Articles, news and reviews from the world of science fiction and fantasy books, movies, TV shows, comics and games. en-us http://www.SFcrowsnest.net Copyright 2005 SFcrowsnest news@sfcrowsnest.com news@sfcrowsnest.com http://www.SFcrowsnest.com/sfimages/smallogo.gif http://www.SFcrowsnest.com 156 72 http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/The-Court-of-the-Air-goes-Russian-14706.php Thanks a million rubles to one of fantasy author Stephen Hunt’s Russian readers for sending in this to us. It’s the Russian language design cover for Stephen’s first novel, The Court of the Air. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Goodbye-to-the-king-of-spy-fi-Peter-Graves-dies-14704.php The actor Peter Graves , better known as the mission impossible force leader during the time of the classic IMF adventures on television as well as various scifi films and TV series, has died aged 83 in the garden of his Hollywood house after returning from a late lunch with his wife. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/The-Strange-Adventures-of-Adele-Blanc-Sec---first-trailer-14705.php The first trailer is now up for Luc Besson's first steampunk effort, the movie version of the French graphic novel The Strange Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. Like the comic, the film is in French, but it looks glorious. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Shrek-Forever-After-14702.php It must be that time of year again, for with the first buds of Spring comes news of the latest Shrek movie, cunningly entitled Shrek Forever After. Oh, and it's in 3D. Sigh. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/New-Predator-movie-first-trailer-14703.php The first trailer for the new Predator film has arrived. This is the one where a load of hard-ass mercs get stranded on the Predator homeworld and hunted to death in the alien version of a Simon Cowell TV production. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/New-trailer-for-Twilight-Eclipse-movie-14701.php The new Twilight film is hitting US cinemas June 30th 2010 and to whet your appetite, here's the brand new trailer from the film. Bella once again finds herself surrounded by evil as Seattle is struck by a series of terrible slayings as a wicked female vampire continues her search for revenge. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Terence-Stamp-Sean-Pertwee-and-John-Hurt-to-appear-in-first-Warhammer-sci-fi-movie-14695.php Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee and John Hurt lead the cast of actors lending their voices – and their facial expressions - to the upcoming Ultramarines animated movie, based, of course, on the Warhammer 40K tabletop wargame system. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/War-of-the-Worlds-gets-a-mock-umentary-film--14696.php A new live-action movie based on H.G. Wells’ science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds, is in postproduction. The new movie, titled War of the Worlds – The True Story, has a planned release date of October 2010. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Gordon-R-Dicksons-scifi-novel-Dorsai-heading-for-the-TV-screen-14697.php MDR has told the Nest about their new live action series for television… to be based on Dorsai, the first published book of the Childe Cycle series of science fiction novels by the late Gordon R. Dickson. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/The-Parasol-Protectorate-the-seven-stages-of-steampunk-art-14698.php Ever wanted to know how the art types in publishers get around to creating the book jacket for a steampunk novel Well, wonder no more, for here are the the seven stages of steampunk art through the miracle of YouTube. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Aether-Shanties-14699.php Abney Park perform a track from their new album of steampunk music, Aether Shanties, at the Wonderland Tim Burton Ball. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Repo-Men-the-nasty-trailer-14700.php Scifi movie Repo Men, about a bunch of evil futuristic debt collectors coming to rip out your still beating genetically-engineered heart when you fall behind on your medical payments. This is new the new extra nasty trailer, so definitely not one for your kids to watch. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Your-new-Terry-Pratchett-TV-series-is-in-the-post-14693.php Following the TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather and The Colour of Magic, the next Discworld film to be produced will be based on El Tel’s novel Going Postal. Going Postal will be a two part adaptation showing on Sky’s cable service late May 2010. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Tron-Legacy---new-trailer-14694.php There's a great new trailer up for the big budget Tron Legacy film. Ah, the light-cycles, the light-cycles. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/New-Iron-Man-trailer-14690.php Boy oh boy, the new Iron Man flick is looking better all the time. And don't you just love the proper first appearance of SHIELD digging after Tony Stark's marvellous mechanical toy-box http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Sarah-Jane-is-back-14691.php There is going to be two new series of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, which will see the investigative journalist and her gang of youthful sidekicks continue to annoy health and safety by being thrown into alien danger's way. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Rivers-of-London-14692.php Betsy Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief at Del Rey has concluded a deal for US rights for the first three titles in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, after an auction conducted by John Berlyne and John Parker at the Zeno Literary Agency. The first two books will be published in Spring 2011. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/New-Doctor-Who-trailer-14685.php The youthful new Doctor Who series is creeping ever closer, as evidenced by this trailer our chums in the BBC have sent over to us. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Aeon-Award-2009-short-fiction-contest-14686.php Albedo One, Ireland’s main magazine of science fiction, fantasy and horror, has announced the winners of the International Aeon Award 2009 short fiction contest. