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Articles
from Issue 174.
May 2008. 
April
2008 circulation was: 801,336 readers,
who read 3.20 million articles, generating
44.9 million hits.
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 Sword,
Sorcery, and Small White Dogs: An Interview
with Rosemary Jones
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Rosemary
Jones is the author of the Forgotten Realms
novel Crypt of the Moaning Diamond as well
as several short stories. She answered a
few of John's questions about shared world
fiction, humor in fantasy, and children's
books.
 Blood
is Deeper than Water: An Interview with
Pamela Freeman
01/05/2008 AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Pamela
Freeman is a noted Australian author of
children's fiction. Her first adult novel,
Blood Ties, is set for release in April
2008, with the sequel, Deep Water, in September
or October of the same year. The final book
in The Castings Trilogy, Full Circle, does
not yet have a release date. As well as
being a skilled epic fantasy writer, she
is a mom, wife, and educator. She is also
fastest responder our John has ever interviewed.
 Thoughts
on writing success
01/05/2008. COMMENT. Jim
Baen and Eric Flint, as well as other fiction
writers and editors, have both made statements
to the effect that every writer and publisher
is competing for a reader's "beer and movie
money." While not always literally true,
their underlying point is all too accurate.
A successful fiction writer has to leave
his or her readers feeling that their time
and funds were well-spent.
 From
the Polity to Crete: Neal Asher interviewed
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Neal
Asher chats to our Robert Thompson about
his Polity universe, his new novel, Line
War, writing a follow-up novel to The Voyage
of the Sable Keech, and why Neal's now moved
- at least part of the year - to Crete.
 Meeting
Melko
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Paul
Melko, author of a book of short stories,
Ten Sigmas, chats to SM Duke about how he
had to use the short form to explore a variety
of different technological avenues (including
one about superheroes) from the dangers
of fiddling with the past to the dangers
of traversing between universes/dimensions.
He also talks about why his characters have
to make bad decisions.
The
SF Future: More of the same - except better
or worse?
01/05/2008. COMMENT. Recently,
in his column about Arthur C. Clarke in
the New York Times, Dave Iztkoff explored
whether present and future writers would
be as successful as Clarke had been in envisioning
future technologies. Over the years, various
writers and academics have attempted to
quantify in a rough fashion just how accurate
SF has been in predicting the future.
 Flying
with iron angels: Alan Campbell interviewed
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Alan
Campbell talks to Robert Thompson about
his Deepgate Codex books. A former designer
and programmer of the video game series
Grand Theft Auto, Alan made his writing
debut in 2006 with the fantasy novel Scar
Night.
 Modest
revision
01/05/2008. COMMENT. Mark
R. Leeper is getting up a petition to rearrange
the titles of Jules Verne's best-known (in
other words filmed) novels. Now what do
he mean by that?
 TV
Heaven - Battlestar Galactica
01/05/2008. TV ARTICLE. What
with fantasy author Joe Abercrombie's tornado
of excitement created by his own releases,
reviews, signings, and convention attendances
in March, and the tidal wave of resulting
reviews, he's realised that he's utterly
neglected his important duties as far as
slagging off other people's hard work goes.
Time to put that right...
 Interview
with Kate Elliott
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Fantasy
novellist Kate Elliott - aka Alis A. Rasmussen
- author of Shadow Gate, chats to our Rob
about writing lurid adventure fiction, and
her ideas on HBO-style characterization
and detail with a big canvas and complex
narrative.
 Meet
the Empress: an interview with Karen Miller...
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Author
Karen Miller yacks with Chris H. about the
joys of writing the first novel in her new
Godspeaker trilogy, why the magic system
in Godspeaker is quite different to her
Kingmaker/Kingbreaker duology, and how she
likes to cocoon herself in a kind of warm,
dark bubble so the outside world doesn't
intrude on her writing.
 The
theoretical man: Michael Swanwick interviewed
01/05/2008/ AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. SFF
author Michael Swanwick talks to Aidan about
taking conventions of the genre and spinning
them on their head, his novel The Dragons
of Babel, why four hundred pages appears
to be his natural length, and Darger and
Surplus, - his post-Utopian con men.
 One
heckuva turn: Lois McMaster Bujold interviewed
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Fantasy
comes in all forms, notes Robert Thompson.
