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- 1. Game of Thrones Season One on DVD and Blu-ray
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... Herbert’s Dune with broadswords”: for quality writing, complexity and political intrigue, not to mention sheer scale, only Frank Herbert’s series of Dune novels compares to Martin’s A Song of Ice ...
- Created on 17 March 2012
- 2. Top SF and fantasy TV
- (Guide articles)
- ... (2006 - 2007) 20 Quantum Leap US (1989 - 1993) 21 Red Dwarf UK (1988 - 1999) 22 Heroes US (2006 - 2010) 23 Babylon 5 US (1993 - 1998) 24 Dollhouse US (2009 - 2010) 25 Dune US miniseries ...
- Created on 28 December 2011
- 3. Top science fiction films
- (Guide articles)
- ... 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick (1968) 8 Dune David Lynch (1984) 9 Brazil Terry Gilliam (1985) 10 Dark City Alex Proyas (1998) 11 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial Steven ...
- Created on 28 December 2011
- 4. Nebula awards
- (Guide articles)
- ... Panshin 1967 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany 1966 Flowers for Algernon (tie) Daniel Keyes 1966 Babel-17 (tie) Samuel R. Delany 1965 Dune Frank Herbert ...
- Created on 27 December 2011
- 5. Hugo awards
- (Guide articles)
- ... Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 1966 Dune (tie) Frank Herbert 1966 ...And Call Me Conrad (tie) Roger Zelazny 1965 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber 1964 Here Gather the Stars (Way Station) ...
- Created on 27 December 2011
- 6. Asimov's Caves Of Steel movie adaptation: robots and spacers
- (Science fiction films)
- ... upcoming (but slow moving) Foundation and The End of Eternity adaptations, a new Dune attempt and Ridley Scott’s The Man in the High Castle miniseries, we can also look forward to a Brave New World adaptation ...
- Created on 26 September 2011
- 7. Chronicles of Riddick 3: Dead Man Stalking
- (Science fiction films)
- ... empire featuring a leader with otherworldly powers, there was plenty of alien political intrigue, religious exploration and of course action. Reminded me in places of Dune with a touch of Star Wars (but ...
- Created on 16 August 2011
- 8. Flashback, by Dan Simmons: "scarily possible" future or Right wing propaganda?
- (Science fiction books)
- ... Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion are comparable to Frank Herbert's Dune in my estimation; Song of Kali, Phases of Gravity, Ilium, The Terror, Drood, Black Hills to name but a few are outstanding works ...
- Created on 02 August 2011
- 9. Game of Thrones Season Two starts shooting in July
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... intrigue and warring families is probably Dune with broadswords. I’ve said this before and I’m not too proud to repeat myself: Game of Thrones is seriously good television, a sophisticated ...
- Created on 20 June 2011
- 10. HBO wins the Game of Thrones and takes on American Gods
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... admirably, those changes can be interesting rather than detrimental given the latitude of a TV series, talented writers and a respectable budget. This is how Frank Herbert’s Dune and Dan Simmons’ Hyperion ...
- Created on 15 June 2011
- 11. Bradley Cooper to write the script for Dan Simmons' Hyperion?
- (Science fiction films)
- ... fortunately did. We can only hope that this is not the approach Cooper is taking. There is such a wealth of material and complexity in novels like Hyperion and Frank Herbert’s Dune (another novel languishing ...
- Created on 29 May 2011
- 12. Latest Dune attempt dead but hope remains
- (Science fiction films)
- Paramount Pictures has abandoned its attempt to create a new movie version of Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune. We told you recently that the project had been searching to find another director ...
- Created on 24 March 2011
- 13. New Dune movie seeks new director for a third time
- (Science fiction films)
- It looks like Paramount's new Dune movie adaptation could be in trouble. According to Deadline, Paramount is having difficulties kick starting the production and the rights holders "won't grant another ...
- Created on 10 November 2010
- 14. Dune remake starting again: giant sandworms in 3D?
- (Science fiction films)
- Production of the new Dune movie is becoming as epic as Frank Herbert's Dune series itself, and they are nowhere near the filming stage yet. Now that director Peter Berg appears to have been sacked and ...
- Created on 02 February 2010
- 15. New Iain M. Banks Culture movie
- (Science fiction films)
- ... under the name Iain Banks (without the "M") including The Wasp Factory, The Business and Crow Road. Like the upcoming Dune movie based on Frank Herbert's massively detailed Dune universe, and the upcoming ...
- Created on 02 February 2010
- 16. Director Pierre Morel replaces Berg in Dune adaptation
- (Science fiction films)
- The upcoming Dune remake is still moving along, but with Pierre Morel instead of Peter Berg, according to Variety. Paramount Pictures has announced that Pierre Morel will direct the latest adaptation of ...
- Created on 05 January 2010
- 17. Peter Berg no longer directing new Dune movie
- (Science fiction films)
- According to Pajiba.com, Peter Berg is no longer directing the movie based on Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune. Paramount, the studio behind the new adaptation, has begun the tough search to ...
- Created on 30 October 2009
- 18. Why science fiction authors just can't win
- (Science fiction books)
- ... so aggressively and consistently for so long. Frank Herbert's Dune, Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed, Stanislaw Lem's Solaris, John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up, the list of worthy possibilities is endless. ...
- Created on 05 October 2009
- 19. New Dune film to be an ‘epic adventure’ claims Berg
- (Science fiction films)
- Peter Berg recently talked about his upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic science fiction novel Dune, with claims that his new film will be a completely different interpretation when compared ...
- Created on 07 August 2009
- 20. Sean Bean to star in the epic fantasy A Game of Thrones
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... hundreds of pages to a couple of hours of screen time. A good example of this would be the SciFi Channel’s Dune mini series which might lack the big screen impact of David Lynch’s Dune, but the end result ...
- Created on 23 July 2009
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Dan Simmons’ latest novel, Flashback (July 2011), is “[a] provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible,” proving “why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers." So says the publicist anyway. Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers, but sadly Flashback doesn’t prove that. And yes, Flashback is a provocative novel, but it doesn’t... Read more
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