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Sept '03 Offworld Report: Weird Science
The Loch Ness Monster is dead, the pulse-engine gets ready to replace
the jet engine, DNA computing evolves, the Pentagon plans their nanotech
warrior, and Russian scientists announce their plans to construct
a nuclear power station on Mars.
 September
2003's round-up of all that is worth mentioning offworld the 'Nest
when it comes to matters of weird science, space science and technical
oddities.
Searching
for the 'Real' Waterworld
Writers have long imagined worlds completely covered by an ocean,
but what if one really existed? Would such a world support life,
and what would this life be like?
Red
Planet: Radioactive Planet
Russian scientists announce their plans to construct a nuclear power
station on Mars.
No
Drinking on Mars
NASA finds evidence that there never were any oceans on Mars
Moon
River
The technology will soon exist to set up a lunar outpost within
twenty years, says a leading scientist.
DNA
Computing?
How DNA strings could form the basis of incredibly powerful new
computers.
The
Superhero Cape
When the Skyray goes into production you’ll be able to strap on
your own set of carbon fiber wings and skim the skies 200 mph.
The
Nanotech Warrior
How the Pentagon is building nanotech into the next generation of
US ground force gear.
Feel
my Pulse
Why the jet turbine is about to be replaced by a much more efficient
source of Mach-busting airpower … the pulse-detonation engine.
Dark
Days Indeed
Astronomers confirm the stars will all stop twinkling one day.
Asteroid
Killer
With the threat of killer-asteroids unquantified, will it be left
to hobbyists to save the planet?
Upgrade
my Brain Now Please
For the two NASA probes heading toward Mars, ground control is scrubbing
old code and beaming out new software on the fly.
Stars
in Her Eyes
A spacefarer on the International Space Station marries his girl
on Earth, despite official objections from the Russians.
The
Matrix for Real
The movie the Matrix steps closer to reality with the announcement
of a way blood can be used to turn us into human batteries.
Solar
Sales?
Critics say our new understanding of physics makes the practical
application of the solar sail as a propulsion system impossible.
Mars
2007
NASA chooses a new craft to dig two feet down into the Red Planet's
soil to locate water-ice in 2007.
Nessie
Dead
The most extensive sonar survey ever undertaken of Loch Ness shows
no sign of the mythical beastie.
Reds
in Space
China schedules their first manned spacecraft launch in October
2003. If it works out, they will become the third nation to send
a human into orbit.
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OTHER CONTENT - September 2003
Blake's 7 Revival On Track For A Rebellion Reborn
Paul Darrow inks a rights deal with the estate of the late Terry Nation to bring back Blake's 7 to the TV screens.
(NEWS)
Todd Lockwood: Wizard Of The Brush
Wizards of the Coast's most talented fantasy artist is interviewed. His canvases can literally take your breath away. Typically large and imposing, beautifully composed and superbly painted, they bring to vivid life all the classic tropes of heroic fantasy.
(ARTIST INTERVIEWS)
India's Hollywood Takeaway
Billed (inaccurately) as the first Indian science fiction film, Koi ... Mil Gaya mixes elements of many films, especially E.T. and Charly. Mark finds a movie which, while groundbreaking as a Bollywood film, rarely transcends American cable fare.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
The third installment of the immensely popular kiddie secret agent series. While the previous two editions were joyful enough to behold, our Frank reckons Game Over feels mightily labored and lean.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Sept '03 Offworld Report: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Interviews with Dan Simmons, Larry Niven, Orson Scott Card and Stan Nicholls; the roots of space opera are explored, Robert Silverberg looks at the Cleve Cartmill Affair, and the great Farscape rescue gathers pace.
(NEWS)
Sept '03 Offworld Report: Weird Science
The Loch Ness Monster is dead, the pulse-engine gets ready to replace the jet engine, DNA computing evolves, the Pentagon plans their nanotech warrior, and Russian scientists announce their plans to construct a nuclear power station on Mars.
(NEWS)
Sept '03 Offworld Report: RPGs and Gaming
Krynn returns as a Dragonlance campaign setting for roleplayers, why Everquest now has a GNP somewhere between Bulgaria and Russia, and Two Fisted Tales arrives - the RPG pulp that can handle everything from Flash Gordon to Sam Spade, Tarzan and the Shadow.
(NEWS)
Sept '03 Offworld Report: Anime, Manga and Comics
Illustrator Bryan Talbot is interviewed, the Punisher movie picks up pace, and the re-release of the classic original Flash Gordon Volume I strips by Alex Raymond gets a well deserved review. We also make time for Cowboy Bebop and the Dirty Pair.
(NEWS)
The Word from Readercon
Evelyn reports back from the world's finest purely literary science fiction con, Readercon 15 and discovers the Golden Age of science fiction is .. well, now.
(CONVENTIONS)
The Long and Wyndham Road
Sue looks at John Wyndham's recent centenary, and finds that thanks in no small part to the additional medium of television and film, the Triffids at least still haunt us.
(ARTICLES)
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