As the second season of Battlestar Galactica approaches (it returns to the Sci Fi Channel on July 15th) it seems to be getting some major press love. Over at Newsday has an article about how Science Fiction television doesn’t get the respect or attention it deserves and the focus of that article is… Battlestar Galactica, which the author appears to be a huge fan of.
Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Post has a…
According to a post on the Italian website Bad Taste a first screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been scheduled for this Saturday (July 9th). As noted, the website is Italian and thus the article is written in Italian. With the help of Google for translation I was able to come up with this summary of their report.
Post production is still underway on Harry Potter and…
Rumors are swirling about who the villains in Spider-man 3 will be. Its been reliably reported that Sandman will be one of the supervillains in the third Spider-man movie, but there are rumored to be three further villains appearing in this one.
The three other villains (and remember this is all rumors at this point) are Hobgoblin, Vulture and Venom.
Lets hope this one isn’t true. Four villains is a hell of…
William Shatner will narrate a two hour documentary called The Science of Star Trek. Shatner is of course best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in the original series of Star Trek. The documentary will feature legitimate scientific research but the aim is to inject a certain amount of humor into the whole thing.
The Science of Star Trek is based William Shatner’s book I’m Working on That: A Trek…
Author Jeff VanderMeer has a great post on his blog about how to build good fantasy worlds. As well as mentioning the usual basics about consistency and making up rules and sticking to them, Jeff also takes a different look at world building.
One great point he makes is that the fantasy world shouldn’t be too consistent. The real world is full of mysteries and inconsistencies. If the fantasy world is…
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