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/A-science-fiction-response-to-the-Child-P-case-14684.php Chris Beckett is a Science Fiction writer who wins literary awards The Edgehill Prize, 4th July 2009 and has a day job as senior lecturer in social work at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He has authored a number of academic textbooks on social work theory, ethics and child protection. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Turbulence-14687.php The Zeno Literary Agency has taken on Indian SFF author Samit Basu as a client. Samit is a rising star on the scene on India – his Gameworld Trilogy, hit the best seller lists over there and he joins Zeno having sent his novel Turbulence into the agency. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/The-End-14688.php A trailer for Supernatural season 5 episode 4, which airs in the UK Wednesday 24th February at 9pm on Living. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Thirteen-Years-Later-14683.php Jasper Kent has revamped his website, including a new flash animation, in advance of Bantam Press's UK publication of Thirteen Years Later, the sequel to his historical vampire debut Twelve. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Tozo-captures-Stephen-Hunt-14681.php You never know where a fan of fantasy author Stephen Hunt might crop up. Take, for instance, the Tintin-like graphic novels featuring the scifi adventures of Detective Inspector Tozo by illustrator/writer David O'Connell - in David's latest series, he actually has Stephen Hunt appearing as a character http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Wereworld-14682.php Puffin have acquired two fantasy novels in a new series entitled Wereworld by British author and artist Curtis Jobling creator of Bob the Builder. Shannon Park, Executive Editor at Puffin secured world rights for the series from the John Jarrold Literary Agency, for an undisclosed five-figure sum. The Wereworld novels are due for publication in 2011 and 2012 respectively. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Wake-up-and-Dream-14689.php Following their publication of Ian R. MacLeod's 2009 novel Song of Time, Peter Crowther at PS Publishing has acquired limited edition rights from John Berlyne at the Zeno Agency for MacLeod's new novel Wake up and Dream and will publish in the latter part of 2010. The PS edition will feature cover art by Dirk Berger. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/Black-Library-announce-the-return-of-fantasy-writer-William-King--14680.php William King has signed a major new deal with the Black Library, for a trilogy based on the high elf characters Tyrion and Teclis. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/The-Lady-of-Eslaya-14679.php Literary agent to the scifi stars, John Jarrold’s latest client is British fantasy writer Charlotte Naylor, who is planning a fantasy series that will appeal to readers of Trudi Canavan, Kristin Cashore and Maria V Snyder, opening with The Lady of Eslaya. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/The-Last-Airbender---first-big-trailer-14631.php The people behind the live action version film of Avatar, aka the Last Airbender well, M. Night Shyamalan, mainly, has tipped us off that his new movie has it's first big trailer out. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2010/The-Losers-14627.php First trailer for a spy-fi flick based on the comic-strip, The Losers. A CIA suicide squad has to go against the agency when the government decides they know too much and need killing. Looks like guilty watching pleasure. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/The-Star-and-the-Rockets-14407.php Some short fiction... The Star and the Rockets by US scifi author Harry Turtledove. Aliens, Roswell and a damn fine game of baseball. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Copyright-Theft-of-the-Dead-14410.php Shaun of the Dead director ripped off by The Times, reports Scifi Wire in the US. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/The-Twilight-Saga-New-Moon-reviewed-by-Variety-14401.php The Kissy-kissy vampire movie, New Moon, is reviewed. Vampires and now hunky werewolves too http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Memorable-scifi-novel-covers-14402.php Just what are the most memorable covers that have graced the front of science fiction novels http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Neil-Gaiman-interviewed-14403.php Neil Gaiman, friend to humanity, enemy to none. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/The-overlooked-14404.php An article examining such overlooked classic 1980s science fiction films as 'The Lathe of Heaven'. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/New-Trek-DVD-got-Gorn-14393.php Gorns and Salt Vampires get a revamp in this cut footage from the recent Star Trek movie. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Being-a-best-seller-dont-mean-a-thing-14394.php Interesting article from this horror/fantasy/scifi and many other genres author, Lynn Viehl, showing that even having a US bestseller charting novel = nearly being able to claim for food stamps in America. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Star-Trek---youre-spoilering-us-14395.php The grand fromage of Star Trek II spoilers from the SyFy guys. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Alien-Legion-the-movie-14396.php The Alien Legion comic-book to get the Disney movie treatment... http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Being-me-my-carbonite-desk-14397.php Get a Han Solo forzen in carbonite desk... every government tax office should have one to cheer up visitors victims. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Save-me-for-2012-for-real-14398.php Low-IQ types worry that the movie 2012 really will happen. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Give-me-Sanctuary-14399.php How to make a mint out of a web-based fantasy-scifi series... answer, get it picked up by the SyFy Channel people. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the Valiant.