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Highlights

The Illustrated Jules Verne
Overthinking Ghostbusters: brilliant book that analyzes the movie in depth.
DP FICTION #55B: “Dear Parents, Your Child Is Not the Chosen One” by P.G. Galalis

2020

Peter Jackson Recounts Working With Ian Holm on Final Film Performance (21 June 2020)
Ian Holm, Shakespearean Actor Who Played Bilbo Baggins, Dies at 88 (19 June 2020)
Classic SF With Absolutely No Agenda Whatsoever… (13 May 2020)
James Bond actress Honor Blackman dies aged 94 (6 April 2020)
Doctor Who: The Unravelling Text (19 March 2020)
David Wise, writer of Emmy-winning Star Trek: The Animated Series episode, has died (4 March 2020)
The Mandalorian was shot on a holodeck-esque set with Unreal Engine, video shows (22 February 2020)
On Niche Audiences, Immersive Media, and Publishers’ Myopia (18 February 2020)
Ten Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About C.S. Lewis (January 2020)
A Celebration of Isaac Asimov (2 January 2020)

2019

Aron Eisenberg,who played Nog in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,' dies at age 50 (22 September 2019)
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, or name changes are nothing new in sf/f (28 August 2019)
Rutger Hauer Dead: ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star Was 75 (24 July 2019)
We have always been here, part 3 (23 May 2019)
The Golden Age Was More Diverse Than You Think (12 May 2019)
Filling up the gaps, or, why An Archive Of Our Own deserves that Hugo nomination (9 April 2019)
That’s not a plothole, or, Just because it isn’t like yours, that doesn’t mean it’s bad… (4 April 2019)
Rights Clearances & Amazing Stories (March 2019)
Betty Ballantine (1919-2019) (February 2019)

2016-2018

Hopepunk, explained: the storytelling trend that weaponizes optimism (27 December 2018)
Controlling the Spice, Part 1: Dune on Page and Screen (November 2018)
The First Film Version of Frankenstein, Newly Restored! (November 2018)
The Myth of the “No Conflict” Rule (1 November 2018)
Mary Shelley: Abandoned by Her Creator and Rejected by Society (25 January 2018)
Lord Dunsany On The Relationship Between SF and Fantasy (7 October 2017)
EXCLUSIVE: TrekMovie Talks to Nicholas Meyer About “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (6 December 2016)
Gene Roddenberry’s 1991 Humanist Interview (24 November 2016)
When Akira Kurosawa Watched Solaris with Andrei Tarkovsky: I Was "Very Happy to Find Myself Living on Earth” (November 2016)

2014-2015

The Star Wars social network (15 December 2015)
Andrei Tarkovsky, Solaris and Stalker: the making of (December 2014)
William Gibson: how I wrote Neuromancer (26 November 2014)
William Gibson and Neuromancer: the man who saw tomorrow (28 July 2014)
Who Owns SF? (July 2014)
Conversation with Jay Barnson (22 May 2014)
Little Zelda & Link Cosplay (28 April 2014)
TRON (1982) – The cult movie visual effects (17 April 2014)
Patrick Stewart Has An Awesome Response To Being 'Outed' As Gay By The Guardian (19 February 2014)
The Coruscant Tapestry: 30' long Star Wars cross-stitch (12 February 2014)

2013

The 18 Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2013 (27 December 2013)
HULK’S SCREENWRITING 101 EXCERPT: THE MYTH OF 3 ACT STRUCTURE (11 December 2013)
Science Fiction and Prophecy: Talking to Arthur C. Clarke (24 July 2013)
Film Crit Hulk Smash: THE AGE OF THE CONVOLUTED BLOCKBUSTER (12 June 2013)
The Man of Steel on the Small Screen: Superman's TV History (7 June 2013)
“You’re safe now.” Patrick Stewart Helps Star Trek Fan Deal with Domestic Violence (May 2013)
Best Warhammer 40K Costume Ever (21 April 2013)
Campbell’s Cream of Fantasy (30 January 2013)
The Day William Shatner Tweeted at an Astronaut (and the Astronaut Replied) (January 2013)

2012

‘Elfquest’ Fan-Filmmakers Officially Acquire The Comic’s TV/Film Rights (9 November 2012)
Aircraft Carriers in Space (28 September 2012)
Cory Doctorow: Why Science Fiction Movies Drive Me Nuts (September 2012)

2010

Tarkovsky Films Now Free Online (July 2010)
15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Trek (9 May 2010)

Representation

The Assassination of Professor X: The Destruction of Marvel’s Most Famous Disabled Character (7 April 2020)
Do Fantasy Writers Think Irish is Discount Elvish? (24 August 2019)
American Gods' Devery Jacobs Is a Queer Indigenous TV Star (18 June 2019)
Black Panther’s Right Thing (17 February 2018)
African Science Fiction and Literature (7 August 2016)

History

Science Fiction Was Around in Medieval Times – Here’s What it Looked Like (12 September 2018)
Bram Stoker’s Horror Classic is Steeped in the Anxieties of his Age (8 November 2017)
What scared H. P. Lovecraft (November 2013)

Science and tech

Canned Monkeys Don't Ship Well, the Remix Version (July 2018)
CONTRARY BRIN: Will we uplift other species to sapience? (September 2014)

Film

Worldbuilding

Wizards, Moomins and pirates: the magic and mystery of literary maps (22 September 2018)
Tolkien’s Map and the Perplexing River Systems of Middle-earth (10 October 2017)
Tolkien’s Map and The Messed Up Mountains of Middle-earth (1 August 2017)
The Charming And Not At All Horrifyingly Dystopian World Of 'Pokemon' (8 February 2013)