Epic fantasy. Dark fantasy. Contemporary
fantasy. Historical fantasy. Erotic fantasy.
Then there’s The Sharing Knife series by
award-winning author Lois McMaster Bujold
(The Vorkosigan Saga, The Spirit Ring, the
Chalion novels) which is an altogether different
kind of fantasy…
 They're
steaming: Ann and Jeff Vandermeer interviewed
01/05/2008. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. Rod
Lott of the excellent Bookgasm blog dons
his brass goggles for a chat with Jeff and
Ann Vandermeer about their latest book,
Steampunk. Bring on the airships and Captain
Nemo.
Torchwood:
Season Two
01/05/2008. TV ARTICLE. An
appraisal of Torchwood by: GF Willmetts.
 Bionic
Not
01/05/2008. TV ARTICLE. An
appraisal of the Bionic Woman by GF Willmetts.
 What
constitutes freedom?
01/05/2008. EDITORIAL. A
common theme used in Science Fiction is
that of the oppressed fighting against tyranny
often on a wider scale than a single country.
Most SF tends to present the picture in
black and white than shades of grey. At
ground level in the 'Star Wars' films, the
planets in the Empire don't seem that badly
off, providing you don't annoy the stormtroopers
or their nice Emperor or his henchman.
Writers
and societal illusions
01/05/2008. COMMENT. Last
week, my editor, his assistant, and I were
discussing some elements of a book I'd turned
in. I use the word discussing in very loose
terms. My editor was having a hard time
with the situation in the book. I won't
go into the specifics here, because some
of you might read the book, but both my
editor and I did agree on the facts, on
the credibility of the situation, and the
culture.
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Book
& DVD Reviews from Issue 174.
May 2008.
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 100
Girls: The First Girl Volume One by Adam
Gallardo and Todd Demong
01/05/2008. pub:
Arcana Studios. 112 page graphic novel.
Price: $9.95 (US), $13.95 (CAN). ISBN: 0-9763095-3-X.
 A
Nameless Witch by A. Lee Martinez
01/05/2008. pub:
TOR. 320 page hardback. Price: $24.95 (US),
$31.00 (CAN). ISBN: 0-7653-1868-7.
 A
World Too Near (Book Two of The Entire And
The Rose) by Kay Kenyon
01/05/2008. pub:
Pyr/Prometheus Books. 423 page hardback.
Price: $25.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59102-642-6.
 Aeon
Speculative Fiction # 13
01/05/2008. e-mag:
Price: $ 5.00 (US) download.
 Alice
On Deadlines Vol. 1 by Shiro Ihara
01/05/2008. pub:
Yen Press/Orbit Books. 192 page graphic
novel. Price: £ 5.99 (UK), $10.99, $12.75
(CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7595-2351-7.
 Alien
Nation: Ultimate Movie Collection
01/05/2008. Region
One DVD: pub: 20th Century Fox 2251276.
Price: $49.98 (US), $69.98 (CAN). 3 double-sided
DVDs 447 minutes 5 * 90 minute films with
extras)stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint,
Michelle Scarabelli, Terry Treas, Lauren
Woodland and Sean Six.
 Batman:
The Killing Joke (The Deluxe Edition) by
Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan/DC Comics. 64 page hardback graphic
novel. Price: £11.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-772-3.
 Beowulf
by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard
01/05/2008. CD.
pub: Warner Bros Records B000WVUNXG. Price:
$14.99 (US), £ 9.98 (UK) 17 tracks.
 Birds
Of Prey: Dead Of Winter by Gail Simone,
Nicola Scott and Doug Hazlewood
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 128 page graphic novel softcover.
Price: £10.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-773-0.
 Black
Static # 2 - December 2007
01/05/2008. Bi-monthly
magazine: UK publisher/editor address: Andy
Cox, TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham,
Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2LB. Price: £ 3.99
(UK). ISSN: 1753-0709.
 Burning
Tower by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
01/05/2008. pub:
Orbit. 430 page hardback. Price: £18.99
(UK). ISBN: 1-84149-072-5pub: Orbit. 616
page paperback. Price: £ 8.99 (UK). ISBN:
978-1-84149-218-6.
 Catwoman:
Catwoman Dies by Will Pfeifer, David Lopez
and Alvaro Lopez
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 168 page graphic novel softcover.
