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News Archive
Current: May 2004
Dreaming
Of The Compass Rose
Fantasy author Vera Nazarian is quizzed by our Donna on making the
Nebula Award Preliminary Ballot and how she was forced to flee the
former Soviet Union during the Cold War.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Out
of the Labyrinth
Howard Hendrix, author of The Labyrinth Key, on writing historically
real characters, the political component of his fiction, and Howard's
guide to quantum physics.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Offworld
Report: Science fiction - May 2004
Interviews with writers Stanislaw Lem, Thomas Harlan, and Neal Stephenson,
James Patrick Kelly examines FTL online, a look at the ten best
science fiction film directors of all time, and new trailer downloads
for Alien vs. Predator, Thunderbirds and I, Robot.
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: Weird Science - May 2004
Exploiting the resources of the solar system, the U.S. army's next
generation of robot soldiers, cloning your nearest and dearest,
new developments in gravitational microlensing, and does methane
on Mars equal the existence of primitive life?
(NEWS)
Hellboy
(Frank reviews)
Franks discovers that in director Guillermo Del Toro’s fantasy actioner
Hellboy, there’s nothing generic or artificial about the movie's
flame-throwing crusader determined to stamp out evil at any cost.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Hellboy
(Mark reviews)
Mike Mignola's comic book character Hellboy comes to the screen
in high visual style but none too coherently. Our Mark considers
that Guillermo del Toro does a better job directing than adapting
this story from graphic novel to screen.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Kill
Bill Volume Two
The follow up installment of Tarantino’s ridiculously sensationalistic
sword slashing cinema is welcomed by Frank with eager open arms.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Dawn
of the Dead
Frank sits down to watch Zack Snyder’s surprisingly winning remake
of the flesh-eating fable Dawn of the Dead.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Cody
Banks 2: Destination London
The misguided adventures of the awkward junior secret agent continue
in the mind numbing and anemic sequel Cody Banks 2: Destination
London. Quite frankly, Frank reckons that Cody & company need to
consider quitting the spy business altogether.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Scooby
Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
America’s favorite cowardly canine and his crime-fighting cohorts
are back for round two in the meager follow-up film, Scooby Doo
2: Monsters Unleashed. They would have got away with it too, if
it wasn't for you damn meddling cinema goers!
(FILM REVIEWS)
RSS
and Science Fiction: The Definitive Guide
There's a whole new universe opening up online for the SFF genre
using the Internet's new RSS technology. But what the heck is RSS,
how do you get it, and why should you care?
(ARTICLES)
Adolf
Hitler: Man or Myth?
Scots SFF author Ken MacLeod thinks it's time for the British to
blush, as a new survey reveals that large swathes of the UK's population
think Conan was real and The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells's fictional
account of a Martian invasion, actually happened.
(COMMENT)
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