Archive for May, 2011
New exhibition at the British Library tries to make SF respectable – Fortean Times
Posted on 31. May, 2011 by admin.
New exhibition at the British Library tries to make SF respectable Fortean Times Science Fiction has an image problem. Its readers are ghettoised as strange men with beards; classic texts are dismissed as 'not proper literature'
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Film-maker’s stab at fame – South Wales Argus
Posted on 30. May, 2011 by admin.
Film-maker's stab at fame South Wales Argus The third year student has entered his first film, a dark comedy called Big Girl, into the Tromadance Film Festival in Albuquerque which screens horror and science fiction films in September. Big Girl, which was made for about £750, was filmed around ..
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Out Of This World Exhibition – The Doctor Who News Page
Posted on 28. May, 2011 by admin.
Out Of This World Exhibition The Doctor Who News Page Out Of This World is a new exhibition that has opened at the British Library in London, and explores science fiction in its many forms. The exhibition will trace the development of the genre from True History by Lucian of Samosata written in the 2nd … Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it – substance and ..
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Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it – substance and … – Culture24
Posted on 28. May, 2011 by admin.
Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it – substance and … Culture24 Categorised into themes, starting with a brief history of sci-fi, there are interviews with literary critics, sci-fi magazine editors and authors as well as cabinets filled with iconic novels and magazines which have excited the imaginations of kids …
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Derby Day – Financial Times
Posted on 27. May, 2011 by admin.
Derby Day Financial Times In the case of crime fiction , there is an additional factor. Science and technology have reduced realistic modern crime stories to forensic “procedurals”
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Review: Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice, Dancing Brick, Pulse Fringe … – East Anglian Daily Times
Posted on 27. May, 2011 by admin.
Review: Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice, Dancing Brick, Pulse Fringe … East Anglian Daily Times There were also flashes of humour in a play, still in its development stage, which is told through a mix of science fiction and real life testimony. The latter comes from the true story of the Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Krikalev, marooned in orbit, ..
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Edinburgh Writers’ Bloc confronts Mr Big Society – The Guardian
Posted on 27. May, 2011 by admin.
Edinburgh Writers' Bloc confronts Mr Big Society The Guardian It was launched almost ten years ago as the performance wing of the East Coast Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Writers' Group, which is still going strong. Writers' Bloc grew fast thanks to the hotbed of talent that is the Edinburgh literary scene, …
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Putting South African science fiction on the map – The Guardian (blog)
Posted on 26. May, 2011 by admin.
The Guardian (blog) Putting South African science fiction on the map The Guardian (blog) The previous weekend the novel was on the five-strong shortlist for the British Science Fiction Association awards, missing out to Ian McDonald's The Dervish House at the major genre gathering Eastercon in Birmingham. But the Arthur C Clarke award …
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ACTOR John Hurt CBE has been named winner of an Association Of Colleges’ Gold … – Grimsby Telegraph
Posted on 26. May, 2011 by admin.
ACTOR John Hurt CBE has been named winner of an Association Of Colleges' Gold … Grimsby Telegraph Lecturer Mr Tarttelin produced a series of paintings linked to the film 1984, based on George Orwell's science fiction novel, in which John played the lead role.
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Inside RL: Faster modern game may have lost something on the way – Yorkshire Evening Post
Posted on 26. May, 2011 by admin.
Yorkshire Evening Post Inside RL: Faster modern game may have lost something on the way Yorkshire Evening Post Live TV coverage was still in the future and video referees would have been science fiction .
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