SF & Fantasy Conventions - February 2009 - SF/Fantasy Books
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and SuperHeroes in all media formats Life, The Universe & Everything: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction And Fantasy Guests of Honor: Pat Cadigan, Robert Rankin and Michael Marshall Smith [... more]
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Books Into Movies - Classic SF - SF/Fantasy Books
Many Science Fiction classics have been made into movies numerous times over. Here are a few of the most popular authors. In Nantes, France, Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828. His parents were seafarers, which influenced his writings ... [... more]
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Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea - SF/Fantasy Books
Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea Trilogy was originally written for young adults, but because of her writing style and the complex themes in the story, the novels also have a great appeal to adults. While there are adventures in the books, there is ... [... more]
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Books into Movies - Classic SF, part 2 - SF/Fantasy Books
His robot stories remain some of his most recognizable work. The 1999 movie Bicentennial Man is based on an Asimov story where a robot begins to display human characteristics. The story was originally written for an anthology celebrating the 1976 ... [... more]
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Books Into Movies - Classic SF, part 3 - SF/Fantasy Books
An alien race comes to Earth where they duplicate human victims who then die. They are indistinguishable from human except they show no emotions. The classic 1956 movie is famous for its allusion of paranoid McCarthyism. Both the 1956 version and ... [... more]
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Books into Movies - Kid's Fantasy - SF/Fantasy Books
Everyone knows that the Harry Potter movies are based on the popular JK Rowling fantasy novels, but here are a few fantasy movies based on books that you may have forgotten. In the award winning novel, Ella is granted the gift of obedience by a ... [... more]
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Books into Movies - Philip K Dick - SF/Fantasy Books
Philip K Dick was born December 16, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. The tragedies in his young life-- his twin sister died shortly after birth, and his parents divorced when he was 4-- often influenced his work. He first science fiction story was ... [... more]
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Books into Movies - Richard Matheson - SF/Fantasy Books
For many people, their earliest exposure to the world of science fiction and fantasy may have come from writer Richard Matheson. Even if you don't recognize his name you have undoubtedly seen his genre-defying work. Among his television credits ... [... more]
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Books Into Movies - Television Shows - SF/Fantasy Books
Many television shows used Science Fiction or Fantasy novels or short stories as their basis. Many excellent writers lent their skill to the Twilight Zone series. The show about a Steve Austin, a man rebuilt after a horrible plane crash, was ... [... more]
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Johnny Mnemonic
Neuromancer by William Gibson coined the term 'cyberspace' and is one of the forerunners of cyberpunk. In the novel, Case is a cyberspace cowboy, someone able to interface with the matrix and carry data. When he cheats an employer, he is infected ... [... more]
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Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks
As both Knights make their way on their respective tasks we see how people live in this new world through the viewpoint of street kid named Hawk, the leader of a group of street kids who call themselves the Ghosts. While many people live in huge ... [... more]
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