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1. Top fantasy novels: (Guide); Many works of fantasy deserve recognition and recommendations. Here we list our top hundred. Science fiction guide index 1 Lord Of the Rings Trilogy J R R Tolkien (1954) ...; Created on 27 December 2011
2. Nebula awards: (Guide); ... Willis 2009 The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi 2008 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin 2007 The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2006 Seeker Jack McDevitt 2005 Camouflage Joe Haldeman 2004 Paladin ...; Created on 27 December 2011
3. Hugo awards: (Guide); Hugo Awards are presented annually for achievements in SF and fantasy literature. "Best Novel" winners are shown below. Science fiction guide index 2010 The Windup Girl (tie) ...; Created on 27 December 2011
4. 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
5. Christopher Smith’s Black Death: no laughing matter: (Fantasy films); Early on in Christopher Smith’s Black Death there are several moments when fans of Monty Python's The Holy Grail might be tempted to crack a smile. Both movies are set at a time when England is ravaged ...; Created on 19 January 2011
6. BBC's Dirk Gently TV series trailer: murder and a missing cat: (Fantasy TV); The BBC just released the first trailer from their new four part TV series, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, based on Douglas Adams' comic fantasy novel. Stephen Mangan is Dirk Gently, Darren Boyd ...; Created on 10 December 2010
7. Review: A God Somewhere, by John Arcudi, Peter Snejbjerg & Bjarne Hansen: (Fantasy books); It’s been almost 25 years since Alan Moore’s Watchmen exploded onto the comic book scene. With its three-dimensional characters, moral complexity and more realistic depiction of violence, Watchmen introduced ...; Created on 09 December 2010
8. Martin Freeman is cast as The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins!: (Fantasy films); For too long, every piece of news about The Hobbit movies has either been bad or double edged. Last week we learned that Warner Brothers and MGM had brokered a US$500 million deal to fund Peter Jackson's ...; Created on 22 October 2010
9. Darren Aronofsky to direct Wolverine 2: (Fantasy films); Darren Aronofsky will direct X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2, according to RopeOfSilicon. Speaking with Vulture, Hugh Jackman, star of the original Wolverine movie, revealed that he will reunite with Aronofsky ...; Created on 20 October 2010
10. The Vampire Diaries: a series to sink your teeth into: (Fantasy TV); Before sitting down to watch The Vampire Diaries I took it for granted that I was not in its target demographic, one that I supposed to be young (well, younger than me) and female. Over and above the inescapable ...; Created on 14 September 2010
11. Solomon Kane: the best fantasy adventure not coming to a cinema near you: (Fantasy films); Michael J. Bassett’s Solomon Kane may well be the best epic fantasy adventure you don’t get to see on the big screen this year. Far too often the success of a movie is not a matter of good film-making ...; Created on 14 July 2010
12. Valhalla Rising: bloody and intelligent Viking saga or just bloody awful?: (Fantasy films); Finally having had the opportunity to watch Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, I now appreciate why it was received so well at film festivals and yet failed to get a wide theatrical release. It’s ...; Created on 07 June 2010
13. Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time - A remarkable feat of pure entertainment: (Fantasy films); Despite much promise, this year’s blockbusters have been falling short of the mark. Some have missed the mark by a long way, Louis Leterrier’s disastrous Clash of the Titans springs to mind, others, ...; Created on 19 May 2010
14. New Star Wars TV show tainted by memories of Jar Jar: (Science fiction films); In the history of cinema it's hard to top the utter disappointment felt when watching George Lucas' follow ups to the original Star Wars movies. From the horror of Jar Jar Binks (a completely humourless ...; Created on 10 February 2010
15. Ursula Le Guin fights Google to retain copyright control: (Science fiction books); Ursula K. Le Guin, a science fiction and fantasy writer most famous for her Earthsea trilogy, The left hand of darkness and The dispossessed, is taking on Google’s right to scan and sell millions of books ...; Created on 26 January 2010
16. 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
17. New Millennium movie on the way? Don't believe all you read: (Fantasy TV); For those who can recall how close we came in the late 1990s to television series perfection with Chris Carter's Millennium, recent news of a forthcoming movie based on the series was probably greeted ...; Created on 19 October 2009
18. The Hobbit movies will be made, and why I care a little less with each viewing of Lord of the Rings: (Fantasy films); It's been a week or so since a settlement was reached over the disputed share of profits earned by New Line's Lord of the Rings movies. The lawsuit was filed in February last year by the Tolkien Trust ...; Created on 20 September 2009
19. The Loblolly Boy, by James Norcliffe: (Fantasy books); James Norcliffe’s new novel The Loblolly Boy is a magical, curious and thought provoking story for children about a young boy’s wish to flee the harsh reality of life in a home for abandoned children and ...; Created on 23 August 2009
20. A Band of Merry Movies: two Robin Hood films in the works: (Fantasy films); It appears that the movie formerly known as Nottingham will not be the only retelling of the Robin Hood legend making its way to our screens in months to come. With filming of Ridley Scott’s (once but ...; Created on 11 August 2009