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Neal Stephenson reading guide
US science fiction writer Neal Stephenson is perhaps best known for his outstanding novel Cryptonomicon, an epic science fiction tale that switches between Allied codebreakers working at Bletchley Park during…
Star Wars Rogue One trailer does not disappoint
Star Wars: Rogue One will be the second Star Wars film to be released since George Lucas sold the franchise rights to Disney for four billion, which after the reception of The Force Awakens,…
Jeff Goldblum’s back in new Independence Day 2 trailer
What I like about the first trailers for Independence Day 2: Resurgence is Jeff Goldblum. One of my favorite actors, he seemed to have almost disappeared after starring in a string of classic science fiction movies in the…
Jurassic World fails to deliver
Twenty years after Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park and its two forgettable sequels, you may have hoped for a few new ideas and at least some above average special effects from Jurassic World…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – lazy but good
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is the type of movie George Lucas should have made back in 1999, instead of torturing us with Jar Jar Binks in Star…
Science fiction writer J.G. Ballard dies, aged 78
J.G. Ballard, most famous for the novels Crash and Empire of the Sun, has died aged 78 after a long illness. According to the BBC, his agent Margaret Hanbury said…
Don’t forget the Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher
Looking through my bookshelves recently, I came across John Christopher’s Tripod novels. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed them. Like H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, Christopher’s Tripod novels…
We’re all Cylons: Battlestar Galactica’s last days
If your country was invaded and occupied by a foreign power, would you blow yourself up to fight back? If someone pointed a gun at your head and threatened to…
Will Asimov’s Foundation saga be Lord of the Rings in space?
New Line founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are developing an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s 1951 novel Foundation, the first in Asimov’s classic space opera saga. According to the Hollywood…
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening: much worse than expected
The Happening is awful. The writer and director of the science fiction and fantasy classics Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense, along with the enjoyable Signs and The Village, has hit…
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull review
I’ve just watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and quite frankly I’m amazed. Firstly I’m amazed that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas could expect anyone to…
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke dead at 90
Arthur C. Clarke, author of over 100 fiction and non-fiction books, has died at age 90. Regarded as one of science fiction’s leading lights, Clarke is perhaps best known for…
Cloverfield gave me a headache
I’ve just watched J. J. Abram’s new flick Cloverfield and it’s given me a massive headache. The Blair Witch-style camera movement is claustrophobic, non-stop, and at times unbearable. Just imagine…
Are Christian reactions to The Golden Compass hysterical or justified?
At first glance, conservative Christians appear justified in their concerns about the release of The Golden Compass, a movie based on the first novel of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials…