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News Archive
Current: October 2003
The
Horror of Hamilton
Laurell K Hamilton on the eleven Anita Blake novels she has written
to date, and why the series is a regular visitor into the upper
reaches of the New York Times bestsellers list.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Navigating
the Aldabreshin Compass
Fantasy author Juliet E. McKenna interviewed about her new series,
The Aldabreshin Compass. Will fans enjoy a ripping yarn set in a
tropical climate with its roots far from the northern European staples
of the fantasy genre? You bet.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Seeing
Mars from Uppsala
Ken MacLeod ruminates on his trip to Sweden's national science fiction
convention, Swecon 2003, and finds a home away from home at SF-Bokhandeln
- the Swede's main SFF bookshop.
(COMMENT)
October
2003 Offworld Report: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Spider Robinson blasts the genre and asks 'why are our imaginations
retreating from science and space, and into fantasy?', Kir Bulychov
dies, plus interviews with Jerry Pournelle, Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Bob Eggleton, Robert J. Sawyer, Ben Bova and Vernor Vinge.
(NEWS)
October
2003 Offworld Report: Weird Science
Why the US military want to unleash a new fleet of robot-controlled
aerial vehicles, Arthur C. Clarke talks at the Los Alamos Space-elevator
Conference, plans for a bacterial battery, Erich von Däniken wants
a Themepark of the Gods, and why Cold Fusion scientists feel unloved.
(NEWS)
October
2003 Offworld Report: RPGs and Gaming
Half-Life raises its game, Futurama gets onto the PC, the howlers
to avoid when designing RPG adventures, plus reviews of rulebooks
for Unknown Armies, Twilight of Atlantis, and Dungeons and Dragons:
The Dungeon Master's Guide.
(NEWS)
October
2003 Offworld Report: Comics, Anime and Manga
CrossGen is heading for the seven seas with their new pirate comic,
El Cazador, the difference between fans and fanboys is examined,
a look at reality in Anime, and 'Scooby-Doo Meets Batman' is reviewed
(yes, really).
(NEWS)
Spirited
Away
Frank finds Spirited Away an opulent and emotionally moving Japanese
children's animated adventure that's sure to capture the intrigue
and imagination of moviegoers of all ages.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Freddy
vs. Jason
In an interesting yet sordid way, the invention of wanting to put
together a couple of the big screen's most prolific slayers and
have them duke it out for warped fun definitely had its advantages.
After all, who wouldn't want to see the morbid mayhem between Nightmare
on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger and Friday the 13's Jason Voorhees?
(FILM REVIEWS)
Jeepers
Creepers 2
Since useless sequels that no one was particularly clamoring for
have bombarded the summertime, why break with tradition now? Frank
finds himself exposed to the latest in a long line of unnecessary
follow-ups with the release of Victor Salva's flavorless scarefest
Jeepers Creepers 2.
(FILM REVIEWS)
The
Xindi
In the first episode of the third season Enterprise, Evan discovers
'The Xindi' is not only a decent payoff to the second season finale,
but it has some wonderful setups for the future. Trek on.
(TV REVIEWS)
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