Drew Struzan may not be a household name but if you don’t know who he is, you certainly do know his work. A quick flick through Drew Struzan: Oeuvre is enough to see just how important his work has been over the past three decades, but you will want to give this collection more than […]
The fantastic art of Chris Foss
Chris Foss’ hardback of his SF art became available in July. At the time of blogging Amazon UK has sold out. That’s an impressive book! Aliens is one of the projects that helped earn Foss his reputation. With the combination of the 25th anniversary of Aliens, Sigourney Weaver hinting she rather likes the idea of […]
Lost Fleet: Dauntless review
It’s rare – but sometimes being late can be an advantage. I’m late to Jack Campbell’s “Lost Fleet” series. I’m so late that Titan Books are now publishing enhanced copies of the original series. My copy of Lost Fleet: Dauntless has extra material in it. I liked Dauntless a lot. This example may illustrate precisely […]
More pictures from Syfy’s new sci-fi TV show and MMO
The working title for this project still seems to be Defiance although I’m sure it was announced as One Earth at the start of the year. The TV Defiance series is being produced by Universal Cable Productions, written by Rockne O’Bannon – who’s worked previously on Farscape, Warehouse 13, Alien Nation and DSV. The MMO […]
Attack the Block trailer
Wa-hoo. British sci-fi. British sci-fi with Nick Frost (who looks like he has Paul hair). This is a film from Joe Cornish and the production team of Scott Pilgrim and Shaun of the Dead. The movie pits aliens against kids from the inner city. Let’s hope the aliens win… oh? What? Sorry. Let’s hope it’s […]
Impressive Star Wars galaxy map
This map is worth checking out. It’s not often you get sci-fi maps and even less often do they attempt to chart out a whole galaxy. That whole maps are 2d and galaxies are 3d thing tends to be the problem. Back in 2009 Dark House and LucasFilms tackled this challenge for Star Wars: The […]
Jack Campbell interview
Jack Campbell’s The Lost Fleet series packs serious geek cred. It’s been recommended to me again and again. Titan are now bringing the series to the UK, starting with the release of Dauntless, Fearless and Courageous, then publishing more every month until we reach Victorious and the planned sequel series Beyond the Frontier. The spin-off […]
The most successful sci-fi series of all time
Perry Rhodan is the most successful sci-fi book series of all time. The space opera has sold over one billion copies. Heard of it? The series was created by K. H. Scheer and Clark Darlton in the 1960s in Germany. Translations into English also began in 1960s by a husband and wife team Forrest and […]
Pandora Machine’s Clone Hunter
Three months ago the trailer for Clone Hunter appeared on Vimeo. It’s one of those trailers that goes straight for the sci-fi fan levers, getting your interest quickly while doing a pretty good job at not looking low budget. For example, seconds into the video we know that in the future they’re growing clones for […]
Adidas’s footballers invade Star Wars’ famous Cantina scene
Okay, it’s well worth watching this video because it’s very well put together. I’ve had something of a Star Wars day already today so this discovery tonight seems the perfect end. Despite how clever this ad for Adidas is – I’ve mixed feelings. Does this show ball-kicking jocks invading traditional geek native land? This is […]
