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Jim Parsons to Produce THE TERRANAUTS for CW

October 26, 2016 Mindy Hunt 1109 Views 0 Comments Biosphere, books, CW, Jim Parsons, TC Boyle, That's Wonderful Productions, The Big Bang Theory, The Terranauts, Warner Bros Tv

THE BIG BANG THEORY’s Jim Parsons to produce The CW’s new show THE TERRANAUTS.

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Books Horror4Me

Catching Up on the News from Night Vale

October 25, 2016 Angie Fiedler Sutton 1083 Views 0 Comments Alice Isn't Dead, books, horror, Horror4Me, Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, podcasts, The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air), Welcome to Night Vale, Within the Wires

The Night Vale creative team have released three more podcasts and two more books.

Television & Film

Peter Jackson’s Next Project is MORTAL ENGINES

October 24, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 1157 Views 0 Comments book adaptation, books, Christian Rivers, Fran Walsh, Mortal Engines, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, Philip Reeve, Universal Pictures, YA Fiction, Young Adult, young adult fiction

Filmmaker Peter Jackson, best known for his visual effects extravaganzas in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit series of films,

Television & Film

Astronaut Scott Kelly Biopic in the Works

September 15, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 974 Views 0 Comments adaptations, Amy Pascal, astronaut, books, International Space Station, NASA, Scott J. Kelly, Sony Pictures

Astronaut Scott Kelly’s record-setting time in space, the subject of his upcoming memoir, already has a film deal in place with Sony Pictures.

Television & Film

Storm Reid Will Discover A WRINKLE IN TIME

September 13, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 1208 Views 1 Comment A Wrinkle in Time, adaptations, books, Madeline L'Engle, Mindy Kaling, Newberry Award, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid

Disney’s new adaptation of A WRINKLE IN TIME has cast the role of Meg Murry to join Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, and Oprah Winfrey in the science fantasy.

Books Conventions & Events Podcast

Worldcon 74: SciFi X/Y — The Pern Episode, Live

August 22, 2016 SciFi4Me Staff 1234 Views 0 Comments Anne McCaffrey, books, conventions, Dragonriders of Pern, dragons, Georgeanne McCaffrey, MidAmericon II, Pern, SciFi X/Y, SciFi4Me Radio, Todd McCaffrey, Warner Bros., World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon 74

Our eighth episode, as it was last year, is about Pern. And this year, we chat up special guest Todd McCaffrey about his caretaking of the universe created by his mother, Anne McCaffrey.

Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: Alien Building

August 21, 2016 Kelly Luck 1105 Views 0 Comments aliens, Avatar, books, Caroline M. Yoachim, Contact: Cultures of the Imagination, conventions, Ctein, G. David Nordley, Larry Niven, MidAmericon II, Sheila Finch, tropes, Worldcon, Worldcon 74, writing

A discussion on the ins and outs of creating new alien life forms.

Books Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: Queering Heroic Fantasy

August 20, 2016 Kelly Luck 1241 Views 1 Comment Amanda Downum, books, conventions, Evey Brett, fantasy, Heather Rose Jones, Jed Hartman, LGBT, MidAmericon II, Panels, science fiction, Tex Thompson, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

A discussion of the practicalities of LGBT characters in genre fiction.

Books Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: 2016 Campbell and Sturgeon Award Winners Announced

August 19, 2016 Timothy Harvey 1431 Views 0 Comments Best Science Fiction, books, Campbell Conference, conventions, Gunn Center, James Gunn, James Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, John W. Campbell Award, John W. Campbell Memorial Award, literature, MidAmericon II, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, University of Kansas, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

As the academic track at this year’s Worldcon at MidAmeriCon II, the Campbell Conference announced the winners of the Campbell and Sturgeon Memorial Awards.

Books

The Essentials: Ray Bradbury – Sage of 20th Century Science Fiction Unreality

August 18, 2016 Jen Wise 1139 Views 1 Comment authors, books, essentials, Fahrenheit 451, I Sing the Body Electric, Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles, writing

We give you the basics of one of genre’s best known writers, Ray Bradbury.

Books Reviews

Review: THE WAY OF KINGS is Almost Worth the Page Length

August 14, 2016 Lauren Garrison 1359 Views 0 Comments books, Brandon Sanderson, Epic Fantasy, fantasy, Highstorm, review, The Stormlight Archive, The Way of Kings, Tor Books

Fans of the epic fantasy genre are used to long reads, and TWOK certainly does not disappoint in that respect. With a prelude, prologue, 75 chapters, epilogue and 9 interludes, it’s not all that surprising this novel reaches over 380,000 words.