Jul 15th, 2008 · In his new novel, The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie blends history and fantasy to recount the tale of a lost princess. The lavish epic spans multiple decades and continents.
Jun 25th, 2008 · In NBC's new reality series, The Baby Borrowers, teenagers are given actual babies to take care of as part of a crash course on parenting. A new first-time dad says the show is saturated with fantasy.
Jun 25th, 2008 · If you're used to comics smacking you over the head with superheroes and fantasy, prepare to be seduced and charmed by Joann Sfar's graphic novel, The Rabbi's Cat 2.
Jun 6th, 2008 · Film writer and director M. Night Shyamalan discusses The Happening, his upcoming spooky thriller about people trying to save themselves from a worldwide environmental catastrophe. He talks with host Ira Flatow about the intersection between real-world environmental issues and fantasy.
Jun 4th, 2008 · In Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman spins a world where reality and fantasy comfortably co-exist, where a loser is revealed as a god. BPP Book Club moderator Sarah Goodyear kicks off the discussion of this month's selection.
May 26th, 2008 · No one marvels anymore at Skype or teleconferencing. But people in London and New York are giddy over a mysterious contraption right out of Jules Verne. The "telectroscope" involves two giant copper and wood lenses pushing their way out of the earth at the Brooklyn Bridge and at the Thames. Artist Paul St. George claims a giant tunnel connects them ... and the excited crowds peering and waving at each other across the Atlantic.
May 11th, 2008 · The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is the latest film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' fantasy series. Director Andrew Adamson talks with host Andrea Seabrook about the challenges of translating the beloved Narnia series onto the screen.
Apr 19th, 2008 · In his debut novel, author Stefan Merrill Block tells the story of an aging hunchback and a pimply teenager who live hundreds of miles apart in Texas. The two characters are united by early onset Alzheimer's and by a shared fantasy world.