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Melinda M. Snodgrass
Melinda Marilyn Snodgrass (born November 27, 1951) is an American science fiction writer for print and television. In February 2021 Melinda was the Screenwriting Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the 39th annual Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium. Life Snodgrass lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In her spare time she is an equestrian who competes in dressage competition. Snodgrass holds a degree in history from the University of New Mexico, as well as a law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Her experience as a lawyer informed the Linnet Ellery series she published under the pen name Phillipa Bornikova (''This Case Is Gonna Kill Me'', 2012; ''Box Office Poison'', 2013; ''Publish and Perish'', 2018, all by Tor Books). Career Snodgrass wrote several episodes of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' while serving as the series' story editor during its second and third seasons. She has also contributed p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Cards
''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass. Set largely during an alternate history of post-World War II United States, the series follows humans who contracted the Wild Card virus, an alien virus that rewrites DNA and mutates survivors. Those who acquire crippling and/or repulsive physical conditions are known as Jokers, while those who acquire superhuman abilities are known as Aces, and those few who acquire minor, insignificant powers not worthy of being called aces are known as Deuces. The series originated from a long-running campaign of the ''Superworld'' role-playing game, gamemastered by Martin and involving many of the original authors. The framework of the series was developed by Martin and Snodgrass, including the origin of the charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SF Signal
''SF Signal'' was a science fiction blog and fanzine published from 2003 to 2016. The site was launched by John DeNardo and JP Frantz and focused on writings, events, and other topics focusing on the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and other related genres. It hosted three podcasts, one of which won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Fancast. The site itself won two Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine, 2012 and 2013. History The website was launched in 2003 by John DeNardo and JP Frantz after they noticed a lack of blogs focusing on science fiction. They decided to launch a blog where they could discuss science fiction and related genre writings, events and ideas that were interesting to them. As the website's popularity grew, they began to incorporate more original content and hired additional staff members as well as brought in new contributors. ''SF Signal'' published three podcasts: ''SF Crossing the Gulf'', ''The Three Hoarsemen'', and ''The SF Signal Podcast''. In 2012 ''SF Signa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of '' The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fiction'' (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice. He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011. Biography Dozois was born July 23, 1947, in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Salem High School with the Class of 1965. From 1966 to 1969 he served in the Army as a journalist, after which he moved to New York City to work as an editor in the science fiction field. One of his stories had been published by Frederik Pohl in the September 1966 issue of '' If'' but his next four appeared in 1970, three in Damon Knight's anthology series ''Orbit''. Dozois said that he turned to reading fiction partially as an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Love And Death (anthology)
''Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love'' is a cross-genre anthology featuring 17 original short stories of romance in science fiction/fantasy settings, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois and released on November 16, 2010. Suzanne Johnson wrote for Tor.com, "From zombie-infested woods in a postapocalyptic America to faery-haunted rural fields in eighteenth-century England, from the kingdoms of high fantasy to the alien world of a galaxy-spanning empire, these are stories of lovers who must struggle against the forces of magic and fate." Contents # “Love Hurts” by Jim Butcher (''The Dresden Files'') # “The Marrying Maid” by Jo Beverley # “Rooftops” by Carrie Vaughn # “Hurt Me” by M.L.N. Hanover # “Demon Lover” by Cecelia Holland # “The Wayfarer’s Advice” by Melinda M. Snodgrass (''Imperials'') # “Blue Boots” by Robin Hobb # “The Thing About Cassandra” by Neil Gaiman # “After the Blood” by Marjorie M. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down And Dirty (book)
Down and dirty, Down & Dirty or Down and Dirty may refer to: Music * Down & Dirty (band), a musical group fronted by Denis Stoff * ''Down and Dirty'' (album), The Click album * ''Down and Dirty Live'', an album by Danger Danger * "Down and Dirty", song from Quiet Riot's 1986 album '' QR III'' * "Down and Dirty", song from the 1995 Bad Company album '' Company of Strangers'' * "Down and Dirty", a song by Keyshia Cole from her 2005 album '' The Way It Is'' * "Down & Dirty", a song by Little Mix from their 2016 album '' Glory Days'' Other uses * ''Down and Dirty'' (film), 1976 film directed by Ettore Scola * Down and Dirty (book), 1988 book in the ''Wild Cards'' anthology series * '' Down 'n Dirty'', 2000 film directed by and starring Fred Williamson * ''Down 'n Dirty'', 2001 film featuring Gary Busey * ''Down and Dirty'', Richard Pryor album * "Down and dirty", a term used in stud poker Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces Abroad
