How much of Martha Wells is in Murderbot?
Martha Wells is a science fiction and fantasy author who had modest success for most of her career and mostly flew under the radar until...
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May the fourth Star Wars trilogy be with you
There have been rumblings for some time now of yet another Star Wars trilogy, but this time it’s really happening. Reuters reported that three new...
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Famed SF&F artist Greg Hildebrandt dead at 85
Famed science fiction fantasy artist Greg Hildebrandt has died at the age of 85. While he’s probably most famous for painting the original Star Wars...
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How many of this century’s most iconic books have you read?
Any list that purports to define the most influential science fiction and fantasy books of the 21st century is instantly debatable, but that’s the point....
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Camp Zero is a debut novel that brilliantly imagines our climate change future
As the world’s climate changes, animal species are expanding their range as they seek hospitable habitats so it only seems natural that humans will do...
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This director doesn’t like having his movies mocked
Learn about the director who had more of his science fiction movies mocked on the cult comedy show “Mystery Science Theater 3000” than any other.
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The Dune typeface must flow
Solving the mystery of the typeface that is not only emblematic of the original Dune paperbacks, but of many of Frank Herbert’s other science fiction...
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Looking back at Space Cadets
When I hear Space Cadet, I think of Tom Corbett. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of Space Cadets, a British TV show...
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Maybe interstellar travel is possible after all
A team of scientists led by a spaceflight researcher at McGill University think they’ve found a way to get interstellar spaceships to fly a little...
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Jettison is a short sci-fi film that imagines the alienation soldiers experience while fighting foreign wars
It’s often been said that the best science fiction stories are not about technology or the future, but are about people and that’s what writer...
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Listing the most expensive science fiction movie flops ever
These are the most expensive science fiction movie flops ever. I’ve only seen one of them, John Carter, and I thought it was great so...
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How many books did you write during the lockdown?
This McGill University professor not only wrote a science fiction novel during the pandemic lockdown, he wrote an entire trilogy and it’s an backstory for...
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There was a Time Traveler’s Wife TV show?
I really liked the The Time Traveler’s Wife, both the book and the movie, and only learned today, on the news of its cancellation, that...
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Hasbro promising personalized action figures
Hasbro will soon be able to 3D-print your face on its action figure toys, including its Star Wars figures.
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Do we really need a Max Headroom reboot?
I’m as big a fan of Max Headroom as anybody, but news of a reboot, even one with the original star, Matt Frewer, leaves me...
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Maybe we don’t know what alien life is
Alien life could be so advanced that it is indistinguishable from physics.
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In praise of Dune 2000
I don’t care what everyone else says, I think the Sci-Fi Channel’s 2000 ‘Dune’ miniseries still holds up today.
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This could be the greatest sci-fi TV show of its era
>Wired is calling ‘For All Mankind’ the best science fiction TV show of its era.
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Bill Gates recommends sci-fi for your summer reading
Bill Gates has 5 book recommendations for your 2022 summer reading list, and two of them are science fiction novels.
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Big budgets don’t guarantee good movies
Big budgets don’t guarantee good movies. Here are some science-fiction examples that are good despite their low budgets.
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Are these 70s sci-fi movies actually underrated?
I always get a good laugh from lists like these that purport to dig up so-called underrated #scifi movies from the 70s as they are...
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Latest Star Wars TV show will be an anthology series
I’ve always been a fan of anthology shows so I’m very excited by the news of ‘Star Wars: Tales Of The Jedi,’ a new animated...
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Stop whining about Star Trek wines
I’m no wine drinker, but this collection of Star Trek wines definitely has interesting bottles.
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Lucasfilm warned ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ star about racist backlash
Lucasfilm warned ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ star Moses Ingram about the likelihood of a racist backlash from a certain sector of the Star Wars fanbase.
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Ranking all the Philip K. Dick adaptations
This list ranks every movie and TV adaptation based on Philip K. Dick source material. Will I spoil it by telling you Blade Runner is...