Tag Archives: Opinion

Following the 50th anniversary of the good Doctor, top SF author Alastair Reynolds writes for SFX about his admiration for the show (opens in new tab) Alastair Reynolds is a scientist and science fiction author, famous for, among many others, his Revelation Space series of novels. In 2009 he signed …

The rise of “cli-fi” – author Kate Kelly discusses science fiction’s take on the environment Kate Kelly is a marine scientist who’s penned her first novel, Red Rock (opens in new tab) , based around climate change… with an extraterrestrial angle. The book is out on Thursday 12 September and …

(opens in new tab) Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters is an okay film. If you can forgive female characters so thinly characterised the actresses should be able to sue for sexual discrimination, the end-of-level bad guy finale and the shameless Harry Potter ripping-off, it’s a decent enough kids’ fantasy adventure. …

The Torchwood and Life On Mars author writes for SFX.co.uk about the joys and challenges of penning a steampunk western… Today we welcome writer Guy Adams to the site. He’s already an established author but he’s begun a new series for Solaris, called The Heaven’s Gate Chronicles, which are described …

(opens in new tab) You’ve probably heard the news about the Kickstarter project to get a Veronica Mars movie funded. In case you haven’t, here it is in a nutshell: Veronica Mars was a fun, clever little series about a high-school private investigator (Kristen Bell) which ran from 2004-7. The …

Rachel Hartman’s novel has been shortlisted for the 2012 Kitschies Golden Tentacle award. SFX ‘s Nic Clarke examines its chances And yet: despite all this, Hartman’s novel turns out to be one of the most elegant and absorbing fantasy debuts in some years. It fully deserves its place on the …

(opens in new tab) Right, I’m posting this RoboCop remake article under the Pure Golder tag for two reasons: 1) These images posted by Coming Soon were posted on Saturday and have been all round the ’net in the meantime, so it’s not exactly news 2) More importantly, I want …

BLOG The last episode of Eureka airs in the UK tonight after five successful years. SFX Editor-in-chief Dave Bradley explains what surviving shows should learn from it The series finale of (A Town Called) Eureka airs tonight in the UK. It was broadcast in the US on 16 July so …

(opens in new tab) The cancellation of Awake couldn’t have come at a worse time for its UK broadcaster Sky Atlantic. Only one episode of the show had aired over here when the news broke, and immediately I started seeing posts on various online forums to the effect of, “Well, …

Lee Harris gives the case for and against Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s attempt to create a modern fairy tale