Price: £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-774-7.
 Conversions
to the cheaper kind
01/05/2008. Missed
these when they first came out? Convesions
from hardbacks to paperbacks and even complete
DVD sets. If we've reviewed them they're
featured below and you can find the links
in the SFC search engine.
 Doctor
Who: Brave New Town by Jonathan Clements
01/05/2008. CD.
pub: Big Finish ISBN: 978-1-84435-304-0.
60 minute CD. Price: £10.99 (UK). Non UK
£11.50)voices: Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith,
Derek Griffiths, Adrian Dunbar, Lorna Want,
Nick Wilton, Katarina Olsson and Barnaby
Edwards.
 Doctor
Who: Max Warp by Jonathan Morris
01/05/2008. CD.
pub: Big Finish ISBN: 978-1-84435-305-7.
60 minute CD. Price: £10.99 (UK). Non UK
£11.50)voices: Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith,
Graeme Garden, James Fleet, Duncan James,
Nick Brimble, Samantha Hughes and Katarina
Olsson.
 Doctor
Who: The Bride Of Peladon by Barnaby Edwards
01/05/2008. CD.
pub: Big Finish ISBN: 978-1-84435-289-0.
60 minute CD. Price: £14.99 (UK))voices:
Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Caroline Morris,
Phyllida Law, Jenny Agutter, Christian Coluson,
Yasmin Bannerman, Nicholas Briggs, Jane
Goddard, Richard Earl, Philip Childs and
Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
 Firemask
(The Last Legion book 2) by Chris Bunch
01/05/2008. pub:
Orbit. 387 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99
(UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-627-6.
 Green
Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Volume One
by Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, Ivan Reis,
Patrick Gleason and Ethan Van Sciver
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 160 page graphic novel hardback.
Price: £16.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-782-2.
 Interzone
# 215 - April 2008
01/05/2008. bi-monthly
magazine: UK publisher/editor address: Andy
Cox, TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham,
Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2LB. Price: £ 3.75
(UK) $ 7.00(US). ISSN: 0264-3596.
 Iron
Man by Peter David
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 309 page paperback. Price:
£ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-917-8.
 Justice
League International Volume 1 by Keith Giffen,
J.M. DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 192 page graphic novel hardback.
Price: £24.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-787-7.
 Justice
League Of America: The Lightning Saga Vol.
2 by Brad Meltzer, Geoff Johns and assorted
artists
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan/DC Comics. 224 page graphic novel.
Price: £19.99 (UK), £24.99 (US), $29.99
(CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84576-789-1.
 Lobo:
Portrait Of A Bastich by Keith Giffen, Alan
Grant and Simon Bisley
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan/DC Comics. 208 page graphic novel.
Price: £ 8.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-889-8.
 Love
And Sex With Robots by David Levy
01/05/2008. pub:
Duckworth. 334 page illustrated with index
enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK).
ISBN: 978-0-7156-3740-1.
 Mercury
by Ben Bova
01/05/2008. Audio
CD. pub: Audio Renaissance/PanMacmillan.
11 hours. 9 CDs. Price: $39.95 (US), $55.95
(CAN) ISBN: 1-59397-501-5). read by: Stefan
Rudnicki, Arte Johnson and Moira Quirk.
 Modesty
Blaise: Yellowstone Booty by Peter O'Donnell,
Enric Badia Romero and John Burns
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 104 page graphic novel softcover.
Price: £11.99 (UK), $19.95 (US), $22.95
(CAN). ISBN: 978-1-84576-419-7.
 Mushi-Shi
Vol. 3 episodes 6-10
01/05/2008. region2
DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72903. 1
DVD 150 minutes 5 episodes plus extras.
Price: £15.99 (UK).
 Red
Mantis by David Morancho and Martin Pardo
01/05/2008. pub:
Platinum Studios. 32 page graphic novel.
Price: $12.99 (US), $14.99 (CAN). ISBN:
978-1-934220-07-8.
 Star
Trek: Strange New Worlds 10 edited by Dean
Wesley Smith with Paula M. Block
01/05/2008. pub:
Simon and Schuster. 354 page enlarged paperback.
Price: £ 9.99 (UK), $15.00 (US), $17.99
(CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4165-4438-8.
