The Science Fiction Book Club celebrate their 50th anniversary by selecting “The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002” 1 The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 2 The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov 3 Dune, Frank Herbert 4 Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. …
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Minority Report
We watched the DVD of Minority Report last night and I was shocked how good it is. The film works as an Fugitive-type crime thriller, a psychological study of loss and grief, as a clever and convincing sci-fi gee-whiz spectacle, and most importantly as as provocative cautionary tale regarding factors …
Read More »Convergence
The Matrix is an apt metaphor for itself as two new Matrix sequels films are being prepared for release this year, inextricably bound to a new video game premiered on Tuesday night: A movie about machines creating an alternate reality for enslaved humanity is turned into a video game that …
Read More »Broken Saints
Proving anew that an amazing supply of wild, wonderful, category-bursting material is out there on the Internet: the 2003 Sundance Online Film Festival Viewers Award winner for animation, Broken Saints. An online graphic novel created by Brooke Burgess, Andrew West and Ian Kirby, Broken Saints is an epic of 24 …
Read More »The Ultimates
Several weeks ago, I did a piece for my blog & Blogcritics, discussing some of my favorite ongoing genre comics. I received several responses (not to mention, a nice plug in Journalista!), but the most insistent comments came from a reader who thought I should’ve included Marvel’s The Ultimates in …
Read More »Return of the King – The Film Has a Lot to Live Up To
Via Glenn-omir, grim tidings from the Return of the King film front: why buy into EITHER the Star Wars OR the Lord of the Rings universe when you can have both? A recently leaked trailer for The Return of the King has Tolkien fans outraged over the apparent addition of …
Read More »Personal Gibson
Cyberpunk legend William Gibson has a new book, website and blog. For those of you who don’t know the author of NEUROMANCER, this is a bio, and for those who do there is a discussion board. Here is an excerpt from the new book, Pattern Recognition: THE WEBSITE OF DREADFUL …
Read More »Down Is Out
Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi novel Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom is in bookstores today. In keeping with the open source tradition, you can also download the whole flipping thing, as well as check up onn ews, reviews, press and whatnot on the book at Cory’s site . Here’s a …
Read More »The Dead Zone
Season Two of U.S.A.'s big summer hit begins - in January!
Read More »The Mysterious Fan Boy & Friends
A look at five of 2002's top genre comics.
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