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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, 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. 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. 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.
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Fórum Fantástico 2010
The Fórum Fantástico is the annual national fantasy
and science fiction convention of Portugal.
Guest of Honour for 2010 is the British fantasy author
Stephen Hunt, along with US dark fantasy author Peter
V. Brett, and Portuguese SFF authors Ricardo Pinto,
David Soares, Afonso Cruz and João Pedro Duarte.
The event is being held in Portugal's capital in the
stunning Biblioteca Municipal de Telheiras (state library).
Visit the convention's web site over at http://forumfantastico.wordpress.com/
for more details.
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Postal going begging in our competition here - to
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We'll randomly select three of you to receive one of
the DVDs. They're PAL Region 2 discs, so may not be
viewable outside Europe (aka if you are in the USA/Canada/Australia,
you are going to need a rather hacked DVD player to
watch it).
REVIEWS
Reviews of fantasy, science fiction and horror
books, comics, magazines, DVDs and any other sci-fi
genre gear we've laid our grubby hands on this month.
pub: TOR/Forge. 718 page hardback. Price: $27.99 (US), $33.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-1505-2. pub: DC Comics. 159 page graphic novel. Price: $14.99 (US), $18.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4012-2645-9. pub: TOR-UK/Pan Macmillan. 431 page hardback. Price: £16.99 (UK), $34.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-230-73861-4. pub: Titan Books/Vertigo. 139 page softcover. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84856-549-4. pub: Hodder & Stoughton. 390 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-340-99814-4). region 2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films PAR61469. 1 DVD 184 minutes 3 episodes. Price: £19.99 (UK))stars: Anabel Worrell and Andrew Ellams. pub: Titan Books. 100 page monthly illustrated colour magazine. Price: £ 3.99 (UK). pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 100 minute story. Price: CD: £14.99 (UK), Download: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-451-1)cast: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Linda Marlowe, Jack Galagher, Rachael Elizabeth, Vincent Pirillo, Stewart Alexander, Paul David-Gough and Matt Addis. pub: Big Finish. 1 CD 60 minute story with extras. Price: CD: £10.99 (UK), Download: £ 8.99 (UK)). ISBN: 978-1-84435-476-4)stars: Paul McGann, James Bachman, Shelley Conn, Joe Thomas, Niky Wardley, Sabina Franklyn, Tony Millan, Joanna Kanska and Barnaby Edwards. pub: Big Finish. 60 minute CD. Price: CD: £ 8.99(UK), Download: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-483-2)stars: Jean Marsh and Niall MacGregor. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minute story. Price: CD: £14.99 (UK), Download: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-472-6) cast: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Mark Strickson, Helen Griffin, Raymond Coulthard, Adrian Lukis and Charlotte Lucas. pub: TOR-UK/Pan Macmillan. 393 page hardback. Price: £17.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-230-70681-1. pub: Flying Island Press. 61 page pdf. Demo: Free! pub: TOR/Forge. 443 page enlarged paperback. Price: $15.95 (US), $19.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-76531-680-6. region 2 DVD: pub: Warner Bros 11054. 2 films: 84m & 86m plus extras. Price: under £ 3.00 if you know where to look)stars: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones and Paul Picerni. region 2 DVD: pub: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment KAL8081. 1 DVD 88 minutes with extras. Price: £12.99 (UK))stars: Damian Potier, Clark Bantram, Isaac Singleton Jr, Simon Potter and Erin Gray. pub: McFarland & Company, Inc. 314 page illustrated indexed hardback. Price: £39.95 (UK), $45.00 (US). ISBN: 0-7864-1000-0. pub: DC Comics. 288 page graphic novel. Price: $14.99 (US), $17.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4012-0458-7. pub: Subterranean Press. 231 page deluxe hardback. Price: $40.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59606-297-9. pub: Ian Redman, 19 Bedford Road, Yeovil, Somerset BA21 5UG, UK. 60 A5 magazine. ISSN: 1740-2069. Price: £ 2.75 plus postage (UK). £4.99 PDF for 4 issues (requires 1.5mb in mailbox). pub: Titan Books. 128 page softcover. Price: £12.99 (UK), $19.95 (US), $23.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-8456-673-6. pub: Copper Pig Writers Society. Price: $ 6.95 (CAN). ISSN: 0843-476X. Distributed in Canada by CMPA and the UK by BAR. Now available as a download. pub: Orbit. 467 page enlarged paperback. Price: £10.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-633-7. pub: Macmillan Audio. 5 CDs 5 hour book. Price: $23.99 (US). ISBN: 978-1-4272-0982-5. pub: DC Comics. 160 page graphic novel. Price: $14.99 (US), $16.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4012-1904-8. pub: Titan Books/Vertigo. 128 page softcover. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84856-773-3. region 2 DVD: pub: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment KAL8067. 1 DVD 90 minutes with extras. Price: £12.99 (UK))stars: Kelly Adams, Jonathan Rhodes, Lucy Evans and Calita Rainford. pub: DC Comics. 191 page graphic novel. Price: $14.99 (US), $16.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4012-1961-1. pub: DC Comics. 192 page graphic novel. Price: $14.99 (US), $16.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4012-2134-8. pub: DC Comics. 192 page graphic novel. Price: $14.99 (US), $16.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4012-2484-4. pub: Quirk Books. 189 page small illustrated softcover. Price: $17.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59474-023-7. pub: Prion Books/Carlton. 384 page hardback Price £20.00 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-85375-668-9. pub: Gollancz. 463 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK only). ISBN: 978-0-575-08053-9. pub: Bantam Dell. 368 page paperback. Price: $ 7.99 (US), $10.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-440-24494-3. pub: O'Reilly. 528 page paperback. Price: $29.99 (US), £22.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-59652-320-6. pub: Orbit. 303 page hardback. Price: £18.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-647-4. pub: Rebellion/2000AD. 208 page softcover graphic novel. Price: £15.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-906735-51-7. pub: Cider Mill Press/Magnetic Wisdom. 96 page A6 size book and sixteen magnetic backed cover repros in box. Price: $ 9.95 (US), $11.95 (CAN), £ 7.56 (UK) ISBN: 978-1-933662-58-1. pub: Quirk Books. 181 page small illustrated softcover. Price: $15.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59474-113-1. pub: Subterranean Press. 103 page deluxe limited edition hardback. Price: $35.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59606-288-7. pub: Orbit. 353 page paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-875-1) pub: Orbit/LittleBrown. 719 page small enlarged paperback. Price: £ 8.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84149-573-6. region 2 DVD: pub: 20th Century Fox 23563MDVD. 947 minutes 22 episodes with extras 6 DVDs. Price: £15.99 (UK) if you know where to look)stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and Mitch Peleggi. pub: Bantam Press. 542 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99 (UK), $24.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-593-06065-0. pub: Prometheus Books. 459 page indexed hardback. Price: $32.98 (US), £27.95 (UK). ISBN: 1-59102-084-0. pub: Chronicle Books. 128 page illustrated hardback. Price: $15.95 (US), £ 9.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-8118-8170-0. It's the summer and only one book changing its format. Well, only one we're received. Check the SFC search engine to see what we said about it. pub: Gollancz. 329 page enlarged paperback. Price: £14.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-575-08818-0.
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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'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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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?
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