 Superman:
Camelot Falls Vol. 2 by Kurt Busiek, Carlos
Pacheco and Jesus Merino
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 128 page graphic novel hardback.
Price: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 1-84576-651-2.
 Superman:
The Man Of Steel Volume 6 by John Byrne,
Ron Frenz, Jim Starlin, Dan Jurgens and
Art Adams
01/05/2008. pub:
Titan Books. 208 page graphic novel softcover.
Price: £11.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84576-440-1.
 Suzuka
Vol. 2 episodes 6-10
01/05/2008. region2
DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN73002. 1
DVD 145 minutes 5 episodes plus extras.
Price: £15.99 (UK).
 The
Art Of Reboot by Jim Su
01/05/2008. pub:
Arcana Studios/Mainframe. 104 page illustrated
hardback. Price: $23.95 (US), $ 28.99 (CAN).
ISBN: 978-0-9763095-7-4.
 The
Digital Plague by Jeff Somers
01/05/2008. pub:
Orbit. 342 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99
(UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-704-4.
 The
Dragon In The Sea by Frank Herbert
01/05/2008. pub:
TOR/Forge. 268 page enlarged paperback.
Price: $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN:
978-0-7653-1774-5.
 The
Extra Large Medium by Helen Slavin
01/05/2008. pub:
Pocket Books/Simon and Schuster. 229 page
paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84739-122-3.
 The
Joy Of Chemistry by Cathy Cobb and Monty
L. Fetterolf
01/05/2008. pub:
Prometheus Books. 393 page illustrated and
indexed hardback. Price: $26.00 (US). ISBN:
978-1-59102-231-2.
 The
Mirror by Natalia Lincoln, Evi Numen, and
Tim Hatcher
01/05/2008. pub:
Space & Time Books. 335 page enlarged paperback.
Price: $19.99 (US) ISBN: 978-0-917053-15-3.
 The
New Weird edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
01/05/2008. Pub:
Tachyon. 414 page enlarged paperback. Price:
$14.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-892391-55-1.
 The
Time Of The Reaper by Andrew Butcher
01/05/2008. pub:
Atom/Little Brown. 378 page enlarged paperback.
Price: £ 5.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-904233-94-7.
 The
X-Files: The Complete Fourth Season DVD
Boxset
01/05/2008. region
2 DVD. pub: 20th Century Fox F1-SGB 22664MDVD.
7 DVDs 1017 minutes 24 episodes with extras.
Price: about £10.98 (UK) if you know where
to look)stars: David Duchovny and Gillian
Anderson.
 Tsubasa
3: Spectres Of Legend
01/05/2008. region
2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN73003.
1 DVD 105 minutes episodes 11-14, 4 episodes
plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).
 V:
The Final Battle Collectors Edition
01/05/2008. Region
2 DVD: Warner Bros Z1 14146. 2 DVDs 255
minutes 3 * 90 minute episodes. Price: £
7.98 (UK) if you know where to look). stars:
Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Faye Grant,
Michael Ironside, Peter Nelson, David Packer,
Neva Patterson, Tommy Peterson, Marc Singer,
Blair Tefkin, Michael Wright, Frank Ashmore
and Robert Englund.
 V:
The Original Mini-Series
01/05/2008. Region
2 DVD: Warner Bros Z1 11489. 1 double-sided
DVD 139 minutes 2 * 90 minutes episodes
plus extras. Price: £ 7.98 (UK) if you know
where to look). Stars: Jane Badler, Michael
Durrell, Faye Grant, Peter Nelson, David
Packer, Neva Patterson, Tommy Peterson,
Marc Singer, Blair Tefkin, Michael Wright,
Frank Ashmore and Robert Englund.
 V:
The Second Generation by Kenneth Johnson
01/05/2008. pub:
TOR/Forge. 443 page enlarged paperback.
Price: $14.95 (US), $16.95 (CAN). ISBN:
978-0-7653-1906-3.
 Voices
From The Street by Philip K. Dick
01/05/2008. pub:
TOR/Forge. 304 page enlarged paperback.
Price: $14.95 (US), $17.25 (CAN). ISBN:
978-0-7653-1821-3.
