Writer and director Zalman King died February 3, aged 69, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Although he used his script credit on 9 1/2 Weeks to launch a successful career in movies and cable tv, King began as an … Continue reading
What’s featured at Profiles in History’s June 10-12 auction? Just everything dear to the heart of sf and fantasy movie fans. This is the place to seek the Holy Grail (from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Levar Burton’s “Geordi La … Continue reading
No explanation is required for the popularity of any post containing the talismanic names of the genre’s enfants terribles (whatever their age may be.) On the other hand, your guess is as good as mine about the extraordinary interest in … Continue reading
Here are 8 developments of interest to fans: (1) Morgan Holmes attended from the first Edmond Hamilton Day in Kinsman, Ohio on July 18, 2009: I learned quite a bit about the personalities of both Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett … Continue reading
By John King Tarpinian: California Artists Radio Theatre presented Ray Bradbury’s Leviathan ’99 on May 3 in honor of his friend’s 99th birthday, Norman Corwin. Leviathan ‘99 is Ray Bradbury’s version of Moby Dick … Continue reading
California Artists Radio Theatre (CART) will present a live performance of Ray Bradbury’s space tale Leviathan 99 on May 3 in tribute to Ray Bradbury and Norman Corwin. The occasion is Corwin’s 99th birthday, and both Bradbury and Corwin will … Continue reading
(1) WHO HOLDS THE RECORD? Scott Edelman notes that Lightspeed has published a new short story of his titled “A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West … Continue reading
(1) FATHER’S DAY AND THE NIMOY FAMILY. “I absolutely adored Spock. Loving Dad was much more complicated” – by Adam Nimoy in the Boston Globe. (I usually hit a paywall at the Globe, but I was able to push past … Continue reading
Corflu 36 FIAWOL (Rockville, Maryland, May 1-4, 2019) “They toiled over their crude mimeographs, turning out their magazines. These magazines have long since crumbled into dust, but who amongst us can ever forget the names? Grue and Hyphen; Amazing and … Continue reading
(1) NEW ZEPPELINS FOR OLD. After striking a gusher of controversy with its initial program plans, World Fantasy Con made a large number of changes. Jason Sanford reviewed the new offerings in “World Fantasy tries again with programming”, then concluded: … Continue reading