from the Authorized King James Version (AV or KJV).

We sometimes "correct" the NRSV to restore it to what it might have looked like before the politically correct English language committee got to it. In such instances, the quotations are noted as "NRSV, with emendations."

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Latest in Spec Received

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Latest in Spec Newsletter Returns

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