04.Jun.2008 La Guerre Des Mondes
110 years of The War of the World covers. (Dr. Zeus)
12.Apr.2008 1984: Penguin Modern Classics re-issue
Take a wild guess at the artist behind the cover. (Penguin Blog via Book Design Review)
06.Apr.2008 Dune: extra credit
You’ve read the novel and you’ve watched the film. But have you connected the dots? Dune: Coloring & Activity Book Paul Atreides needs pants. Help him.
20.Feb.2008 California Schools Support SciFi
We recently learned from an LAUSD librarian that there’s a SciFi recommended reading list for K through 12 in California. Although the WSFBC was not consulted, it appears many of the titles mirror our own reading list. Here’s the CDE-approved list: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams Feed, M.T. Anderson Foundation, Isaac Asimov [...]