News Archive: May 2004 
Riddick gets Cartoon series
28/05/2004. Pitch Black follow-up movie gets its own cartoon series, a la the Animatrix. 
Two new movies from Marvel
28/05/2004. Iron Fist and Black Widow to make it onto the big screen.
The New Darth Vader?
27/05/2004. Next Star Wars movie gets its baddie, the E.T. cyborg 'General Grievous'.
From Mars To Earth
27/05/2004. Odd new free online game has 'Nest team hooked.
Emerald City #105 available
27/05/2004. Free PDF mag features a Neal Stephenson reprise.
The Casanova of Science Fiction?
26/05/2004. SF author Tom Purdom to read from his Casanova series of stories.
Billie Joins Doctor Who
25/05/2004. Billie Piper is confirmed to play Rose Tyler, companion to Doctor Who, it was announced today.
Mixed Messages on Xanth
25/05/2004. Will Piers Anthony's Xanth fantasy novels get a movie?
Getting Mythopoeic
25/05/2004. 2004 Mythopoeic Award finalists announced.
Thunderbirds Land in Birmingham
25/05/2004. International Rescue's 'Tracy Island' recreated for the UK Motor Show.
Take a (Star) Hyke
25/05/2004. New British SF TV series near to starting production.
Agent John Jarrold?
24/05/2004. JJ to act as literary agent for PC games house SCi Games.
A Storm in Stafford
24/05/2004. Storm Constantine to attend British Fantasy Society in June.
Day after Tomorrow Trashed
24/05/2004. Climatologist says this movie's special effects may be great, but the science is shoddy.
Del Rey goes Bats
24/05/2004. Del Rey to publish Batman novels alongside new movie.
Neal Stephenson wins Clarkes
24/05/2004. The novel Quicksilver scoops the 18th Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Aurealis Winners Are In
24/05/2004. The winners announced for this year's Australian SFF awards.
Black to the Future
14/05/2004. The genre's first black science fiction festival has nearly arrived.
Jarrold has the Write Stuff
14/05/2004. Ex-SFF editor John Jarrold becomes a Write Words site expert.
Hitchikers Movie Site Arrives
14/05/2004. Upcoming Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy film gets new web site.
Aliens Down Mexico Way?
13/05/2004. The Mexican Air Command broadcasts official UFO footage on TV.
Clarion South targets international applicants
12/05/2004. The Australian-based Clarion South SFF writing workshop is actively seeking applications from around the world for its 2005 workshop.
The New Dune Movie?
12/05/2004. The Chronicles of Riddick (Pitch Black's sequel) is shaping up to be the SF film of the year.
Air Force to Collaborate with Stargate SG-1
12/05/2004. MGM Interactive get U.S. Air Force help for Stargate.
Dare is Back
11/05/2004. Titan re-print the old Dan Dare classics as graphic novels.
Pulped by Adventure
11/05/2004. Wildside Press to launch pulp-style 'Adventure Tales' magazine.
The Best of the Best
07/05/2004. Two new SFF anthologies want your science fiction and fantasy stories.
Rowling's no Time Lord
07/05/2004. Author JK Rowling refuses to write Doctor Who episode.
Romanian SF Comes of Age
06/05/2004. New science fiction mag launches in Romania.
Dead at Lunchtime?
06/05/2004. Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg signing at Forbidden Planet Megastore tomorrow lunchtime.
May 04 Ansible
05/05/2004. The May issue of the Ansible zine arrives. Pigeons eating human vomit at Eastercon, anyone?
Emerald City Issue #104
04/05/2004. In the new issue, EC discovers Eastercon wobbles but doesn't quite fall over.
Gor Blimey
04/05/2004. New World Publishers get to grips with John Norman's Gor series.
Deep Magic: May Issue
04/05/2004. Latest issue of the free Adobe PDF fantasy magazine hits the streets.
Aurealis Winners
01/05/2004. The 2003 Aurealis Awards for Australian speculative fiction.
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