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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea articles coming in 2008!
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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.
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Latest Science Faction
Women in Air and Space: A database of female pilots and astronauts as referenced in books
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Please bookmark us and come back often, and we'd be delighted to hear from you with any questions or comments.
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
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Art
Here we interview science fiction and fantasy artists and talk about their work, for example, Ian Duerden, Patricia McCracken and Sharon Young. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Collectibles
Lobby cards from movies such as The Time Machine, posters, and other collectibles are covered here. |
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Comics
From classic science fiction comics to superhero comics such as Spiderman and Star Wars. Online comic strips count as well. |
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Conventions
We have convention calendars sorted by date and by location, and we will have coverage on as many conventions as possible. |
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Games
From console games like James Bond to role playing games to board games, you'll eventually find it here! |
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Interviews
Anyone involved in science fiction and fantasy media who has an interesting story to tell will be interviewed here. |
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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. |
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Movies
As long as there's been movies, there's been science fiction and fantasy fare. We will cover it all. |
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Music
Soundtracks to movies, cast albums for theater productions. Discussions on the artists who create the music. |
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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. |
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Reviews Index
Our list of reviews of books, movies, and games. |
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Short Stories
Our Plot Zone database is under construction. Every plot of every science fiction story every written... |
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Television
From the 1950s to the 2000s, around the world, we cover sci fi and fantasy TV. |
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Theatre
The first science fiction book was Frankenstein, so was the first science fiction play. We cover the history of science fiction theatre.
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Travel
From conventions held around the world to museums, to statues of famous authors, we travel the world. |
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The Timelash
Under construction. A chronological history of science fiction fandom, births and deaths and everything in between. |
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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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If you'd like to support The Thunder Child, we'd appreciate it. We're an affiliate of Amazon.com, and you can order books, DVDs, and electronics through this store, as well as the links on each of our pages. We also have google ads and the Shatner DVD club.
Discussion List
If you'd like to talk with like-minded people, sign up for the email discussion list, and let's talk!
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This is our links page - to both cool websites of all kinds, and commercial sites that we think you'll enjoy.
Site Map
Every page at The Thunder Child.
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