Movies This Weekend: From 'Doubt' To Aliens
Dec 12th, 2008 · Writer Mark Jordan Legan takes us through reviews of The Reader, a mystery set in post-World War II Germany and The Day the Earth Stood Still, a sci-fi thriller, among others.
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Ackerman, Science Fiction Legend
Dec 6th, 2008 · The man credited with coining the phrase "sci-fi" died this week at the age of 92. Host Andrea Seabrook has this remembrance of Forrest J. Ackerman.
Evan Eisenberg On The Sci-Fi Future Of Music
Oct 31st, 2008 · Evan Eisenberg's The Recording Angel, which examines the idea of music as a commodity, was published more than 20 years ago. But with recorded music going digital, Eisenberg thought it was time for an update. He discusses how technology has fundamentally changed recorded music.
'Artemis Fowl' Author To Write 'Hitchhiker' Sequel *
Sep 20th, 2008 · A new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book will be published next year — but it won't be by Douglas Adams, who passed away in 2001. Book publisher Hyperion has tapped Eoin Colfer, author of the popular teen sci-fi fantasy series Artemis Fowl, to continue the Adams legacy.
'The Blob' Marks 50th Anniversary
Sep 10th, 2008 · It's the 50th Anniversary of The Blob, one of a series of low-budget horror/sci-fi films that proliferated in the wake of the Cold War. The themes that made The Blob a hit in 1958 are still the ones that keep it in our consciousness today.
Summary Judgment: Yet Another 'College' Movie?
Aug 29th, 2008 · Slate.com's Mark Jordan Legan takes us through the the latest films: sci-fi action film Babylon AD starring Vin Diesel, the thriller Traitor starring Don Cheadle and College.
An Intensely Imagined Future In 'Inverted World'
Aug 18th, 2008 · Recently reissued, Christopher Priest's 1974 sci-fi classic, Inverted World, tells the story of a city built on rails and in perpetual motion. Jessa Crispin adds up the pieces of Priest's "tightly structured puzzle" and discovers a novel that stands up to the test of time.
In Chilly 'Transsiberian,' An Endlessly Twisty Ride
Jul 31st, 2008 · In a summer of forward-looking superhero films and sci-fi flicks, Transsiberian revives the Russian crime drama. This cool thriller offers it all: seedy mobsters, stunning snowscapes and even a suitcase full of babushka dolls.
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