Archive for the ‘Books’ category
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Hugo Award Nominees Announced!
This weekend, the nominees for Hugo Awards were announced. There are fewer honors higher than this for Science Fiction and Fantasy, and it looks like the some of the competition is going to be fierce this year. Every year, the nominations serve as a go to for all science fiction... -
New Trailer For ‘The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones’ From WonderCon
It’s been a while since we’ve reported anything connected to ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’, the latest young adult novel to make the jump to the big screen. The first trailer came out about four months ago and in between we saw some stills from the movie,... -
Book Review: ‘Divergent’
At the heels of the success of the ‘Hunger Games’ series, dystopian futures are all the rage in the literature community. With so many authors racing to pen the next big thing in a genre that may be fleeting in popularity, it can be hard to stand out from the pack. Veronica... -
‘Divergent’ Cast Adds Three More to the Dauntless Faction
Ever since Summit Entertainment announced its intentions to adapt Veronica Roth’s Young Adult thriller ‘Divergent’ into a movie, fans have been eager to put faces to the names of characters they love and hate from this post-apocalyptic tale. Announcements this week brings... -
Brand New Trailer For ‘World War Z’ Is Here!
As promised, the brand new trailer for ‘World War Z’ is here! It’s been 4 months since the first trailer was released and like its predecessor, this second trailer really doesn’t go into the Z in ‘World War Z’ (for those who don’t know, Z stands for zombies).... -
TV Spot And Final Trailer For ‘The Host’ Now Online
The sci-fi action love story, ‘The Host’ will finally land in theaters next week, and in an attempt to make naysayers not to think this is just another ‘Twilight Saga’ 2.0, the final trailer released focuses more on the sci-fi action of the film with the love story as... -
‘Monsters Vs. Aliens’ Director Attached To R.L. Stine’s ‘Goosebumps’
Back in 2008, Sony Pictures acquired the rights to the popular horror book series for kids by R.L Stine, ‘Goosebumps’. With over 50 books, a few video games, and a Fox Kids television show that ran for four seasons, it’s safe to say that anyone who grew up in the 90′s... -
Horror Author James Herbert Dies At Age 69
Best-selling British horror author, James Herbert, died suddenly at the age of 69 at his home in Sussex on Wednesday, March 20, according to his publisher Jeremy Trevathan. No cause of death was given but a spokesperson for the publisher stated that the author was not ill at... -
‘Divergent’ Signs Theo James In Lead Role
Photo credit: Featureflash / Shutterstock.com Studios are frantically looking for the next YA novel to bring to the big screen and Summit is hoping that ‘Divergent’ will be their next ‘Twilight Saga.’ With their latest addition of Theo James in the lead role of Four,... -
Book Review: ‘Star Wars: Scoundrels’
I don’t always read ‘Star Wars’ novels anymore but when I do, they are by Timothy Zahn. Zahn to me is who should be in charge of writing all of the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ films as I honestly feel that he has never let us down with a solid story set... -
Two New Clips From ‘The Host’ Teases Love Story Among The Sci-Fi Action
The next hope of a franchise from a YA book to emerge this year is ‘The Host’, and with only 2 weeks before its big screen release, Open Road Films has been releasing clips from the upcoming film. We have the latest 2 for you to watch below! ‘The Host’ is based on a novel... -
Will Poulter Announced As Lead In ‘The Maze Runner’
Rabid fans of ‘The Maze Runner’ book series have been frothing at the mouth waiting for updates on the first movie, set to be released on Valentine’s Day 2014, and word is slowly starting to trickle out. It’s just been announced that one of the film’s male leads will... -
Book Review: ‘The Maze Runner’
James Dashner’s ‘The Maze Runner’ is the first of a four-part series set in a grim dystopian future, but the most intriguing part of this book is that none of the characters know that. Each of the characters — all teenage men — arrive via one-way elevator to... -
J.G. Ballard’s ‘The Drowned World’ To Get Feature Treatment
Warner Bros. is still on the lookout for their next big franchise and with the lackluster opening of ‘Beautiful Creatures,’ they have now turned their attention to another sci-fi novel, J.G. Ballard’s ‘The Drowned World.’ The studio has bought the film rights to the... -
Book Review: ‘Last Days’
When I initially received Last Days by Adam Neville, I was completely skeptical from the book’s description. How could they pull off a book in a “Blair Witch Project” style setting? There’s no way it could plausibly be that interesting or really drag you into the story...


















