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News Archive
Current: February 2004
The
Man Who Sold the Moon
Scots SF author Ken Macleod reckons that watching George W. Bush's
recent speech at NASA felt like science fiction coming true. But
reservations ... well, he's got a few.
(COMMENT)
Human
Stories of Mars
The successful landing of the NASA rover Spirit in Gusev Crater
on Mars has caught the world's imagination, but England's favourite
hard SF author, Stephen Baxter, thinks that our attention will soon
move on.
(ARTICLES)
Sixty-Two
And A Half Miles High
Scottish SF writer Rod MacDonald on the X Prize Foundation and the
strange British dreams of a privately funded space race.
(ARTICLES)
Starfleet
In Motion
There's rather a lot of crew on a Federation starship. So apart
from jogging around a lot during a red alert, what the heck do they
all do? Uncle Geoff muses on the unlucky blue shirts who draw the
Enterprise's toilet duty.
(ARTICLES)
Offworld
Report: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Feb '04
Authors Brian Aldiss, Lucius Shepard, Robert Sheckley, Stephen Baxter
and Gene Wolfe are interviewed, as is Kim Stanley Robinson, whose
latest novel is somewhat ... wet. There's also new articles by Isaac
Asimov, James Patrick Kelly and John Clute.
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: Weird Science - Feb '04
Plenty of articles on Mars missions and moon bases, a look back
at the top scientific advances of 2003, a new supersolid state of
matter is discovered, and why the Earth's magnetic field is fading
fast.
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: Comics, Manga and Anime - Feb '04
An Alan Moore retrospective, another look at Tank Girl, and why
poor old Captain America is now awakening in a parallel reality
where the Nazis won WWII and control the USA ... hmmm, a bit of
politics, anyone?
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: Roleplaying Games - Feb '04
Why presenting an RPG player with impossible choices helps makes
for a great game, a look at the secret lives of Wood Elves, and
a free PDF rules download for the 28mm figures wargame Cobalt-2
from Westwind.
(NEWS)
Paycheck
Sadly, our Frank discovers this film is one Paycheck not worth necessarily
cashing or depositing as Woo waters down his boisterously banal
and generic thriller all too convincingly.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Peter
Pan
Visually vibrant and mystical in its charming presentation, Franks
happily discovers Hogan's live action take on Peter Pan is an exquisite
and sparkling celluloid fable that just pops into life.
(FILM REVIEWS)
The
Return of the King
Inherently grand, vibrant, inviting and whimsically overwhelming,
Jackson packs an urgent sense of vitality into this third installment
that will certainly amaze those who were attentive to the previous
colorful two TLoTR epics.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Peter
Pan
In this new movie, Mark discovers a feast for the eyes that he can
recommend with more conviction for parents than he can for the children
who might see it.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Sea
of Souls
Interviews with actors Bill Paterson and Archie Panjabi, stars of
the BBC's shortly-to-be-released new X Files-style television series,
'Sea of Souls'.
(INTERVIEWS)
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