 Voyage
To The Bottom Of The Sea Season One Volume
One
01/05/2008. region
1. pub: 20th Century Fox B000BZISS0. 3 double-sided
DVDs 818 minutes 16 * 50 minute black and
white episodes plus extras. Price: $29.98
(US))stars: Richard Basehart and David Hedison.
 Voyage
To The Bottom Of The Sea Season One Volume
Two
01/05/2008. (region
1. pub: 20th Century Fox B000FFJ87Q. 3 double-sided
DVDs 821 minutes 16 * 50 minute black and
white episodes plus extras. Price: $24.99(US))stars:
Richard Basehart and David Hedison.
 Weapons
Of Choice by John Birmingham
01/05/2008. pub:
Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 483 paperback.
Price: $ 7.99 (US), $10.99 (CAN). ISBN:
0-345-45713-7.
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Daily
News Updates
The Black Man commeth: Richard Morgan wins this year's Clarke award
Science fiction author Richard Morgan has won this year's Arthur C Clarke award for best SF novel, with his title Black Man. He basically dedicated his acceptance speech to his mom, who sadly passed away while he was writing the book, causing it to be delivered a year late. In the US, this novel was released as Thirteen.
The Incredible Hulk trailer
New online trailer for the latest comic-to-movie excursion of the big mean green one. You really don't want to make him angry.
The Linx effect: Sontaran Officer Linx, that is
The first in a series of six helmets from Doctor Who, made by Weta, has just hit the streets (this is a 500 run limited ed.) The Sontaran Officer Linx Helmet weighs in at just under a kilo (2.2 lbs) and is made from cast metal. It measures 170mm x 100mm x 100mm ... and was created by Weta model maker and Doctor Who fan, David Tremont. Their range of helmets will also include an Ice Warrior helmet, and Industrial Welding Mask, a Sycorax helmet, a Cyberman helmet and a Lord President Borusa Head-dress.
Get Betrayed for free
Have you ever wondered what happened to Han, Luke and Leia after the events of Return of the Jedi? Well, scifi fans, now you can download a free PDF copy of
Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Betrayal. You can even do it without George - "You're sued!" - Lucas coming after you.
Ian MacLeod turns Brummie
On Friday 9th May 2008 the Birmingham Science Fiction Group is hosting genre author Ian MacLeod, to chat to them about what he's been up to recently.
Tribute to SF author Arthur C Clarke
There's a special tribute show to Arthur C. Clarke on the Time Traveler Show podcast, The centerpiece is the story, The Hammer of God by Clarke and read by Scott Brick with Gabrielle de Cuir.
Audible Frontiers
The Audible Frontiers imprint is launching with 25 audio books, including ten Hugo winners from various science fiction & fantasy authors.
The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2008: winner announced
Black Man by Richard Morgan and published by Gollancz is the winner of this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award, the UK's premier prize for science fiction literature.
Del Toro will direct The Hobbit movie
Peter Jackson has confirmed that the Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro is to direct the two The Lord of the Rings prequel movies. The fun just never stops!
Wesley Snipes banged up
Actor Wesley Snipes is sentenced to three years in jail for cheating The Man of his tax dollars. He is not going to be sentenced to cyrogenic storage in San Angeles like the sci-fi movie Demolition Man, and John Spartan didn't catch him at his tax minimisation, however.
Stargate: Continuum teaser trailer
Here's an online trailer for all you Gateanestas, the next straight to DVD Stargate movie.
Blooming TIE fighters
One bit you might have missed in Star Wars, two British X-wing pilots drinking tea and complaining about having to attack the second Death Star. Very funny.
Steampunk finds radio waves
Steampunk, the new fiction anthology from Tachyon Publications, made its debut before Australian audiences when co-editor Jeff VanderMeer was interviewed by Ramona Koval, host of Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National (ABC RN).
Hancock trailer
An online trailer for the Will Smith movie about a down-and-out superhero living rough on the streets. Yeah, like that'd happen.
Blake's 7 back from the dead
Sky One has told SFcrowsnest.com that it has greenlit development on two scripts of the 80s science fiction series Blake's 7. Elaine Pyke, commissioning editor over at Sky is working with Andrew Mark Sewell at B7 Productions, a subsidiary of B7 Media, on a reinvention of the classic scifi show. Sky One has ordered two scripts for a potential pilot.
Were's your wolf?
