Jan 25, 2005
Sci-Fi Overdrive is moving from the Business Talk Radio Network to its new sister network, Lifestyle Talk Radio Network. In effect what this means is a new timeslot. They will be keeping the 1am-4am Monday morning slot on Business Talk Radio but will now have a new first-run slot on Friday nights from midnight to 2am on Lifestyle Talk Radio.
Obviously thats a significantly better slot than the early morning one.…
Jan 23, 2005
If you’re looking for some spoilers for the new series of Doctor Who then your best bet right now is probably this page courtesy of the Doctor Who Club of Australia. The appear to have done a very thorough job collecting the rumors, speculation and occasional fact and breaking them down by story.
This new series of Doctor Who has been remarkably tight on rumors. Very little other than a few…
Jan 23, 2005
Chapter’s Sixteen and Seventeen. Taking us to the end of Book One of The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells:
Jan 23, 2005
Who Are You?
My name is Eoghann Irving (it’s Gaelic) and I’m a lifelong science fiction and fantasy fan. I’m a compulsive reader and viewer of the genres. I take what I think is a very positive view of the subject. I prefer to look at the good rather than picking endlessly at the bad.
What Is Solar Flare
Solar Flare is a blog that covers the worlds of fantasy and science fiction…
Jan 21, 2005
Another positive bit of information about the upcoming Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy film. Figures.com has a picture of the Marvin action figure.
For those of you interested in the action figures themselves, Marvin will feature a balljointed neck and shoulders, bending elbos, swivel wrists, hinge waist and v-crotch articulation (that sounds rather rude really). It will be part of a 6″ action figure line including Arthur Dent, Vogons Kwaltz and…
Jan 20, 2005
Paizo Publishing, publisher of a number of genre related magazines such as Dragon, Dungeon, Undefeated and Amazing Stories has announced that it is suspending publication of both Amazing Stories and Undefeated temporarily.
The publisher referred to sales as respectable and increasing circulation but said that they were looking to revamp and reposition the magazine. The most recent issue of Amazing Stories #608 went on sale January 4th 2005. Undefeated is scheduled…
Jan 19, 2005
Chapters Thirteen through Fifteen of The War of The Worlds.
Jan 18, 2005
Chapters Seven through Twelve of The War of The Worlds Book One for your enjoyment:
Jan 17, 2005
Well with Christmas now a distant memory I was looking for some other fiction to post on the site. Then it struck me, where better to start that with a highly regarded SF classic that just happens to be being made into a film by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise? So here we go. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells presented to you in glorious monotone:…
Jan 16, 2005
Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Chronicles, a series of books about the wizard Harry Dresden, who solves crimes in modern-day Chicago. The eight in that series, Proven Guilty, was published in 2006. Butcher is also working on a Fantasy series, The Codex Alera, the third book of which, Cursor’s Fury will be out at the end of 2006.
A martial arts enthusiast whose resume includes a long list…