William Shatner and Denis Villeneuve have been named Officers of the Order of Canada. Both celebrities came from Montreal and are perhaps the most recognizable names among the 125 or so honored this year. (Here is the complete list.) Shatner, … Continue reading
By James H. Burns: William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy competed in this episode of $20,000 Pyramid, available on YouTube. What’s also interesting, is that if the late September, 1977 broadcast date is correct, this would have been taped when Shatner … Continue reading
William Shatner’s one-man show will be screened in cinemas nationwide on April 24. Shatner’s World, the critically acclaimed one-man show, takes audiences on an exhilarating behind-the-scenes voyage through his storied life and career. With an energetic mix of personal anecdotes, … Continue reading
By James H. Burns: Seeing your story about William Shatner and Adam West at the Salt Lake Comic Con spurred me to remember that this was actually a REUNION. In the early 1960s, Shatner starred in a pilot for a … Continue reading
The Wordnik Word of the day for Friday, March 22 is “Shatneresque.” It means, “In the style of William Shatner, particularly in overacting or singing.” Sam Long comments, “Poor ol’ Bill: now he’s an adjective.” And not a very flattering … Continue reading
William Shatner’s franchise characters always have a good, long run. He played Captain Kirk in four different decades before Kirk’s heroic demise in Star Trek Generations. Now Shatner’s Priceline Negotiator has suffered a fiery ending to what proved a literal … Continue reading
(1) NO, NO, NOT ROGOV! Annalee Newitz calls Paul Linebarger (aka Cordwainer Smith) “The Sci-Fi Writer Who Invented Conspiracy Theory” in The Atlantic. …Linebarger, who died of a heart attack in 1966 at age 53, could not have predicted that … Continue reading
(1) MOOGS, WOULD YOU BUY IT FOR A QUARTER? “Nobody Wants to Buy The Future: Why Science Fiction Literature is Vanishing” — according to Simon MacNeil at Typebar Magazine. A recent Washington Post article indicated that only 12% of the reading … Continue reading
(1) THE THOUGHT PANZER PROBLEM. [Item by Doctor Science.] “Netflix blockbuster ‘3 Body Problem’ divides opinion and sparks nationalist anger in China” reports CNN. A Netflix adaptation of wildly popular Chinese sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” has split opinions in China … Continue reading
(1) NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH SF HAD ITS MONTHLY MEET. [Item by SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie.] No big deal in itself but the meet saw Nicki receive a copy of her father’s collected fan writings: A Vince Clarke Treasury. Vince, of course, being … Continue reading