BBC3 has ordered a six-part series of the one-off drama, Being Human from Touchpaper Television. Starring Russell Tovey, Andrea Riseborough and Guy Flanaghan, the pilot of Being Human followed the lives of three flatmates; a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost in a look at the friendship between three 20-something outsiders trying to find their way in an enticing but complicated world.
Batman The Dark Knight
The full trailer for the next Bats movie goes online.
Constellation Award nominees announced For 2008
Doctor Who takes the TV Nominations for a second year in a row, while Transformers leads in film.
A Dark Vision of science fiction
Sky Movies will be running their dark and nasty sci-fi season from 26th May–1st June 2008 on Sky Movies. Their line-up includes Blade Runner: The Final Cut, The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly, V for Vendetta and Ridley & Tony Scott’s The Andromeda Strain mini series.
Down the rabbit hole
BookRabbit, a new online service that dynamically connects readers, authors and publishers through the books they own, will shortly be launching its website, bookrabbit.com to all you science fiction and fantasy-loving book fans.
More money than Spidery-sense
The first Marvel super heroes theme park is coming to ever-sunny Dubai as part of their 3 billion squre feet Dubailand project. Hey, your oil money has to end up somewhere, right?
Slaine: The King
Glenn Fabry and Pat Mills wil be signing Slaine: The King at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Saturday 17th May 1-2pm 2008.
Patrick McGoohan: Danger Man or Prisoner?
Patrick McGoohan changed the history of television with his series The Prisoner. Many TV series since have cited The Prisoner as an inspiration, including Lost. But there is a lot more to McGoohan than The Prisoner.
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton's scifi novel of viral death from the stars, The Andromeda Strain, gets the TV miniseries treatment. Here's the trailer.
A Most Unusual Greyhound
Mike Resnick reads two stories on The Time Traveler Show podcast.
Kethani
Eric Brown will be signing his new book, Kethani at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Saturday 10th May 1-2pm 2008.
Stories from the Golden Age
In the same year that Superman was introduced and radio reports of aliens starting a War of the Worlds induced panic across America, a small group of publishers and famous authors also shook the world: they created what was to become known as the Golden Age of Science Fiction which laid the groundwork for Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Star Wars saga.
Clan of the Dung Sniffers
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy has announced the novel with surely the best title of 2008, Clan of the Dung Sniffers, by Lee Danielle Hubbard (no relation to Ron).
Clone Wars cartoon series
There's now a trailer online for George's new cartoon Clone Wars series. Some would say the live-action Clone Wars was kind of a cartoon too, but that would be unkind.
Two new Vampire Apocalypse books on their way
Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder, is the first book in the Vampire Apocalypse series from Irish author, Derek Gunn (published by KHP Industries, US, under their Black Death Books imprint).
The Last Airbender
There's a live-action adaptation of the manga-like Nickelodeon animated TV series in the works from Paramount. Shyamalan, the creator of The Sixth Sense, Signs and the upcoming The Happening, will direct and produce the fantasy/science fiction action-adventure based on a script that he penned.
Ryan Span feels some Street: Empathy
Street: Empathy, the debut novel by UK-based cyberpunk novelist Ryan A. Span, has been released by Gryphonwood Press.
Denvention 3
Denvention Progress Report 3, the 2008 Hugo final ballot, 2010 site selection ballot and entry form for the Masquerade are now available online.
Dragons and Beasts
Finlay Cowan will be signing his new book, Fantasy Artist’s Pocket Reference: Dragons and Beasts at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Thursday 29th May 6-7pm 2008.
Up to no Ood
Doctor Who The return of the Ood runs with the return of the squid-faced ones. Apparently, our inside source tells us, there's going to be some brain-waving action in this episode.
Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape
Actor Charlton Heston passed away Saturday April 5th 2008 at the age of 84. Charlton made many classic science fiction movies in the sixties and seventies including Planet of the Apes, Solyent Green and The Omega Man.
A funny thing happened on the way to the Tardis
David Tennant heads 'up Pompeii' and climbs Mount Vesuvius in the latest Doctor Who Confidential episode. In this ep, Doctor Who Confidential steps out from behind-the-scenes to scale Mount Vesuvius in the bay of Naples; the active Doctor Who star ascends 4,200 feet to the summit of one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes.
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