If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Solaris books are set to release a fresh and fun title from debut author Gaie Sebold just in time for the New Year. Babylon Steel will be available from the 27th December in the UK and 5th January in the [...]
A must for all Star Wars fanatics is the new Haynes manual, out in November for the iconic spaceship the Millennium Falcon. The spaceship, piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca in the original sci-fi epic trilogy is detailed in full-colour cutaways, together with other art and photographs. The manual provides the most detailed technical information [...]
Set your Sky remote control for stun, hide the kryptonite behind the sofa and swallow the red pill this weekend. What are we blathering on about? Quite simply, the fact that next week, Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD is having a “sci-fi blockbusters” weekend starting on Friday 16th at 7pm. The first film on [...]
Hot on the heels of the first in the Iron Druid Chronicles, Hounded, by Kevin Hearne, comes Hexed, the next chapter in the story of Atticus O’Sullivan, the last of the Druids. Orbit have announced that it will be released in the UK in October. Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn’t care much for [...]
Out just in time for the New Year is a new title by the author of the popular Mistborn series, Brandon Sanderson. Warbreaker is to be released by Gollancz Books on 29th December 2011. Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, [...]
Mulholland Books presents a new book from experienced writers Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunston and Stephen Romano entitled Black Light: Don’t Look too Deep. The novel is due to be released in October. Now, the Black Light. I see everything. Everything the dead people see. This is where they live. If you have a supernatural problem [...]
The first in a new sci-fi series by Peter Crowther, The Forever Twilight trilogy, is to be launched at the beginning of October by Angry Robot Books. Darkness Falling is the story of a typical, all-American backwater, until the night the monsters arrive… When four employees of KMRT Radio investigate an unearthly light that cuts [...]
Out next month from Gollancz Books is a new offering from award winning popular author Christopher Pike, whose novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. The Islanders is a tale of murder, artistic rivalry and literary trickery; a chinese puzzle of [...]
Abaddon have announced a major new SF series in collaboration with acclaimed best-selling author Eric Brown. Weird Space introduces a brand new shared world, created especially for Abaddon Books, which comes to bookshelves in June 2012. A thrilling soap opera, the series opens with the release of The Devil’s Nebula by the popular author of [...]
Solaris Books invite you to discover the strongest new voice in epic sci-fi with the launch of an exciting new book by Gareth L. Powell next month. “A writer of astounding vision.” – Solaris Books With the galaxy-spanning scope of The Recollection, Gareth L. Powell announces himself as a fresh new voice in science-fiction. In [...]
Gollancz have announced the launch of a new sci-fi epic, Bronze Summer, from renowned author Stephen Baxter, due out next month. Centuries have passed. The wall that Ana’s people built has long outlasted her and history has been changed. The British Isles are still one with the European mainland and Doggerland has become a vibrant [...]
The sci-fi movie rumour mill is buzzing this morning – if a mill can indeed buzz, perhaps it’s clunking or grinding instead – with speculation that Darren Aronofsky’s (of Black Swan fame) next project will be “Human Nature”. Vulture caught wind of this one, noting that the script for this is actually fifteen years old, [...]
THQ has announced that Red Faction Armageddon is now set for a May 2011 release. The next instalment in the action gaming sci-fi series takes a new direction, moving beneath the surface of Mars with the battle for the survival of the planet and humanity after the release of a long dormant evil. Expect ice [...]
EA has revealed its plans to launch a sci-fi action role-player called Darkspore in 2011. The game is being developed by Maxis, and is apparently inspired by the creature editor technology featured in their previous release Spore. Darkspore is described as a “unique take on the action RPG genre”, with players battling across alien worlds [...]
Jagex Games, the producer of RuneScape, has announced that it is developing a new sci-fi MMORPG. Like RuneScape, Stellar Dawn will be a browser based game, and it’ll be mostly free to play when it’s released at some point in 2011. Mostly free to play meaning that the large majority of the content won’t be [...]
All set for blast off when it comes to Blizzard’s much awaited StarCraft sequel, Wings of Liberty? If you’re really keen, and live near London (or you’re massively, massively keen and willing to travel), then the game’s launch event could well be worth checking out. You’ll be able to get your hands on a mint [...]
The buzz about Blizzard’s up and coming sci-fi RTS, due out at the end of this month, is that support for 3D is included. Well, it won’t actually be on board at launch, but a few months later it will be patched in, IGN discovered in an interview with the StarCraft team. This means that [...]
Evangeline Lilly, better known as Kate from Lost, has been signed on for the up and coming sci-fi drama Real Steel, according to a report in Variety. Lilly will bring her special brand of pouting while looking slightly pissed off to the Dreamworks film, along with Anthony Mackie, who has also been recruited to the [...]
Having walked away from Spider-Man, actress Kirsten Dunst has found yet another suitable role in a sci-fi film replacing Penelope Cruz in the lead female role in Melancholia. The film is written and directed by Lars von Trier whose latest work “Antichrist” has been grabbing the headlines for all the right reasons. Penelope Cruz was [...]
When it comes to film and Hong Kong science fiction would not be the first genre that would spring to mind, as the region is more associated with martial arts movies. However, that has not stopped one filmmaker from realising his dream and producing a sci-fi film in Hong Kong. The film making all of [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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