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1. Flashback, by Dan Simmons: "scarily possible" future or Right wing propaganda?: (Science fiction books); ... 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 provoke ...; Created on 02 August 2011
2. Ideal Freedom (new ebook from indy author): (Press Releases); This political and religious science fiction novel covers some of the most debatable issues of the past 600 years that have and still plague a modern parallel society where one man, Brian, is caught in ...; Created on 10 May 2011
3. Book Review: Ted Brownstein: (Press Releases); From Kirkus Reviews: Brownstein’s debut science-fiction novel is a near-future thriller set in an environmentally ravaged and newly independent Florida where the largely technophobic population ...; Created on 16 April 2011
4. The Obverse Quarterly: (Press Releases); The Obverse Quarterly is an new venture in current small press publishing. Taking our cue from the New England Library paperbacks of the 1970s, Obverse are delighted to present a set of four paperback ...; Created on 15 April 2011
5. Forbidden Planet, THX 1138 and Lost in Space released on blu-ray: (Science fiction films); One of the best reasons to revisit classic science fiction films is a blu-ray release. Typically studios provide the ultimate film edit and a truck load of extra features. Aside from a theatrical re-release ...; Created on 19 September 2010
6. Del Toro departs the Lonely Mountain for the Mountains of Madness?: (Fantasy films); Since Guillermo Del Toro abdicated from the Director’s throne on The Hobbit movies, there's been endless speculation about what his next project will be. Del Toro is linked to an almost obscene number ...; Created on 31 July 2010
7. New Iain M. Banks Culture movie: (Science fiction films); Iain M. Banks' Culture universe is finally heading for the big screen, with Empire Online reporting that his short story, A Gift From The Culture, is to be filmed by British production company Film and ...; Created on 02 February 2010
8. The Road: A Post-Apocalyptic Road Trip: (Science fiction films); For the most part, director John Hillcoat's adaptation of The Road is hard going, almost unbearably tense and unremittingly grim. And yet it is a profoundly moving portrait of a father (Viggo Mortensen) ...; Created on 29 January 2010
9. What the Dickens! Del Toro to adapt Dan Simmons' Drood for the screen: (Fantasy films); Any announcement of the adaptation of a Dan Simmons' novel for the screen is worth a mention even if it is a year past its use-by date. This slice of stale news then is for those of you who, like us, missed ...; Created on 24 November 2009
10. New Caprica trailers, websites and widget: (Science fiction TV); Universal Home Entertainment has pointed us to some excellent new material from the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica, including a new Caprica website to promote the pilot’s 21 April DVD and ...; Created on 11 April 2009
11. Cate Blanchett to join cast of Ridley Scott's Nottingham?: (Fantasy films); Back in 2007, when we first reported Ridley Scott’s plan to direct a revisionist take on the Robin Hood legend, my gut response was less than positive. And yes, I confess, perhaps a little over the top. ...; Created on 10 February 2009
12. We're all Cylons: Battlestar Galactica’s last days: (Science fiction TV); If your country was invaded and occupied by a foreign power, would you blow yourself up to fight back? If someone pointed a gun at your head and threatened to pull the trigger if you refused to sign a ...; Created on 19 January 2009
13. Plants kill again in Triffids remake: (Science fiction films); The BBC is remaking the John Wyndham science fiction classic, The Day of The Triffids, a story about poisonous plants running amok after almost everyone has been blinded by a solar storm (or was it a military ...; Created on 27 November 2008
14. Robert Downey Jr. signs on for Iron Man 2, 3 and The Avengers: (Fantasy films); In addition to signing on for a repeat performance as the brilliant billionaire Tony Stark in Iron Man 2, Variety reports that Robert Downey Jr. has now also agreed to star in Iron Man 3 and another Marvel ...; Created on 30 October 2008
15. Keanu Reeves makes the earth stand still: (Science fiction films); Due out 12 December 2008, Keanu Reeves’ big budget remake of the 1951 science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still has all the right ingredients to be his biggest hit since The Matrix. First announced ...; Created on 18 May 2008
16. Iron Man: a hero for the people (not of the people): (Fantasy films); Marvel Comics, that seemingly bottomless well of ideas and filmic inspiration, has done it again with its most recent adaptation for the screen of a comic book superhero. Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau ...; Created on 08 May 2008
17. Torchwood Season 2: The season everything changes?: (Science fiction TV); ... The BBC was forced to issue an apology for sparking terror fears after an explosion scared passers by and sent a huge pall of smoke over Cardiff's city centre. The explosion was staged in an old courtroom ...; Created on 10 October 2007
18. Beowulf: (Fantasy films); Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis, will hack a bloody swathe through our cinemas this November. The latest in a long and otherwise uninspiring string of adaptations of the epic Anglo Saxon poem, ...; Created on 15 September 2007
19. Escape From New York: yet another remake: (Science fiction films); Escape from New York is the latest John Carpenter film to receive the back-handed compliment of a Hollywood remake. True, that's a somewhat jaded way of looking at it (hey, that’s a great idea, um, but ...; Created on 02 September 2007