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News Archive
Current: December 2002
Eric
Nylund Interviewed
Eric, the SF author of Crimson Skies, talks about his previous career
getting paid to play PC games, about writing to a strict outline,
and the art of giving good sharecrop game novels.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Kiss
me, Hardy
Science fiction illustrator David A. Hardy interviewed. Very few
artists have been able to tackle both comprehensively researched
astronomical art and sf art with equal success. But David is a triumphant
exception.
(INTERVIEWS)
Offworld
Report: November 2002
The International Space Station gets a life boat, JK Rowling gets
accused of stealing Harry Potter from a Russian author (translated
from the original Klingon, surely), and Tom Doherty, the grand fromage
at Tor Books, chats about his shocking life in science fiction.
(NEWS)
The
Prisoner - Confined!
Uncle Geoff takes a look at the classic TV series The Prisoner,
and ponders why the heck did Number 6 resign from the British secret
service?
(ARTICLES)
Position
Wanted: The Next Spielberg?
The race is on across the UK for a new breed of science fiction
films. The British Film Council's Development Fund has created New
Steps Beyond, a new film partnership, to develop three new science
fiction feature films.
(NEWS)
Dead
Stop (Star Trek Enterprise)
The Enterprise, in desperate need of repair, comes aboard an automated
space station that works miracles for a terrible price. Sounds a
little like the greasy spoon in our local motorway service station.
(TV REVIEWS)
A
Night in Sickbay (Star Trek Enterprise)
Archer spends the night in sickbay when an away mission threatens
Porthos' life. Our Tim discovers some okay cultural stuff for Phlox,
far overshadowed by the truly horrific sludge in between.
(TV REVIEWS)
Marauders
(Star Trek Enterprise)
The Enterprise helps teach a mining colony to protect itself from
the repeated depredations of a Klingon raiding party. Well, we're
still waiting for the damn Klingons to turn up in nylon uniforms
and green grease paint.
(TV REVIEWS)
Oh-Oh
Heaven?
Bond is back with Die Another Day. Is our Pierce the best thing
since Sean put on a bow-tie and gave Goldfinger a slapping? Or is
this more so-so heaven, rather than double 'O' heaven?
(FILM REVIEWS)
Pottering
About (Again)
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts School for his sophomore year and
finds a new mystery involving a missing secret room at the school
and a struggle between purebred wizards and those who are interbred.
This is not a perfect film, and it does drag in spots, but it is
consistently inventive and rewarding.
(FILM REVIEWS)
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