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Latest Articles and Interviews

  • James Whitmore steals every scene in Them!
  • Williamsburg Film Festival 2008: Lee Meriwether, Richard Herd, the Solar Guard and more
  • Two Such People: The Avengers fan fiction (John Steed and Emma Peel)
  • Movie Music: The Blob and The Intruder
  • Magical Tribute to Bernard Herrmann
  • Convention info: Nippon 2007 (WorldCon)
  • The Commodore's Ramblings: Say Da to Moscow & Hotel Horrors
  • The Ghost Train:, Undersea Kingdom (1936) and Buck Rogers (1939)
  • Rocky Jones, Space Ranger: Photobook, "Escape Into Space" episode
  • Interview: Chuck Rosenthal, author The Heart of Mars
  • Terry Pratchett Discworld Sourcebook
  • Walt Disney's Disneyland: Tomorrowland
  • Rocket to the Morgue Revisited
  • Rocket to the Morgue Time Travelers' Guide 1942
  • Science Fiction in The Saint
  • Interview: Martin Arlt, publisher of Mad Scientist magazine
  • New feature: The News Stalker - All media press releases
  • Vertlieb's Views: Peter Jackson's King Kong
  • Vertlieb's Views:How I Met the Blob
  • TV Overview: Supermarionation Overview: Stingray, The Thunderbirds and More!
  • Interview: John Jarrold: Agent for British and American authors
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    Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Dynamation Creations: From Fireball XL5 to Joe 90: Coming in 2008!


    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea articles coming in 2008!
    . Latest reviews

  • Book review: Storms of Vengeance, by John Beachem
  • Book review: Neuromancer, by William Gibson
  • Book review: The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge
  • Book review: Perdido Street Station, by China Mielville
  • Critical Mass: 2050: Gods of Little Earth, by Joseph Zornado
  • Book review: The Talisman of Faerie, by Jason Beil
  • Book review: The Stolen Child, by Keith Donohue
  • Movie review: I Am Legend, starring Will Smith
  • Movie review: Cloverfield
  • Retro review: Ringworld, by Larry Niven
  • Book review: The Chalice of Life, by Karen Anne Webb
  • Movie Review: Stardust (2007)
  • Movie Review: Transformers
  • Book review: Zap: How To Draw Fantastic Sci-Fi Comics, by Bryan Baugh
  • Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer, by Laini Taylor
  • Book Review: The Heart of Mars, by Chuck Rosenthal
  • Raptor Red, by Robert Bakker
  • Music review: Kadath - The Dream Quest
  • Critical Mass:
    -Atlantis Found, by Clive Cussler
    -Atlantis and Cold Nazi Gold, in Clive Cussler's Atlantis Found
  • Music retrospective: The Music's By Barry. John Barry.
  • Latest Science Faction

  • Women in Air and Space: A database of female pilots and astronauts as referenced in books


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    Below are complete descriptions of each of our Topic headings, and the information compiled in each section.

    At the verrrry bottom of this page you'll see the descriptions of our Administration pages - how to contact us, etc. We're putting the Archives section first because that's the section that's got all the cool illustrations!

    Archives Sections

    Art
    Here we interview science fiction and fantasy artists and talk about their work, for example, Ian Duerden, Patricia McCracken and Sharon Young.
    Authors
    We interview authors of both fiction and non-fiction books, and critique the work of classic writers such as Mary Shelley and H. G. Wells.

    Books
    In this section we critique classic works of science fiction and fantasy. Currently we're working on juvenile series such as Mike Mars and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.
    Collectibles
    Lobby cards from movies such as The Time Machine, posters, and other collectibles are covered here.

    Comics
    From classic science fiction comics to superhero comics such as Spiderman and Star Wars. Online comic strips count as well.
    Conventions
    We have convention calendars sorted by date and by location, and we will have coverage on as many conventions as possible.

    Games
    From console games like James Bond to role playing games to board games, you'll eventually find it here!
    Interviews
    Anyone involved in science fiction and fantasy media who has an interesting story to tell will be interviewed here.

    Magazines
    From non-fiction magazines like Forry Ackerman's Spacemen to Starlog, to fiction magazines from the beginning of science fiction's history, we'll cover it here.
    Movies
    As long as there's been movies, there's been science fiction and fantasy fare. We will cover it all.

    Music
    Soundtracks to movies, cast albums for theater productions. Discussions on the artists who create the music.
    Radio Drama
    "Old-time radio" is a favorite among nostalgia buffs, but there's also a lot of spoken word audio out there, and over in England radio drama flourishes.

    Reviews Index
    Our list of reviews of books, movies, and games.
    Short Stories
    Our Plot Zone database is under construction. Every plot of every science fiction story every written...

    Television
    From the 1950s to the 2000s, around the world, we cover sci fi and fantasy TV.
    Theatre
    The first science fiction book was Frankenstein, so was the first science fiction play. We cover the history of science fiction theatre.

    Travel
    From conventions held around the world to museums, to statues of famous authors, we travel the world.

    The Timelash
    Under construction. A chronological history of science fiction fandom, births and deaths and everything in between.

    Sciences

    Under construction. Essays on marine and space science.

    Administration

  • Contact Us
    If you have questions, comments or concerns we want to hear from you. If you'd like to write for us, we want to hear from you! If you want us to review your work, we want to hear from you. Contact us!

  • Free Downloads
    We provide PDF files of various kinds: tables of content for anthology books, indexes for non-fiction books without indexes, movie checklists, etc. New files are uploaded on an irregular basis.

  • TechnoOcean
    Here we have two features: Learn oceanography at TechnoOcean Academy, and read our future fiction serial: The Ocean Avengers.

  • Daily Space Blog
    This blog is updated at least once a day, sometimes two or three times. Topics covered are working notes on each month's issues, space and ocean headlines, quizzes, media reviews...stuff like that. If you're interested in seeing how a monthly web magazine gets put together, make sure you check it out!

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