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News Archive
Current: December 2003
Tom
Holt: Singing for Nero
Author Tom Holt on his old life as a lawyer, choosing the right
words, falling asleep during 'The Matrix', and why the Roman Emperor
Nero may not have been such a bad egg after all.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Shaun
Jeffrey gets Evil(ution)
Horror writer Shaun Jeffrey sits opposite our Donna in the interview
chair ... and she discovers how hard it is to mix the usual trappings
of a day job with novel writing.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Wheels
within Wheels
Fantasy author Robert Jordan interviewed about his Wheel of Time
prequel, and why, if stranded on a desert island, he'd need an M-14
rifle with a good scope and as much ammunition as he could carry
.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Seeing
Sullivan
Author Tricia Sullivan interviewed about her stunning new work of
future-fiction, Maul, and why some may fine her imagined world extremely
disturbing.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Conspiracy
in the Shadow of Hierarchy
Despite some recent indulgences, Scots SF author Ken MacLeod is
not much of a one for conspiracy theories. In general they hinge
on misapplications of the principle of cui bono. Who shot JFK? Well,
Lee Harvey Oswald must surely top the list of suspects.
(COMMENT)
Offworld
Report: December '03: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Robin Hobb, Iain Banks and Peter Crowther are interviewed, Robert
Silverberg muses over the contents of dinosaur intestines, while
John Jarrold visits the odd world of Korean science fiction.
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: December '03: Weird Science
Scientists engineer the first artificial virus, the Pentagon begins
production of battlefield laser cannons, 200,000 years old carvings
of faces cause a stir, hydrogen cars revisited, and sales of robot
domestics shoot up.
(NEWS)
The
Composite Man
Editor Geoff slyly considers what ingredients you'd stir into the
pot to make the ideal science fiction hero for a cinema audience.
(ARTICLES)
The
Matrix Revolutions
Franks asks: 'is The Matrix Revolutions the ideal finishing touch
to an awestruck sci-fi film trilogy that captivated moviegoers since
its hedonistic conception back in 1999?' The succinct answer: Hardly.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Mini-Reviews
from the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival
Mark comes back from Canada laden with reviews of the SFF movies
Bright Future, Code 46, Cypher, A Problem With Fear, Nothing, and
Le Temps Du Loup.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Scary
Movie 3
It’s that dubious time once again to indulge in another spoof-starved
Scary Movie installment. Sadly, Frank discovers more of the same.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Elf
Frank discovers that Ferrell doesn’t disappoint when Jon Favreau
helms a kooky comedy that proves an instant delight to moviegoers
in the offbeat Christmas-themed flick Elf.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Series
7: The Contenders
Six people hunt and kill each other in a futuristic satire of today's
'reality TV'. But Mark reckons this movie comes off a little phony,
exploiting the violence it appears to condemn.
(FILM REVIEWS)
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