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Feature articles from Issue 202. September 2010.
Pirahna 3D
1/09/2010. Killer fish chasing near-naked women. I miss the good old horror films of the 1970s. This film tries to be one of them and falls on its face. Insultingly the filmmakers thought that modern audiences want lots of nudity and lots of gore, but would not appreciate decent writing or interesting characters.
David Suchet on Going Postal
01/09/2010. David Suchet, who plays Reacher Gilt in the new film adaptation of Terry Pratchett's novel, Going Postal, chats to SFCrowsnest about why his character is the ultimate in cruelty and theft, meeting the legion of Pratchett fans, and why his first thought about Discworld was, How big is this turtle? There's also a competition to win the DVD.
Self-Service
1/09/2010. Flash fiction (really flash this time). You thought you were on his execution list last month, here’s how to escape but don’t try this at home.
Science Fiction is a disaster waiting to happen
1/09/2010. You must have had one of those magic moments of realisation and wonder why it never occurred to you before and then realise an inner truth had been revealed that you’d never considered before. Imaginary light bulbs should now be pinging on over all your heads. Well, at least if you’ve ever had such times. Here’s one of mine. It should work for you.
Book, Comic, Magazine & DVD Reviews from Issue 202. September 2010.
x marks the spot but for only one conversion
What Would Wonder Woman Do? By Susan Colen & Jennifer Traig
Batman Chronicles 9 by Cameron and Kane
The Superman Handbook by Scott Beatty
Thirteen Years Later by Jasper Kent
Dr Who Monthly: Cobwebs by Jonathan Morris
Doctor Who The Lost Stories: The Macros by Pitt and Rudlin
Doctor Who: The Guardian Of The Solar System by Simon Guerrier
The Devil's Playground by Jenna Black
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
Suck It, Wonder Woman Audiobook by Olivia Munn
Empire Of Light by Gary Gibson
The Batman Chronicles 8 by Cameron and Kane
On Spec: Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic 79
The Stainless Steel Rat by Kevin Gosnell and Carlos Ezquerra
Orphaned Worlds by Michael Cobley
The Restoration Game by Ken Macleod
Blood Calls For Blood by Milligan and Davide Giafelice
Freedom And Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull
The Geek Atlas by John Graham-Cumming
The War Of The Dwarves by Markus Heitz
The Superman Guide To Life boxset
The Batman Handbook: The Ultimate Training Manual by Scott Beatty
Unintelligent Design by Mark Perakh
The Batman Chronicles 7 by Finger, Kane and Robinson
The Terminal State by Jeff Somers
Modesty Blaise: Sweet Caroline by Peter O'Donnell and Neville Colvin
The Batman Chronicles 6 by Finger, Kane and Robinson
The X-Files: The Complete Sixth Season
Blood And Iron by Tony Ballantyne
Superman And The Legion Of Super-Heroes by Johns, Frank and Sibal
Identity Crisis by Meltzer, Morales and Bair
The Taborin Scale by Lucian Shepard
A Mighty Fortress by David Weber
Doctor Who: Situation Vacant by Eddie Robson
Blood Oath: The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth
I Was A Monster Movie Maker by Tom Weaver
Journeys: Stories by Ian R. Macleod
X marks a single spot this month
Daily sci-fi and fantasy news.
Rjurik Davidson picked up by Tor
02/09/2010. James Frenkel, Senior Editor at Tor Books in New York, has concluded a two-book world rights deal for Australian SF author Rjurik Davidson, for a good five-figure sum in US dollars. The agent was John Jarrold.
Mark Charan Newton goes to Germany
01/09/2010. Volker Busch at VGS Egmont has acquired German rights in two fantasy novels by Mark Charan Newton from Jon Mitchell, Rights Manager at Pan Macmillan. Julie Crisp acquired World rights in the books from agent John Jarrold.
Bioshock 3 Infinite
01/09/2010. As a computer game, Bioshock has always played around the margins with their steampunk and dieselpunk styling - but with the 3rd incarnation of the game... Bioshock Infinite, the game developers have jumped on the bandwagon and shaken its airship hull all the way to the steampunk piggy bank.
Extra-long Thor Trailer
01/09/2010. The last extended trailer for the Thor superhero movie that hit the intertubes got removed by the copyright police in case too many people saw the trailer and wanted to see the movie, thereby making it a commercial success. Let's hope this new trailer carries the blessings of the IP Stasi.
Clone Wars Season III
18/08/2010. The third season of Clone Wars is burning its way back to TV in its usual animated form. The kids will love it as always, but will you, oh Jedi?
Stargate Universe second season
17/08/2010. Stargate Universe's 2nd season is shaping up to be a must watch even in the science fiction calendar for us here. When you have watched this trailer , you may, or may not, agree.
Sanctuary's season three
15/08/2010. Sanctuary is back for a 3rd season on the TV screen, and the world is about to end because of a giant spider with the ability to cause biblical-sized floods. Can the Sanctuary team save the world? Sure they can.
Chuck is back
12/08/2010. A little bit of spy-fi for you, the new season of Chuck is almost upon us (season four, as we count it), and as you can see from the trailer, he is looking good.
Skyline trailer
11/08/2010. Trailer for a new science fiction movie called Skyline, featuring that hoary old topic, aliens invading the USA. Odd name for the film, though. Sounds more like the bus service you'd use to go to the airport.
Fantasy and the Kindle e-book
06/08/2010. Some news just in from our friends at Amazon - all four of the Jackelian fantasy series of novels from HarperCollins are now available in Kindle e-book form from both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. Author Stephen Hunt comments on the move and the impact e-books are having on the book business.
Thou didst not reckon with the might of Thor
29/07/2010. The first trailer for the Thor movie hits the virtual streets fresh on the heels of comic-con. Now that's the hammer action I'm talking about.
Last Smallville
29/07/2010. The Last season, season 10, of Smallville is heading our way, and to mark this sad good-bye to the not-yet-caped hero of Krypton, here's the trailer for the season.
New Caprica season
29/07/2010. Have you been enjoying the last season of Caprica? Well, wait until you see what the next one holds. You don't have to wait of course, because here's the new trailer. Looks good, eh?
Sucker Punch first trailer
27/07/2010. Sucker Punch is best described as Alice in Wonderland set in a mental institution with leather, machine guns, steampunk and kinky girls. Give Zack Snyder this, he knows what the genre audience likes!
Anatomy of a fantasy cover redesign
27/07/2010. HarperCollins Voyager, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of HarperCollins, is currently in the process of re-jacketing many of the old classics on their list to bring the novels up-to-date. So what’s the new look for authors like Raymond E. Feist and Stephen Hunt? SFcrowsnest investigates.
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