The Offworld Report April 04: Science Fiction

Interviews with authors Joe Haldeman, Octavia Butler, Ramsey Campbell and Alan Dean Foster, Bruce Sterling on a solar Texas, David Brin on the future of news, why the geek shall inherit the Earth, and Locus ponders the way forward for print-on-demand ... aka POD.

- Article of the week

Praying for POD
Sean Wallace wonders on the future of Print on Demand – aka POD – for Locus Online.

- Interviews

Of Things Fowler
Interview with author Karen Joy Fowler.

I'll have a Foster(s)
Alan Dean Foster interviewed by various webizens.

Tim Minear
Interview with the producer of the new US fantasy television series, Wonderfalls.

Leaving the Hobb on
Interview with fantasy author Robin Hobb.

Palmer Time
Interview with author Stephen Palmer.

An Ordinary Joe
Interview with Joe Haldeman, author of Forever Peace and Forever War.

Bring on the Butler
Interview with SF author Octavia Butler.

Dead on Arrival
Interview with Dawn of the Dead producer Eric Newman and director Zack Snyder, and movie actors Ving Rhames, Sarah Polley, Jake Weber.

A Soup of Campbell
Interview with horror author Ramsey Campbell.

- Articles

The Future of News
SF author David Brin speculates about the busy future of information overload.

Killer Ants from Space
Bob Wallace ruminates over the perfect soldier and how science fiction has portrayed the military.

Mars: Fact and fiction
SF author Geoffrey Landis on why his standing as a top NASA scientist is making other SF writers green with envy.

The Only Story Worth Telling
Robert Silverberg on why 'There is one story and one story only'.

The Brown Future
Keith Brookes on Eric Brown's Deep Future.

Coke-Sponsored Rover Finds Evidence Of Dasani On Mars
Why the Coca-Cola sponsored Rover has discovered evidence that the surface of Mars was once partially covered by free-flowing Dasani.

Putting the bot back in robot.
Why SFF fans can't get enough of droids, despite Hollywood's efforts to make us hate them.

The Hidden Paternity of SF
A look at the seusscentennial in science fiction.

Lone Star Light
Bruce Sterling on Austin (the capital of Texas) plans to become a solar giant.

If the geek inherit the Earth
Anti-science fiction fan polemic from people who should know better.

Making science fiction real
Article from Roger Gilbertson.

- Cons

Aggie Aggie Aggie
AggieCon lands in a Texas campus. And yes, Klingons get mentioned. Sigh.

- Media

Cody Banks in London
Looks at the sequel to Agent Cody Banks, set in the UK.

Pursued by Van Helsing
Why actor Hugh Jackman is cutting a dash in the horror movie Van Helsing.

Tripping Over
Review of the first three episodes in the new CGI animated SciFi Channel series, Tripping the Rift.

Please Come Back, Farscape
More on the fans Save Farscape campaign against the Scifi Channel and their soon-to-be new parent company, NBC.

Century City
LA Law get the SF treatment in this new television series set in the future.

Law 2030-style
Another article on 'Century City,' the new future law drama from CBS.

Law 2030-style II
And even more on the new Century City TV series.

Vegas and the Borgs
Article on the Borg Invasion 4D ride, opening soon at the Vegas Hilton for Trek fans.

Picard In Space
Why the Star Trek actor is looking forward to some Stargate guest appearances.

The Lost Skeleton of Cadava
Look at this mickey-take of 1950s science fiction movies. Hilarious in its awfulness?

Mad Mad House get Sued
Why an African religious group is suing the Scifi Channel's Mad Mad House reality show over its portrayal of a voodoo priestess.

Hard Hobbits to Break
Why Scott Edelman thinks it's important that Peter Jackson made The Lord of the Rings movies.

My Kingdom for a Hospital
Producer Marc Carliner interviewed about adapting Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital for the screen.

- Fiction

Rapture
Short fiction by writer Sally Gwylan.

The Three Unknowns
Author Severna Park's short story about Martian exploration and artefacts found.

Trading Polaris
Short fiction from the pen of Ursula Pflug.

The Crimes of Domini Duvall
Short fiction from Eric Brown.

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