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Ten Truly Underrated Sci-Fi Movies »
Posted by: Rollic 3 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
In an effort to save sci-fi fandom from crappy, derivate junk like Babylon AD (hitting theatres this weekend), here are ten truly underrated science fiction ...
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The genesis of Doctor Who, from the BBC archives »
Posted by: Wil 1 week, 5 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
Explore the origins of a TV legend with this collection of documents and images. It's now the number one family favourite, but 'Doctor Who ...
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Star Trek hero Patrick Stewart to play Time Lord »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Acting legend Patrick Stewart is to make a giant leap across space — from Star Trek to Doctor Who. He has agreed to a major role ...
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New "Hitchhiker's" author announced »
Posted by: KeithMcDuffee 2 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
Children's author Eoin Colfer has been commissioned to write a sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series. Mostly Harmless, the ...
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Barnes & Noble Review interviews Neal Stephenson »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
In the interview, Stephenson talks about creating the book, as well as his earlier Snow Crash, and about speculative fiction in general. He says "If ...
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Science Fiction is not dead, and never will be dead »
Posted by: Wil 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Every year, people prophecy the death of science fiction, but science fiction, as a whole, is not dead. Maybe some parts of it are—the ...
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British cop calls Klingon replica weapon "extrememly dangerous." »
Posted by: Wil 3 months, 1 week ago in Humor
A spokesman for police in Gloucester, where it was surrendered, said: "It is a particularly nasty weapon that can, literally, take someone's head off ...
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Why Science Fiction Still Hates Itself »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
If geek stuff is so hip, then why are two of the season's biggest scifi hits, CBS show Eleventh Hour and bestselling Neal Stephenson ...
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How a Poor Soldering Job Brought Down the LHC »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
As I wrote previously, the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be out of action until spring because of a ...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Neil Gaiman »
Posted by: Wil 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
For those of you who don’t know about Neil Gaiman’s contributions to the geek world, I both pity and envy you — pity because ...
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Rumor: Ridley Scott to direct Forever War »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Fox 2000 has acquired the rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel "The Forever War" and has Ridley Scott attached to direct. The legendary Ridley ...
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Should SF Writers Boycott Borders? »
Posted by: Wil 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
For any author, getting a book sold at a major chain is an important way to attract new readers and move copies. But it's ...
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SF Signal asks: What is the future of Star Wars? »
Posted by: Wil 3 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
With the release of the new Clone Wars movie, we here at SF Signal have looked at the box office results and pondered where the ...
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Is this the end of George Lucas's reign of terror? »
Posted by: Wil 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
In the Lucas universe, critical opinion seemed to be inversely proportional to box office receipts. But the Gods of Common Sense are finally looking down ...
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How SciFi Channel Twittered Its Way to 3,000 Fans »
Posted by: Wil 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Social networking is quickly evolving as a powerful marketing tool for brand managers, though the math is still fuzzy when it comes to metrics, monetization ...
