John Scalzi’s first sequel to Old Man’s War expands his universe and bests the first novel.
Thomas Michael Disch, 1940-2008
The author and poet, nominated several times for Hugo and Nebula awards, died on Friday, July 4.
Weekend Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Movie SF ruled the big screen in ’77, with two lasting hits. Star Wars tooks its inspiration from old pulps, serials, and comics; Spielberg’s big movie drew on UFO contactee lore.1
Doctor Who Discussion: Turn Left, The Missing Earth, and Journey’s End
visionary_coward writes, So what did people think? Beware of spoilers.
Weekly Digital Disc Picks – July 8, 2008
If you’re a fan of horror, detectives, and combinations of the two, you’ll be very, very happy this week.
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Metropolis Found
The long-lost missing footage from Fritz Lang’s 1927 SF classic, Metropolis has been discovered in Argentina.
The completed film was found drinking Mai Tais on the beach in Mar Del Plata has been sitting in the Buenos Aires film archives.
Movie Discussion: Hancock
The superhero send-up is nearly as old as the genre, stretching from Ma Hunkel’s turn as the Red Tornado back in the 40s and including The Inferior Five, the Great Lakes Avengers, Howard the Duck, the Freshmen, and Mystery Men, who made it to Hollywood.
The buzz on the latest, starring Will Smith, has been somewhat less than super. Has anyone here seen it?
Weekly Comics Discussion – July 2, 2008
The complete list is available here. Note that those of us in Canada may not see the shipments arrive until Thursday due to the Canada Day holiday. Also, I suggest to all North American readers that you fuel up on Wednesday, as gas prices tend to spike on Thursday when July 4 falls on a Friday.
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Don S. Davis 1942-2008
Actor Don S. Davis, best known either as General Hammond from Stargate SG-1 or Scully’s dad from The X-Files, Sunday in his home near Vancouver.
Hugo Awards: Short Fiction
Votes for this year’s Hugo Awards must be received by next Monday. A lot of attention goes to the novels and dramatic presentations: here are some mini-reviews of the nominated short stories, and links to online postings of the stories themselves.