2001: Beyond The Infinite by John L. Flynn, PH.D (book review)
I tend to cautious with recent books about older films, simply because the authors tend not to have been alive
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping – twice the tributes, half the hope (trailer 2).
The second trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping takes us back to the Second Quarter Quell, where 48 tributes enter the arena, a young Haymitch Abernathy draws the short straw, and Ralph Fiennes becomes the third actor to sniff President Snow’s roses. In cinemas November 20, 2026.
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Vince Gilligan Finally Gets A Statue, Marvel Finally Gets An Angel (news roundup).
Pluribus takes four Creative Arts Emmys and finally ends Vince Gilligan’s winless streak, Marvel’s X-Men casts Asa Germann as Angel, and Leigh Bardugo prepares to shut the crypt door on the Alex Stern trilogy. Genre news, 10-11 September 2026.
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Mimeograph by Eira A. Ekre (book review).
‘Mimeograph’ by Eira A Ekre is a standalone Science Fiction novella. It does not fit neatly into any single sub-genre,
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Star Trek Turns 60, Promptly Sells You A Casserole Dish
The Star Trek 60th anniversary brings a new Paramount film and a Le Creuset cookware range, the 2026 Dragon Awards hand out rockets to a near-empty room, the HWA dissolves its Executive Director post, and HBO’s Harry Potter finds its Tom Riddle. Genre news, 7-9 September 2026.
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The Traveler by Joseph Eckert (book review).
The idea of time travel has been around for a very long time. Many readers will be familiar with H.G.
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Saturday SciFi Splash: a workshop full of dinosaurs, a vampire at Netflix, and fandom having words (news roundup).
Phil Tippett’s Berkeley workshop closes for good, Netflix goes looking for Strahd, Worldcon’s business meeting reaches for the red pen, and the Horror Writers Association discovers what happens when you print a column about generative AI.
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God’s Vengeance by Theresa Derwin (book review).
One of the dilemmas any author faces is how long a work should be. Some mentors will tell them to
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Rogue Trooper trailer: Duncan Jones drags 2000 AD’s blue soldier to the BFI London Film Festival (trailer).
The Rogue Trooper trailer has arrived, and Duncan Jones has finally dragged 2000 AD’s blue-skinned killing machine onto a screen, with three BFI London Film Festival screenings in October.
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An Upset at the Hugos, a Sequel Thirteen Years Late, and a Reaper Who Can’t Keep Still (news roundup).
Three weeks of genre news in one go: a Hugo Awards upset in Anaheim, John Crowley’s death, T. Kingfisher’s suspiciously perfect publicity timing, and television quietly running out of books to adapt.
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