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Offworld Report: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Feb '04
Authors Brian Aldiss, Lucius Shepard, Robert Sheckley, Stephen
Baxter and Gene Wolfe are interviewed, as is Kim Stanley Robinson,
whose latest novel is somewhat ... wet. There's also new articles
by Isaac Asimov, James Patrick Kelly and John Clute.
INTERVIEWS
The
State of Aldiss
Author Brian Aldiss chats about Super-State and his other recent
works.
And
A Shepard Shall Lead Them
Author Lucius Shepard on his fascination with Central America and
other topics.
Little
Herbert
Author Brian Herbert on flying a flag for Dune and his father's
works.
Sheckley's
Snigger
Author Robert Sheckley interviewed on the role of comedy in SF.
Being
Baxter
Author Stephen Baxter interviewed.
When
Worlds Collide
Author Gene Wolfe chats about The Book of the Long Sun and his latest
novel, The Knight.
Red
Kim
Author Kim Stanley Robinson muses on the uptopia we could build.
Uma
and Ben
Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman interviewed about their latest movie
Paycheck.
ARTICLES
The
Space Age Part II
Looks at possible starship drive technologies such as fusion and
antimatter.
To
Those Departed
Looks back at the SFF notables who sadly passed away in 2003.
Moonshine
Author Isaac Asimov gets all lunar on our ass with the differences
between moonshine, sunshine and artificial light.
Genre
Writer James Patrick Kelly looks at the issues of genre online.
For
Us the Living
Feared SF critic John Clute looks at Heinlein's latest novel from
beyond the grave. Our knees tremble at JC's insights.
Re-Dick-ulous
What the heck is Hollywood doing to Philip K. Dick stories?
LITERARY
It's
Raining Meme
Author Kim Newman brushes the dust of his ornate Victorian-jacket
to bring you an analysis of the 'Forty Signs of Rain', the new luvvy
SF novel by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Feel
the Flood
The Guardian's turn to wax lyrical about Kim Stanley Robinson's
new book, 'Forty Signs of Rain'.
Peering
into The Past
Looks at author Octavia Butler's latest work of time travel and
slavery.
Jack
Cady RIP
Obit for author Jack, Mr. Cady, creator of The Hauntings of
Hood Canal and Street: A Novel.
Tolkien's
Estate Victorious
JRR Tolkien's estate beats seven shades of crap out of some wicked
cyber-squatters.
A
Future History, From the Past
More on the resurrection of one of Robert A. Heinlein's forgotten
works.
Have
My Genes
... and even more on Robert Heinlein's debut novel creative work.
My
Fortress
Looks at Jonathan Lethem's new novel The Fortress of Solitude.
The
Dick Vehicle
More on Hollywood's plundering the PK Dick legacy.
Burn
Baby Burn
Fifty years on and 'Fahrenheit 451' is looking as scary as ever.
MEDIA
Cameron
Does SF Again
Terminator's daddy, James Cameron, plans another science fiction
blockbuster.
Doctor
... Who?
About the missing early Dalek-episode of Doctor Who returned to
the Beeb by a fan who rescued the film from destruction.
Woo
to You
The dynamics between Affleck and Woo in the science fiction movie
Paycheck.
Wooed
by SF
Why John Woo doesn't like science fiction as a genre.
'Paycheck'
Crash
Not a friendly review of the film Paycheck.
Enterprise
Fear
Tempers fray among scared executives as Star Trek Enterprise popularity
continues to dive.
Tripping
Up
Trip Tucker actor on the joys and pain of seducing T'Pol.
Jeremiah
Review of the Season One DVD for SF TV series Jeremiah.
SHORT FICTION
Three
Tales from Sky River
Vandana Singh brings you some myths for a starfaring age.
The
War of the Flowers
Short SF tale from the pen of Brenda Cooper.
The
Arimaspian Legacy
A little short fiction from the shiny pen of Gene Wolfe.
St.
Ailbe's Hall
Naomi Kritzer's tale about a gentically enhanced Siberian husky.
Queuing
Behind Crazy People
More new weird (or should that be old weird) from DF Lewis
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