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News Archive
Current: July 2003
Where
there's a Wil
Author Wil McCarthy on impostor syndrome, and why that while he
likes the hard stuff - the Egan and Vinge and Linda Nagata - he
also likes a lot of the softer stuff as well, the fantasy and slipstream
... if it's thoughtfully drawn.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Star
Wars Shattered
Author Matthew Stover, author of Star Wars: Shatterpoint, on the
first novel in a new series to be set during the Clone Wars, and
why he really wanted a funny droid for comic relief.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Starring
The Man With One Name
As Fangorn, illustrator Chris Baker enjoys an enviable reputation
as a fantasy artist: not only is his art highly respected but he
works in a diversity of styles, so that one's never sure quite where
his puckish muse is going to take him next.
(INTERVIEWS)
Fowler
and Fisher at FantasyCon
Christopher Fowler and Catherine Fisher are guests of honour at
this year's FantasyCon in November. Also attending this fine British
con are Ramsey Campbell, Anne Gay, Stephen Jones, Tim Lebbon, Stan
Nicholls, Telos Publishing, Alchemy Press, among others.
(NEWS)
The
Horror, The Horror
The 2003 International Horror Guild awards recognizing outstanding
achievements in the field of horror and dark fantasy from the year
2002 have been announced.
(NEWS)
Waterworld
Revisited
If an asteroid crashes into the Earth, it is likely to splash down
somewhere in the oceans that cover 70 percent of the planet's surface.
The result? A massive tsunami sweeping the Atlantic Coast, says
this new research.
(NEWS)
The
Offworld Report: June 2003
Michael Swanwick and Tad Williams are interviewed, Berman, Braga
and Bakula on how they finished the third season of Enterprise,
and Michael Moorcock looks at the elements of science fiction that
just keep on coming true.
(NEWS)
The
Scottish Revolution
Scottish SF author Ken MacLeod ponders the twists and turns of fate
that made capitalist development finally and fully possible in Scotland
and irreversible in Britain as a whole.
(COMMENT)
Finding
Nemo
In the movie Finding Nemo, our Frank finds a vibrant stroke of color
and candidness in a simple little story based in Australia's Great
Barrier Reef regarding the emotional connection between a worried
father and his free-spirited son ... who both happen to be clownfish.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Bruce
Almighty
In the Christian cut-up comedy Bruce Almighty, the conscientious
Carrey is ready to embrace the wacky wonderment of his comedy roots
once again by returning to the gawky goings-on that garnered him
a cult following amongst the Ace Ventura crowd ages ago.
(FILM REVIEWS)
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