Is George R.R. Martin’s New HBO Project Secretly About Rod Serling?
Because he doesn’t have enough to do, what with finishing The Winds of Winter and publicly defending his public appearance schedule, George…
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Throwback Thursday: Crazy/Sexy/Spock—Sonni Cooper on Her Vintage Star Trek Novel Black Fire
In the early ’90s, riding my bicycle to my local library in Mesa, Arizona yielded more than just good exercise.…
With Spielberg Directing, Ready Player One Is Poised to Become the Geek Movie to Rule Them All
Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is a veritable geek smorgasbord of a novel, a literary turducken stuffing homages to ’80s sci-fi and…
To Boldly Write… 6 Star Trek Actors Who Wrote for the Franchise
Since J.J. Abrams left the Star Trek universe for the Star Wars galaxy in 2013, the behind-the-scenes on the new…
All About A.I., Sprawling Future Histories, and Dino-Men: An Interview With Neal Asher
If you’ve read every single book by Neal Asher, you’re in luck: he’s got a new one. If you’ve yet to…
After Kingsman:The Secret Service, 5 Mark Millar Comics that Should Become Movies
This weekend, the tongue-in-cheek spy adventure Kingsman: The Secret Service releases, and will either prove Samuel L. Jackson is the best…
Chris Pratt, Indiana Jones, and the History of Heroic Typecasting
Casting rumors will never stop. Last week we pondered the women who might be cast in a standalone Star Wars movie. This week, we’re…
7 Essential Non-Fiction Books About Science Fiction & Fantasy
Once you’re deep into genre fandom, if you’re not careful, you can wind up spending more time reading about the…
Who’s That (Star Wars) Lady? We Break Down the Latest Casting Rumors
Even as we wait with baited breath for the second trailer for The Force Awakens, rumors have started to leak out…
Beyond 12 Monkeys: 6 Books With Scary Sci-Fi Pandemics
Today, the SyFy channel debuts its new series based on the 1995 science fiction puzzler 12 Monkeys. Widely considered part of…
5 Fantasy Epics Peter Jackson Should Tackle Now that The Hobbit is Over
After some riddles-in-the-dark, Cumberbatch-dragon-action, and a lot of meandering around, The Hobbit trilogy finally concluded with last month’s release of The…
D.C. Flexes Diversity Powers with New Power Girl
Unless you’re a diehard comic reader, the odds are good that if you know anything about D.C.’s Power Girl, it probably…
6 Time Travel Loops, Predestination Style
Today, the Ethan Hawke-starring time travel flick Predestination hits theaters. Like many time travel movies, it pays homage to the old-school Robert A. Heinlein…
Netflix’s Daredevil Continues Marvel’s Plans for World Domination
Yesterday, Marvel announced its first original Netflix series, Daredevil, will launch on April 10, which means all 13 episodes will…
Here’s Who Should Play the Baudelaires, the Snickets, and Count Olaf in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
This week, one of the best book series of all time received extremely fortunate news: A Series of Unfortunate Events,…
A Reading List for the New Season of Doctor Who
Overwhelmingly, fans of Doctor Who have strong opinions about Doctor Who. Do we love Peter Capaldi’s no-hugging grumpier Doctor, or…
Match Wits With Snicket! The Donald J. Sobol Legacy in File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
The latest book from fictional character and author Lemony Snicket is, according to itself, not a book at all, but…
Why is Jude Law the Quintessential Cinematic “Author” Character?
If you’ve seen Wes Anderson’s new super-meta comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel, you know that, in typical Anderson style, it…