Personal, often controversial, glimpses of the real world of science fiction by some of its most prominent citizens.\nThe book presents a rare opportunity for the reader of science fiction to share in the creative process with nine highly original and creative writers: Philip Jos Farmer emphasizes...
winner, Tade Thompson, who is stepping away from science fiction withJackdaw,a darkly comic story about a psychiatrist who becomes obsessed with the British painter Francis Bacon. Written in feverish, free associative prose, it’s attracted praise from writers includingWill Macleanand Paul Tremblay....
His film work in the '70s varied from starring roles ("The Man," "Claudine"), to ensemble works and supporting characters ("The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings," "The Greatest," "Jesus of Nazareth"). But his least visible job – a voiceover for a science-fiction film ...
traveled as a self-described "barefoot colonial" from his rural childhood in Trinidad to an Oxford education in England, and would be hailed as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Naipaul
who love those books that fall into the science fiction–literary fiction intersection on the publishing Venn diagram. There’s alsoCompanion Pieceby the great Ali Smith to look forward to, her follow-up to her beloved Seasonal Quartet, andJulian Barnes‘Elizabeth Finch, a portrait of an intelle...
he played captain sheridan, william shatner's boss, on the abc action cop drama t.j. hooker. the boston native also made a name for himself in the world of science fiction by portraying supreme commander john in the 1983 nbc miniseries v and its sequel a year later; the klingon l'kor...
Doctor Who writer and script editorTerrance Dickswrote for the long-running TV science fiction series from 1968 to 1983, for the second, third and fourth Doctors; played by Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker. Starting off as an assistant script editor, he was promote...
are decidedly hostile – this volume includes lots of big reveals about how we went from one future to the other. “So long as there are writers like Hamilton who can blend the core and eternal human bits with the ultrahuman visionary stuff, science fiction will flourish.” [Paul di ...
in 1973. the guitarist was forced to retire in 2014 from the band as a result of his illness. he and angus had been credited as co-writers on every ac/dc song, beginning with their debut album high voltage in 1975 through 2014's rock or bust . he last performed with ac/dc in 2010...
"The whole thing about the lunar trip was, every part of it was more amazing and more science-fiction than I imagined it to be," Bean later said. "The view of the Earth looking back from space, I knew what it was going to look like. But when I actually got there and looked back...