Some Fans Getting Restless About "Terra Nova":
"Aliens" Film Cast Reunites (Video 1:52):
Interview With "Babylon 5's" Bruce Boxleitner:
Earth's First Space-age Crisis - 1971's "The Andromeda Strain" (Video 3:26)
Science Fiction Predictions That Came True:
Repeat That Please...It's Time To Think About Building Starships?!:
Brent Spiner Talks Current Projects, His Trek Days And More:
The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction Finally Launches Online:
NASA Working On Real-life "Asteroid Busters":
Physicists Say Discovery Was Not Supposed To Happen (Video 1:55):
Pardon Me While I Go In Deep Freeze For Awhile!:
Science Fiction Writers Have A Job To Do, Says Neal Stephenson:
http://io9.com/5846707/science-fiction-writers-have-a-job-and-its-time-to-do-it-says-neal-stephenson
OTHER NEWS
Sony has announced a new “Starship Troopers” movie yet it will not be any kind of prequel, remake, reboot or whatever."Starship Troopers: Invasion" will be a CGI sequel to the previous three flicks and better still, “Troopers” writer Ed Neumeier is executive producing, as is series star Casper Van Dien. The movie, said to be out Summer 2012, is currently in production in Japan.
Former "Stargate" writer Damian Kindler has been given the go-ahead for a pilot for a new television adaptation of "Universal Soldier", the 1992 sci-fi movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. There were a number of straight-to-DVD and theatrical sequels, most recently 2010′s "Universal Solder: Redemption". Also a fourth movie is in the works, titled "Universal Soldier: A New Dimension" which will be out in 2012.
Tom Cruise is feeling needed again by Hollywood. In fact his upcoming movie agenda is full for the near future despite his less-than-stellar domestic box office in recent years. Now the 49-year-old has four big studio movies hitting theaters in the next 18 months: "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocal", in December, the now-filming "One Shot" for Paramount, June's "Rock Of Ages" for New Line and the untitled Joseph Kosinski sci-fi epic for Universal. In addition Warner Bros.is talking to the actor for the lead in its big-budget sci-fi war pic "We Are Mortals", being directed by Doug Liman.
Remember how several weeks ago NASA said one of their satellites was falling back to Earth and it had a 1 in 3,200 chance of killing someone? Well guess what? There's another satellite set to fall soon. The German Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) has been defunct and floating around in space since 1999, and it's finally coming home. When? Well, for extra fun, this one's drop is even more vaguely timed than the drop of the UARS satellite. The German Aerospace Agency predicts ROSAT will fall sometime in "late October or early November."
The sci-fi world of "Avatar" is to be brought to life at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom starting in 2013. Disney boss Robert A Iger says that James Cameron shares our passion for creativity and technological innovation. Equally excited, Cameron said: "I'm chomping at the bit to start work with Disney's legendary Imagineers to bring our Avatar universe to life and give park-goers the chance to see, hear and touch it." The partnership could later see Avatar attractions built in other Disney parks worldwide.
BOOK REVIEWS
"In Other Worlds" - Margaret Atwood:http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/10/genre-in-the-mainstream-in-other-worlds-by-margaret-atwood
"Halo: Grasslands" - Karen Traviss:
http://www.warpzoned.com/?p=10363
"Necropolis" - Micheal Dempsey
http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2011/10/04/necropolis-by-michael-dempsey/
SCIFI NEWS QUOTE OF THE WEEK
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say " I want to see the manager" - William S. Burroughs
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