Archive for the ‘Books’ category
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Ray Bradbury Short Stories Should Be Made Into Movies
We all know the movies that are made from Philip K Dick stories. Minority Report, Total Recall, and Blade Runner spring must easily to mind. What surprises me, though, is that Bradbury hasn’t really had that level of success at the theatrical level with his own short stories... -
Read An Excerpt Of The New Prequel Story To ‘Warm Bodies’
‘Warm Bodies’ is the upcoming zom-rom-com that has been getting a lot of great buzz lately. The irreverent story of a zombie falling in love with a human is based on the book of the same name by Isaac Marion and won’t be out until next week. However, as a treat to his... -
New Featurette For ‘Beautiful Creatures’
Warner Bros. has unveiled a new featurette for their upcoming supernatural teen romance film ‘Beautiful Creatures.’ The movie is based on the book series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and from the looks of the footage already released in the trailers and TV spots,... -
Ron Howard In Talks To Direct Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Graveyard Book’
photo credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com It seems that the feature film based on Neil Gaiman’s classic children’s tale ‘The Graveyard Book’ is not 6 feet under as originally thought, as there are reports that Ron Howard is in negotiations with Disney to direct a live... -
Is ‘The Hunger Games’ Really a ‘Battle Royale’ Knock-Off?
When I was first told about ‘The Hunger Games‘, I had the same reaction everyone else who reads Japanese science-fiction had, which is “Gee, this sure sounds like Battle Royale”. I then preceded to grumble a lot about how un-well read people are because... -
New Featurette For ‘The Host’
Stephanie Meyer has become synonymous as the writer of supernatural teenage romance novels with her ‘Twilight Saga’ novels. Back in the same year that ‘Breaking Dawn’ was published, Meyer delved into the science fiction genre and wrote an adult romance novel involving... -
First Image and Concept Art For Post-Apocalyptic Film ‘Snowpiercer’
The first image and some concept art from Korean director Boon Joon-ho’s first English language feature film, ‘Snowpiercer’ has arrived online and we have it here for you to see! The film is based on the French graphic novel ‘Le Transperceniege’ and is set in a dystopian... -
CW Cans ‘Battle Royale’ TV Show
When ‘The Hunger Games’ rose in popularity, everybody wanted a piece of the action. Every network and studio wanted their own property to recreate the success of the book series and film, so they started to scoop up every young adult dystopian society property they could... -
’10 Billion Days And 100 Billion Nights’ – A Strange Take On Religion With A Sci-Fi Twist
It’s touted as the greatest Japanese science fiction novel of all time with its glow-in-the dark cover, and I’d like to be able to agree, or for that matter, disagree with that fact. However, my knowledge of Japanese science fiction tends to be limited to anime, and I don’t... -
For Those Who Seek the Gold of Time: A Review of Kawamata Chiaki’s “Death Sentences”
Death Sentences was written by famed Japanese science fiction writer, Kawamata Chiaki, in 1984 and was translated in 2012 by Thomas Lamarre and Kazuko Y. Behrens. The story is a narrative that spans hundreds of years and even planets as it details the people literally haunted,... -
‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 3 Teaser Brought To You By The Three Eyed Raven
‘Game of Thrones’ is two months away but HBO has decided to tease fans with this rather obscure teaser for the series. There’s no footage of the new season in the video buy it does feature the menacing three-eyed raven from Bran Stark’s dreams. With the tune of ‘The... -
Images For ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ And Who You Won’t See In the Film
Hot on the heels of the first look of Katniss and Finnick comes more images from ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ courtesy of EW. Following the theme of first looks, the images below give a first look of Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch... -
New Extended TV Spot For ‘Beautiful Creatures’
There’s quite a few feature films based on YA novels which will soon be released that are hoping to fill the hole that has been left with the conclusion of ‘The Twilight Saga.’ One film that looks like it may have a chance of becoming the next big franchise is ‘Beautiful... -
Should A New Star Trek Television Series Follow Peter David’s Vision?
Because of the popularity of the new Star Trek movies, there has been much speculation about whether or not a new Star Trek series is in the works. There are whispers of Ronald D. Moore taking another crack at it (which is fine with me, as we are all well aware of my deep and... -
‘Beyond Hades: The Prometheus Wars Volume 1` – Book Review
Gods as aliens is a concept that has been explored many times in Science Fiction and one that has always been particular interesting when it comes to the idea of the Gods of ancient Egypt. It was such a great idea it spawned a movie turned television show you may have heard of...
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