Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Roland Emmerich is having a bit of a nostalgia trip at the moment. Work on Independence Day 2 is well underway and now he has announced that he will be rebooting Stargate. The original 1994 film was envisaged by Emmerich ...

Good news for all SFF short fiction fans – Tor.com has launched a new digital imprint. Like all their previously published free content (which will continue), the new imprint will publish digital products internationally that are DRM-free. While the focus ...

John Chapman first had the idea for Jonnie Rocket back in 1998. Since then, he has published four Jonnie Rocket books, with more on the way. If you visit the website, you will find that John also does a lot of work ...

Last week, Will Self wrote a frustratingly arrogant piece in The Guardian on the death of the serious novel. Arguments like his have a tendency to get my goat, as they use broad, sweeping strokes to dismiss 90% of written endeavors ...

An inexperienced young filmmaker had a big idea – an idea that had come to him in a nightmare during a bout of food poisoning. That idea – of a killing machine coming from the future to assassinate him – ...

‘Politics is the art of controlling your environment’ – Hunter S. Thompson ‘Bill Davis told me that he believes he is the hero of the show […] Whatever makes it easy for you to sleep at night, CSM.’ – David ...

Matthew McConaughey has been around for more than 20 years, gracing our screens with his chiseled features and lovely Texan twang. But only recently has he really been given the roles and recognition he deserves. I’m not ashamed to admit ...

   ‘Why would you want to ghettoise someone’s culture?’ This was the charge levied at me when I told friends that I was writing an article on why I don’t think, as a rule of thumb, fantasy novels are worthwhile. ...

On September 30th, Penny Arcade ran a comic, ‘Sanderfuge’. It poked fun at the obsessive Brandon Sanderson fans who go on and on about the magic systems and worlds he creates in his fiction. I think it would be easy ...

Sunday evening rolled around after a tiring weekend of painting the hallway. I’m given a choice between watching Olympus has Fallen and Robot & Frank. Even with the Morgan Freeman factor, I wasn’t interested in watching Olympus. But Robot & ...