Offworld Report July 2004: Science Fiction and Fantasy
17/09/2004 . Source: Stephen Hunt 
Interviews with authors Sean McMullen, John Crowley , Bruce Sterling, Richard Morgan and Kim Stanley Robinson; a look at the Stepford Wives and the sequel to Pitch Black, fiction by Gardner Dozois, and a report from the first African-American science fiction festival. This
month's roundup of all the science fiction and fantasy content that's
worth a bucket of Andorian Bloodworm spit found 'offworld the 'Nest.
Stephen Hunt was doing the scouting this month.
INTERVIEWS
Bruce
Sterling
BS gets interviewed on camera in this multimedia article.
Annabeth
Gish
Starlet from the X-Files TV series chats.
John
Crowley
Writer JC lets us in on his latest works.
Sean
McMullen
The Australian fantasy and SF author talks about his novels.
Don
Dixon
SF illustrator interview.
Diesel
Powered
Actor Vin Diesel talks about The Chronicles of Riddick movie.
Morgan
Goes to Hollywood
Author Richard K. Morgan on his scifi-noir, now optioned for moviedom.
The
Ladies of SF
Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold, Patricia Wrede, Pamela Dean,
Peg Kerr, Lyda Morehouse, Caroline Stevermer and Eleanor Arnason.
Kim
Stanley Robinson Interview
KSR on his latest fiction.
Alexa
Davalos
Chronicles of Riddick movie star interviewed.
The
Prisoner of Azkaban
Cast and crew from Harry Potter 3 interviewed.
The
Stepford Wives
Nicole Kidman and other stars and crew from the film talk about
remaking the classic.
Jeff
VanderMeer
Writer Jeff VanderMeer on his soft spot for squids.
ARTICLES
Clarke's
Corollary
An article on why science fiction is being overtaken by fantasy.
Fantasy
in Form
Artist Gabriel Marquez on sculpting fantasy figure prototypes for
toy companies.
LITERARY
He's
the Mann
Looks at the science fiction writing of Ottakar's bookshop manager
George Mann.
J.K.
Rowling to end Harry Potter series?
J.K. Rowling ends Harry Potter series because she has discovered
boys?
The
Day After Tomorrow
Whitley Streiber's novelisation of the film is considered.
Gardens
of the Moon
A look at Steven Erikson's fantasy series.
Science
fiction with a Twist
Mom and daughter team bash out some novels aimed at young girls.
CONS & EVENTS
Paul
Allen sci-fi museum too expensive
A guest finds the museum a little shaky and over-priced.
Paul
Allen's Sci-Fi Museum I
Is there anybody out there who hasn't been to this museum?
Paul
Allen's Sci-Fi Museum II
What a good PR machine you do have, Paul.
Paul
Allen's Sci-Fi Museum III
Locus head cheese Charles N. Brown pays a visit too.
Paul
Allen's Sci-Fi Museum Blah Blah
More on the SF shrine in Seattle.
Black
to the Future
Report on the first African American science fiction festival.
Brother
from Another Planet
African-American science fiction grows up at Black to the Future.
Dreaming
of DreamCon
The Jacksonville, U.S-based science fiction convention encourages
your inner geek.
MEDIA
Kaena:
The Prophecy
Interview with the director and producer of this new animated fantasy
movie with the voices of Richard Harris, Angelica Huston and Keith
David.
Shyamalan
Stitched Up
How the Sci Fi Channel's slice of life documentary with M. Night
Shyamalan (brains behind The Sixth Sense and Signs) went up the
creek.
Divorce
These Stepford Wives
Looks at how bad the new The Stepford Wives remake really is.
The
'Nemesis' Failure
Frakes tells us why the Star Trek Nemesis movie sucked.
Fallen
Angel
Buffy creator Joss Whedon on why he's been left with nothing.
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Look at this new fantasy movie.
The
Vinner
Vin Diesel's fab new SF flick.
Intergalactic
Evil
More on Vin Diesel's new sequel to the film Pitch Black.
Riddick-ulous
The Chronicles of Riddick movie is so baaaaad.
Silly
Riddick
Why the film sinks under the load of its own self-importance.
The
Stepford Wives
Thumbs down on this campy misfire.
Movie
Meltdown
Day After's science is a sack of do-do.
Scott
Kroopf Speaks
Interview with producer of The Chronicles of Riddick.
Five
Days to Midnight
Reviews the time travel miniseries where a physicist races to solve
his own murder.
FICTION
Gliders
Though They Be
Short fiction by Carol Emshwiller.
The
Eye of Dr. Noh
Short fiction by J.A. Howe.
The
Girl Had Guts
Short fiction by Theodore Sturgeon.
Borne
Away
Short fiction by Haddayr Copley-Woods.
Once
Upon a Time at the Learning Annex
Short fiction by Michael Canfield.
Shadow
Twin
Short fiction by Gardner Dozois, George RR Martin and Daniel
Abraham.
Digital
Soul
Short fiction by Peter Ebsworth.
My
Evil Twin
Short fiction by Steven Utley. 
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