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BBC Radio 4 Gives us STARDUST for Christmas

December 24, 2016 Angie Fiedler Sutton 1076 Views 0 Comments adaptations, audio, BBC Radio 4, books, drama, fantasy, Neil Gaiman, radio

BBC Radio 4 continues its excellent adaptations with a production of Neil Gaiman’s STARDUST.

Podcast

H2O #142: In Which We Offer a Sampler and You Make Us An Offer?

December 16, 2016 SciFi4Me Staff 1354 Views 0 Comments fantasy, H2O, horror, Patreon, podcast, politics, science fiction, SciFi4Me Radio, Star Trek, Star Wars

This week, we offer up a sampler of the kind of topics we discuss here on H2O, and give you a chance to put your money where our mouths are.

Podcast

H2O #140: In Which We Discuss How You Can Get Involved

December 2, 2016 SciFi4Me Staff 725 Views 0 Comments content creation, conventions, fantasy, H2O, horror, new ideas, News, opinion, podcasts, reviews, science fiction, SciFi4Me Radio, video

This week, we ask you to give us your thoughts on the kind of content we should be creating for you to read, watch, and hear. Send us your thoughts!

Conventions & Events

2016 World Fantasy Award Winners Announced

November 3, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 1284 Views 0 Comments Awards, fantasy, fantasy literature, World Fantasy Awards, World Fantasy Convention

The annual World Fantasy Convention was held in Columbus, Ohio, where the 2016 World Fantasy Award winners have been announced.

Podcast Television & Film

H2O #130: In Which We Discuss the Folly of Recasting XENA

September 16, 2016 SciFi4Me Staff 993 Views 0 Comments fantasy, H2O, Hercules, Lucy Lawless, reboot, redemption arc, remake, Renée O'Connor, Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, SciFi4Me Radio, Television, Xena: Warrior Princess

This week, we discuss whether it’s a good idea or not to recast XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS.

Director Guillermo Del Toro Image courtesy deltorfilms.com Facebook page

Horror4Me Television & Film

Del Toro’s New Movie – A Fantastical Cold War Fable?

August 27, 2016 Ann Laabs 1106 Views 0 Comments Cold War era, Doug Jones, fantasy, film, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Guillermo Del Toro, horror, Horror4Me, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Stulhbarg, movies, News, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water, Vanessa Taylor

Guillermo del Toro’s new movie has a title, an award-winning cast, and a Cold War-era setting. That’s about all we know about THE SHAPE OF WATER.

Books Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: Queering Heroic Fantasy

August 20, 2016 Kelly Luck 1257 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 Reviews

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

August 14, 2016 Lauren Garrison 1370 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.

A unicron, prancing in a field, under a rainbow, and being highly smug about it. Ugh, look at this magical schmuck. Being all sparkly and crap. Where the hell do you get off, sir? [Courtesy qwerpy5485/DeviantArt.]

Ugh, look at this magical schmuck. Being all sparkly and crap. Where the hell do you get off, sir? [Courtesy qwerpy5485/DeviantArt.]

Books Television & Film

LAST UNICORN Author Peter S Beagle Mentally OK, Heirs’ Lawyer Quits

July 13, 2016 Kelly Luck 3514 Views 2 Comments animation, books, Connor Cochran, fantasy, film, movie, Peggy Carlisle, Peter S. Beagle, Rankin-Bass, The Last Unicorn, Unicorn

Recent court action a huge win for LAST UNICORN author Peter S Beagle is the latest in a long and twisted saga. We break it down for you.

Courtesy the Disney Alice Facebook page

Reviews Television & Film

Review: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is About Time

June 12, 2016 Thomas Townley 929 Views 0 Comments Alan Rickman, fantasy, film, James Bobin, Johnny Depp, Leo Bill, Lewis Carroll, Linda Woolverton, Lindsay Duncan, Mia Wasikowska, movie, review, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sequels, time travel, Walt Disney Studios

Time is at the heart of this sequel to ALICE sequel.

THE X-FILES: Gillian Anderson in the "Founder's Mutation season premiere, part two, episode of THE X-FILES airing Monday, Jan. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2016 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Ed Araquel/FOX

Television & Film

Gillian Anderson Joins AMERICAN GODS

June 3, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 855 Views 0 Comments adaptations, American Gods, books, casting news, fantasy, FremantleMedia, Media, Neil Gaiman, Starz, Television, TV

Gillian Anderson trades skeptic for spin doctor as she joins the cast of AMERICAN GODS on Starz.

Books Television & Film

Freeform to bring Sleeping Beauty to TV with new show AFTER.

March 19, 2016 Allison Isberg 1260 Views 0 Comments A Wicked Thing, After, fairy tales, fantasy, Freeform, Rhiannon Thomas, YA Fiction

Newly renamed network Freeform has optioned the rights for Rhiannon Thomas’ YA novel A WICKED THING and announced development of a new series AFTER, based on the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.