Archive | December, 2005

Ursula

23. December 2005

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The quite wonderful wordsmith known as Ursula Le Guin was interviewed in the Guardian this week. Was she really born in 1929??? It seems hard to believe that when you read her books, the latest of which, Voices, will be one of the Book Picks in the next FPI managazine early next year. Ursula has [...]

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What the author says – Jeff VanderMeer

22. December 2005

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There are several new Science Fiction and Fantasy novels up on our new site this week, which you’ll see in the forthcoming third issue of the FPI magazine’s Book Picks section. Among those new titles are Black Juice, a collection by Margo Lanagan, one of the growing number of good Australian writers who UK publishers [...]

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Watchmen movie

21. December 2005

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The attempt to make a movie version of Moore and Gibbons’ masterwork has been stuck in development for years now, going through various potential directors (including Dan Aronofsky, who bowed out to complete the Fountain). Now it has jumped studios, from Paramount to Warner Brothers, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Considering Warner Bros is owned [...]

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Tennant speaks

21. December 2005

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David Tennant, who appeared on BBC Breakfast Time this morning, has been talking to the BBC website about taking on the mantle of the nation’s favourite Time Lord, the Doctor Who Christmas Special and the new season for 2006 which will feature the return of the Cybermen (long before the Borg assimilated anyone kids here [...]

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1985

20. December 2005

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Nope, it isn’t a belated sequel to Orwell’s 1984 but a new title by Marvel. In fact, as comic god Mark Millar told Glasgow’s Sunday Herald this weekend it will probably be the most expensive Marvel ever made. Why? Well, for starters it needs a cast of actors. And sets. Actors? Sets? Why, yes – [...]

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Louis

20. December 2005

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The lovely Sandra and John at Glasgow’s own Metaphrog have produced a lovely little two page special of Louis for the Big Issue’s Christmas special (the magazine sold by homeless vendors to help them back on their feet and off the street). Metaphrog have also posted the two page, colour strip up on their website [...]

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Banks on the Beeb

19. December 2005

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Top Scottish SF author, supporter of the nation’s single malt distilleries and noted man of letters, Iain M Banks kindly drops us a line to let us know that he will be making not one but two seperate appearances on the BBC very early in the New Year (no, he’s not going to be [...]

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Ghost Rider postponed

16. December 2005

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Sony has pulled the $120 million Ghost Rider movie with Nic Cage from the proposed summer 2006 slot due to a crowded release schedule for big summer movies, according to Variety. It now looks as if the film will not show in the US until February 2007. Poor old Nic – he’s struggled for years [...]

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The Aurealis Awards 2005 Shortlist

16. December 2005

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Marianne de Pierres, author of the excellent Parrish Plessis novels (the most recent of which, Crash Deluxe, is one of my picks in our Best of the Year feature) kindly drops me an email detailing the finalist shortlist nominees for the Aurealis Awards, the prestigious Australian literary awards for SF and speculative fiction (thanks Marianne!) [...]

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FPI #3

16. December 2005

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Matt Camp, our star editor of the FPI magazine has sent in a tantalising little glimpse of some of the goodies you can expect in the third issue, which is due out in January: Issue three is to be rather special thanks to a very rare and exclusive interview with the action figure giant Todd McFarlane. [...]

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Ghibli does Le Guin

14. December 2005

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Studio Ghibli have announced that their next animated feature (due in Japan next summer) will be Gedo Senki/ Gedo War History according to Ghibli Online. It is an adaptation of the first part of one of the most beloved of fantasy works, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of the wonderful Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea [...]

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Wtichblade bound for big screen

14. December 2005

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Top Cow’s Witchblade comic is set to make the leap to the big screen with not one but two films next year, being shot back to back in China. Top Cow Productions will be producing the films in association with IDG Films, Platinum Studios and Arclight Films, with financing now in place for both movies. [...]

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A Tale of Two Titans

14. December 2005

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Andrew Wilson kindly drops a line to let us know about the final meeting of the Edinburgh SF writers, scribes and general pen scratchers for 2005: You are cordially invited to join us at the Canon’s Gait basement on Thursday 15th December to witness a Mexican standoff of mythic proportions as Glaswegian literary gladiators prepare to [...]

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Eccleston in Asia

14. December 2005

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Following on from yesterday’s Doctor Who story on BBC Breakfast News, the former Doc, Christopher Eccleston, is making reports on the same show for the rest of the week on how people in Asia are coping with the aftermath of last December’s Tsunami. Eccleston should be live in the studio on Friday morning for an [...]

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Golden Globes

13. December 2005

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The nominees for the 2006 Golden Globes have been announced. The awards, generally seen by movie insiders as a good indicator of how the Academy will vote on Oscar night, are lacking in SF&F entries this year, alas. However Johnny Depp has a nomination for Best Performance By An Actor in a Musical or Comedy for [...]

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