Slow Bullets is a novella from Alastair Reynolds. The sci-fi is set at a time where humanity has expanded to very many planets but split into two. A war rages between the Central Planets and the ones of the Periphery. The government uses a device embedded into its soldiers and people to record their identity […]
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Huge, hard sci-fi: A review of Bowl of Heaven
Bowl of Heaven is a combined project from sci-fi faves Larry Niven and Gregory Benford. I’m in the interesting position of having read both Bowl of Heaven and the followup Shipstar based on recommendations for the latter of the two. Bowl of Heaven is harder to get into and ends in such a way that […]
Short film: Giant Robots from Outer Space
Giant Robots from Outer Space manages to be a parody, a tribute and a twist all in one. The animation is inspired by those wonderful b-movies from the 50s. Expect to see some iconic scenes re-made here. It’s also a twist. We don’t get the traditional damsel or hero here. This is a gradulation movie […]
Short film: State Zero
Some high-octane zombie action before Halloween with State Zero. This is an excellent short sci-fi that looks like it’s a clip from a Hollywood level movie. Over a million people have watched this on YouTube now and that’s pretty much unheard of for short films. Produced by Claire Fleming, the video was shot in London […]
Short film: Noon
You may see Noon at the cinema as Chernin Entertainment, the company behind RIse of the Planet of the Apes, is considering it. How so? Noon is a sci-fi by Kasra Farahani. Farahani is a concept artist and art director who’s worked on movies like Thor and Star Trek Into Darkness. In Noon we picked […]
Competition: Metal Hurlant – Resurgence
Based on the popular sci-fi comic book the Metal Hurlant Resurgence live action sci-fi anthology has a cast that includes James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings), Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight) and many faces geeks with taste will recognise. There’s six different adventures in this anthology, […]
11 illustrations of sci-fi wonder from Juan Pablo Roldan
Juan Pablo Roldan is a concept artist and visual developer. You can keep track of his brilliant creations via his Tumblr, blog or even his fairly active Twitter account at @JuanPaRoldan.
Short film: The Event
This short film from Rustam Vakilov is a proof of concept for a larger, full-length, feature. Do you think it would work? We follow Neil, a chap in his mid-20s, waking up to find himself having a very strange morning. Events take a turn for the bizarre as the world rushes to a cataclysmic end […]
Short Film: The Last One
By the year 2058 mankind will have created robots that look and act like us. We’ll have gone to war. After all; what else would you expect from a race that acts like us? The war will stop short of nothing but total eradication of the rival race and in this short film from the […]
10 wonderfully moody fantasy and sci-fi illustrations from Sergey Musin
At times I’m inspired to imagine this as Giger meets traditional fantasy… or sci-fi. Check, I think there’s even Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell styling in there. Sergey Musin demonstrates a wide range just within these few sample pictures. I strongly recommend checking out the Russian’s Deviant Art page, especially as you can buy some […]
