NewsSteampunk
IBM supercomputer analysis says steampunk is a trend to watch.
You can use supercomputers for many things, but this has to be one of the coolest – by using their supercomputer to monitor…
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January 2013
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NewsHorror
Being Human season 3 horror!
Ah, the horror, the horror… returns on season 3 of Being Human… at least, it does if you have SyFy and live in…
NewsFantasy
I (am) vill be back in Conan! Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks.
Here’s a nice little interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger about what to expect from his return in the new Conan movie. Well, blood and…
ReviewBooks
Conflagration by Mick Farren (book review).
‘Conflagration’ is the sequel to ‘Kindling’ which’ unfortunately’ I have not read. I say ‘unfortunate’ as ‘Conflagration’ is a cracking read and perhaps…
NewsSteampunk
The Wheel (of steampunk-y-ness).
This whimsical, visually imaginative short steampunk movie concerns a dutiful young man, fated to maintain a large wheel that balances the entire steampunk…
ReviewScifi
Interzone # 240 – May-Jun 2012 (magazine review).
This is the May-June 2012 edition of the magazine with a cover depicting a figure with a human head but robotic human body…
ReviewScifi
The Stars Blue Yonder by Sandra McDonald (book review).
The inside cover note says that Chief Terry Myell died and became a god and now he’s back to life. He is being…
NewsScifi
Fringe… no more.
The last episode of science fiction TV series Fringe is heading our way and it’s a two-hour doozie. Here’s a trailer for it……
NewsFantasy
Write, George RR Martin, WRITE!
‘George RR Martin isn’t your bitch’, it was once circulated, when the pressure was being turned up on GRRM by his own fans…
NewsCulture
Kill the Death Stars, orders Barack Obama.
Barack Obama was served with an online petition asking the US Government to go ahead and build the Death Star- ain’t online democracy…
NewsScifi
Continuum… Timecop redux?
Another trailer for the science fiction TV series Continuum which features the Timecop-like premise that criminal terrorists from the future have come back…
NewsFilms
R´ha… not a Nordic pop group.
R´ha [short movie] from Kaleb Lechowski on Vimeo. Here’s an interesting-looking short film, R´ha, written, directed and animated by Kaleb Lechowski, which features…