Rumor has it that the Hobbit will be released in 3 parts rather than the planned 2. Is this an attempt to make more money and will the second movie be one big riddle sequence between Bilbo and Gollum?
People often think that science fiction and fantasy have no place in Catholicism or vice versa. However, they can mutually exist and there are even Catholic science fiction authors.
Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and the Martian Chronicles, turns 89. Here is a nice article about his life.
Remember when Locus changed the rules during mid-stream during last year’s voting for the Locus awards? Well, it appears things have come home to roost. This year, there were only 662 valid ballots, down significantly from 1,012 last year. I imagine there was a lot of frustration over their changing the game [...]
Here we go again. The Tolkien estate and his son and daughter are suing to halt production of “The Hobbit.” Apparently they are owed $220 million (their assertion) and want the money and the rights returned to the Tolkien Estate. I can’t imagine the the $3 billion dollars the other LOTR movies [...]
First they had it, then they didn’t. Apparently when people bought Orwell’s 1984, they didn’t read the fine print. Amazon played a little big brother and remotely deleted the book from users’ Kindle’s when they were unable to settle the rights issues. Full Story
Locus Magazine is the standard bearer when it comes to genre related news. Charles Brown co-founded, edited and published Locus for years back when it was pretty uncool to do so. He passed away this past week.
There is rumors and retractions and more rumors and retractions with pictures which are old but claim to be new….. Filming was to begin this week on Voyage of the Dawn Treader but rumors abound that it may or may not be. Follow it here.
There is lots of news about one of my favorite games to come out this year. When you pre-order through Gamestop, you will get a playable character, Juggernaut. Check it.
First place and winner of €1,000:
Twinkle Twinkle – Colin Henchley
Second place and winner of €200:
Aegis – D.T. Neal
Third place and winner of €100:
The Better To See You With – Allison Francisco
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