The Universe is collapsing upon itself... The "Big Crunch", as cosmologists say, is about a week away. And the space faring Saurians have discovered a planet...
Hi. I'm new here. I love sf/f. I'd have to say there is more fantasy that I'm interested in though. It seems there is so much more out there. Tolkien,...
America has lost technological leadership to Asian nations. (Can't make a flat-screen display, most consumer electronics, digital cameras, etc.) If current...
Rossellini Headlines Earthsea SCI FI Channel has signed Isabella Rossellini to play the key role of High Priestess Thar in its upcoming original epic Earthsea,...
... Well first off, I dont consider Martin's writing caliber to be equal to Jordan or Goodkind, Iconsider him far better. Thereby I woudln't equate him to...
11 March 2004 Noreascon Four The 62nd World Science Fiction Convention Boston, Massachusetts September 2-6, 2004 Guests: Terry Pratchett William Tenn Jack...
Here's an interesting article on the current debate regarding Print on Demand, of which my opinion is well known on this board, having been spammed repeatedly...
I have the Marvel comics, but I was talking about the Adventure Comics version which stuck to the book like glue but the rendering made them all look like 12...
Has anyone noticed the discrepancy in the release dates for a Feast of Crows? In the UK, it says June of 2004; on Amazon US, it says August 26, 2003. Then...
I don't think I ever read the book, but I do have all the comic incarnations of Logans Run. I think the original comics were based on Logans World because it ...
Here is a movie I like better than the book. The book, appropriately enough for modern movie - for sure, focuses more on the sex and the sexual deviant, ...
BIRMINGHAM, England — It's central England, not Middle-Earth, but one school is offering its pupils the chance to learn Elvish. Youngsters at Turves Green...
... pidgeon holed and can't craft their magnum opus and if they do, it is given short thrift and not lauded, because they are straying away from what made them...
... It is both. You have to have the story and you have to be able to write it. I know plenty of horrible writers with good stories and lots of good writers...
Ever want to yank off someone's leg and beat them over the head with it? A Virginia man may have done just that. Police in Fredericksburg have charged Rodney...
Matt, I believe that several fantasy writers go to some effort to make their work more potable to the general populace. Compare the writing styles between...
The discussion on dumbing down things prompts me to ask if you think writers, in scifi or otherwise, purposefully dumb down their work to administer to the...
... kewl how they would show someone with endowments, jumping 20 feet in the air, running like the $6 millon man, seeing like him, throwing people around like...
I rented this last week and thought it was fairly good; not great, but good. It could have been done better with more action and more character development,...
... symbol. I haven't read Wizardborn, yet, so i don't know how the four books are going to play out. << Yea, I've enjoyed the series. But a movie?? Seems a...
Longtime Fan & Mac User Samuel Edward Konkin III was discovered in his apartment this morning having collapsed in the shower, cause of death is presumed to be...
Ive never read any of Farlands Runelords books so ive no idea if thisis a "good" idea or not .... ... "Runelords the movie" Franchise Pictures has apparently...
I watched angel and buffy from the time their first episodes aired. Looooong time XD. I even watched voyager from episode one. btw, Fox cancelled Angel. They...
X2 Scribes Adapt Ender X2 writers Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty will adapt Orson Scott Card's beloved SF novels Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow for the ...
I watched like the first three episodes of Enterprise and lost interest quickly. I love Scott Bakula but not as a captain of a star ship. Vaidah ... ...
... sure about this one. Part of the reason I even bothered to watch the first episode was because of Scott Bakula. but sadly, something is missing, even...
I just recieved a copy of the trade-paperback anthology, TALES BEFORE TOLKIEN: THE ROOTS OF MODERN FANTASY, edited by Douglas A. Anderson. It's a survey of the...
Although I adore(d) all the Star Treks (TNG, Voyager, Deep Space 9). This one just doesn't, couldn't (from the beginning), and can't hold my interest. ...
Moore: Galactica Takes Off Ronald D. Moore, executive producer of SCI Channel's upcoming new series Battlestar Galactica, told SCI FI Wire that the 13-episode ...
