Last week, Warner Home Video released six of their science fiction films on Blu-ray for the first time. While all were greatly appreciated by genre fans to one degree or another, it can be safely said that the most eagerly awaited one is also the best one of the set. MGM’s Forbidden Planet is clearly…
Kudos and congratulations are in order for the winners of this year’s Hugo Awards. Named for “Amazing Stories” founder, Hugo Gernsback, the Hugos were awarded at this year’s WorldCon (Aussiecon 4, in Melbourne, Australia) to celebrate fine contributions for the year’s top science fiction or fantasy works. So, without further adieu, let us present this…
In 1999, Robert J. Sawyer wrote FlashForward , a clever science fiction novel that showed how the world reacted to a suddenly global blackout and people glimpsing their futures 21 years hence. The catalytic event was centered at the CERN supercollider in Europe and largely focused on the scientists who worked there. Interestingly, it was…
On August 26, 2006, Green Glass Films began production on ALGENY: The Genetic Factor. Written and directed by Andrew Burroughs, this movie was inspired by Jeremy Rifkin’s book The Biotech Century . In that book, Rifkin coined the term “algeny”, when an organism upgrades its biology. This led to the movie’s story about a young…
Jeanne Robinson, dancer, choreographer, teacher and Hugo and Nebula winning co-author of three science fiction novels known as The Stardance Trilogy with her husband Spider Robinson, died Sunday of bilary tract cancer at the age of 62. Robinson studied dance at the Boston Conservatory, and at the Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and Erick Hawkins schools….
It’s the ultimate guy fantasy – cowboy fighting ninjas fighting soldiers all to a bloody death. Last year, Spike TV took the concept to the level of a hit TV show in DEADLIEST WARRIOR. The second season is underway and we’ve got your exclusive look at this year’s big battles. Plus GREEN HORNET goes 3-D…
Science fiction followers take note: The 2010 Hugo nominee list is out. For those not so in-the-know, the Hugo awards (named for Amazing Stories’ creator Hugo Gernsback) have been recognizing great work in Science Fiction or Fantasy since 1955, and have recently added comic books to their categories under consideration. This year’s nominees are an…
The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings presents L. A. Banks and Tobias Buckell at the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art, 138 Sullivan Street in NYC. $5 suggested donation. They also wanted to make sure that if you didn’t make it to the WW3 Illustrated opening because of the Snowpocalypse, that the event is…
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2009 Nebula Awards. The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet the evening of May 15 at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, just 20 minutes from…
A prime time summer series launched during the dog days of August is never a good show of faith on the part of the network. Last August, ABC presented Defying Gravity , a thirteen episode science fiction series which lasted a mere eight weeks. A noble effort, it failed to garner much interest and even…
Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor.com reminds us that on December 11, 1929, the world’s first club devoted to science fiction met for the first time in a Harlem apartment. They called themselves the Scienceers and within three years would count Mort Weisinger and Julius Schwartz among their members, along with the original Ray Palmer. Years…
io9 likes to say they come from the future– but it seems that the future in question is 1984 or Brave New World. We’ve received a number of reports about io9’s, shall we say, stringent commenter policies, many of which are discussed in their FAQ. Lately, they’ve been kicking more commenters off. This is not…
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