An ace is a playing card. Ace(s), ACE(S) and variants may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Awards * ACE Awards (Award for Cable Excellence) Comics * ''Ace Comics'', a 1937-1959 comic book series * Ace Magazines (comics), a 1940-1956 a comic-book and pulp-magazine publishing company Music Groups * Ace (band), a 1970s British rock group * The Aces (blues band), a 1950s–1970s American group * The Aces (indie pop band), a 2010s American group * The Aces (Jamaican group), a 1965–1980s group, associated with Desmond Dekker * A.C.E (South Korean band), a South Korean boy group * The Aces (rock and roll band), a British group formed in the 1950s Labels * Ace Records (United Kingdom) * Ace Records (United States) Albums and songs * ''Ace'' (Bob Weir album) * ''Ace'' (Ian Van Dahl album) * ''Aces'' (album), by Suzy Bogguss ** "Aces" (song), by Suzy Bogguss * ''Ace'' (Scooter album) * ''Ace'' (Taemin EP) Video games * ''A.C.E. Another Century's Episode'', a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces High (anthology)
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Aces High may refer to: * ''Aces High'' (comics), a comic book series by EC Comics * ''Aces High'' (video game), a combat flight simulator/massively multiplayer online game * ''Aces High'' (film), a 1976 film * "Aces High" (music), an orchestral piece by Ron Goodwin, composed for the 1969 film ''Battle of Britain'' *''Aces High'', a 1990 album by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen * "Aces High" (song), a 1984 song by Iron Maiden * Aces High Light Aircraft, a Canadian ultralight aircraft manufacturer *Aces High, a minigame in ''Mario Party 3'' *Aces High, a round in ''The Big Spin'' *Aces Up, a solitaire game See also * Ace High (other) Ace High may refer to: * Ace High Band, USA Metal Band * ''Ace High'' (1918 film), American Western film * ''Ace High'' (1919 film), American Western film * ''Ace High'' (1968 film) (It: ''I quattro dell'Ave Maria''), 1968 Italian Western film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Cards (anthology)
''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass. Set largely during an alternate history of post-World War II United States, the series follows humans who contracted the Wild Card virus, an alien virus that rewrites DNA and mutates survivors. Those who acquire crippling and/or repulsive physical conditions are known as Jokers, while those who acquire superhuman abilities are known as Aces, and those few who acquire minor, insignificant powers not worthy of being called aces are known as Deuces. The series originated from a long-running campaign of the ''Superworld'' role-playing game, gamemastered by Martin and involving many of the original authors. The framework of the series was developed by Martin and Snodgrass, including the origin of the charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sandkings
"The Sandkings" is a 1995 Canadian-American television film based on the 1979 novella '' Sandkings'' by George R. R. Martin, and the first episode of the revived 1960s science-fiction television series ''The Outer Limits''. It premiered on 26 March 1995 on Showtime and features three generations of the Bridges acting family: Beau, his father Lloyd, and son Dylan. Kim Coates and Helen Shaver also star. The episode garnered five Gemini Award nominations. One of these was in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Beau Bridges' leading role as Simon Kress, which also garnered nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and the CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Plot Dr. Simon Kress' (Beau Bridges) research for the government on Martian life is aborted because one of his specimens escaped his lab and almost made it to the surface. However, Kress does not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Reality (TV Series)
''Beyond Reality'' is a science fiction television series which originally aired between October 4, 1991 and March 20, 1993. The series is about two university parapsychologists (Shari Belafonte and Carl Marotte) who investigative reporter, investigate reports of paranormal phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives. Episodes Home media Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete first season on DVD in Region 1 on January 23, 2007. References External links * 1990s Canadian science fiction television series 1991 Canadian television series debuts 1993 Canadian television series endings USA Network original programming Television shows filmed in Toronto {{Canada-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ensigns Of Command
"The Ensigns of Command" is the second episode of the third season of the syndicated American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', the 50th episode overall, first broadcast on October 2, 1989. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship ''Enterprise''-D. In this episode, Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner) must convince a reluctant colony of more than 15,000 to prepare for immediate evacuation while Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) attempts to negotiate a three-week reprieve from aliens intent on colonizing the planet themselves in four days and wiping out any humans found there. Plot The ''Enterprise'', under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), receives a message from the Sheliak, a reclusive alien race: Remove the humans on their planet Tau Cygni V within three days, or the Sheliak will exterminate them. Picard sends Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
