Archive for September, 2009

This spectred isle… the spookiest spots in Britain revealed – Daily Mail

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by .

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Daily Mail This spectred isle… the spookiest spots in Britain revealed Daily Mail Mr Fanthorpe's work – published at www.lionel-fanthorpe.com – was commissioned to support the release of the science fiction series Fringe on DVD. ..

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Forensic experts probe novels – Aberdeen Press and Journal

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by .

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Forensic experts probe novels Aberdeen Press and Journal … event is designed to raise public understanding of the science which underpins forensic investigations, both in the real world and in crime fiction .

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Afghanistan: What Are These People Thinking? – The People’s Voice (blog)

Posted on 27. Sep, 2009 by .

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The People’s Voice (blog) Afghanistan: What Are These People Thinking? The People’s Voice (blog) That little piece of fiction went a-glimmering in June, when three Bundeswehr soldiers were killed near Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. ..

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Peter Ross: Spreading the word – Scotland on Sunday

Posted on 27. Sep, 2009 by .

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Peter Ross: Spreading the word Scotland on Sunday Most of these are on the Main Street but some are slightly tucked away: Ming Books, for instance, which has the largest stock of crime fiction in the UK, …

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Pop the question: The essential AZ of what makes a Pop artist – Independent

Posted on 27. Sep, 2009 by .

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Pop the question: The essential AZ of what makes a Pop artist Independent But science fiction was also pure fun, as in the figure of Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet, who first popped up, as it were, in a Pop Art context at …

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Talented engineers shuttle in the future – Essex Echo

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by .

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Talented engineers shuttle in the future Essex Echo THEY look like something out of science fiction , but they are in fact reality and could be coming to a town centre near you.

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Rereading: Robert Macfarlane on The Monkey Wrench Gang – guardian.co.uk

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by .

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guardian.co.uk Rereading: Robert Macfarlane on The Monkey Wrench Gang guardian.co.uk He tested out his conclusions in non- fiction in the bestselling and bracingly grumpy Desert Solitaire (1968), and then fictionally in The Monkey Wrench Gang …

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The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing edited by Richard Dawkins – guardian.co.uk

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by .

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guardian.co.uk The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing edited by Richard Dawkins guardian.co.uk The scientific view, in fact, can produce the kind of narrative perspective that few conventional fiction writers can manage. …

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A life in television – guardian.co.uk

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by .

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A life in television guardian.co.uk We did science fiction . In comedy we had Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and The Likely Lads.

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Special event celebrates the 30th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Alien – Coventry Telegraph

Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by .

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Special event celebrates the 30th anniversary of Ridley Scott's Alien Coventry Telegraph It was 1979 when the extraterrestrial horror classic first hatched and Sci-Fi London – the London international festival of science – fiction and fantastic …

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