Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter) The success of the Stargate franchise is impressive. It all began in 1994 with the Kurt Russell feature film Stargate, a movie that came out of nowhere and brought in some unexpectedly huge box office. The memory of that film was not quickly forgotten when in 1997 a [...]
Planet Jumpers: Moore Talks "Stargate Atlantis: Wraithfall"
June 21, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Harry Potter Book & Movie News
May 28, 2006 By 2 Comments
Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter) Casting news for the next Harry Potter movie: Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange will be played by Helena Bonham Carter as Helen McCrory who played her in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix would heavily pregnant when the movies gets filmed. Apple Brook will portray Magical Creatures [...]
Literary News From Locus Online
May 19, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Awards News Winners of the first Carl Brandon Society Awards are Walter Mosley and Susan Vaught. Mosley's novel 47 receives the society's "Parallax Award" for works of speculative fiction created by people of color; Vaught's YA novel Stormwitch receives the society's "Kindred Award" for works of speculative fiction dealing with issues of race and ethnicity. [...]
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
April 24, 2006 By 2 Comments
Submitted by: Cougar (SoSF Staff Reporter) DK Books, the recognized leader of Star Wars guide books has announced that they will be releasing "Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary" in October 2006. This massive edition will take the existing four dictionaries, combine them into one all encompassing volume, adding new material and expansion of past [...]
Court Finds Brown and Random Not Guilty
April 7, 2006 By 5 Comments
In a follow-up to the story we have been reporting concerning the court case brought against "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown, today a British court found him not guilty of plagiarizm. Two of the three authors of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" claimed that Brown had used their investigative approach from [...]
Rowling Preparing for Final Harry Potter Book
December 27, 2005 By 2 Comments
Source: Coming Soon Submitted by: Kyle Nin Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has updated her official website with a note saying that she's getting ready to write the seventh and final book in the popular series. "For 2006 will be the year when I write the final book in the Harry Potter series," she says. [...]
U.S.S. Titan Design Winner Announced
October 9, 2005 By 1 Comment
After receiving hundreds of entries, I'm pleased to announce the winner of the Starship Titan Design Contest: Sean Tourangeau of Colorado Springs, CO. Sean's combined score was highest in the categories of originality, execution, consistency with the U.S.S. Titan Concept Notes, and consistency with Star Trek's established Starfleet style.
Mike Sussman to Write ENTERPRISE Story in MIRROR UNIVERSE Books
October 3, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Pocket Books editor Margaret Clark announced that STAR TREK ENTERPRISE Producer Mike Sussman, will write the ENTERPRISE portion of the 2007 Mirror Universe series of books.
Shatner's New Book Delayed For One Year
September 23, 2005 By Leave a Comment
For those, like me, who have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Bill Shatner's part three of his latest "Captain's series" will have to be a little more patient. The publisher has announced that release of "Captain's Glory" has been postponed until September 2006. No details for the delay were forthgoing. As soon as we [...]
Serenity Novel Online
August 13, 2005 By 1 Comment
Submitted by: Nina Simon and Shuster have put the first chapter of the new Serenity novel online for public reading.
Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology
August 3, 2005 By 1 Comment
Source: Star Wars.com Submitted by: Cougar Inside The New Essential Chronology Finally, the missing pieces from Star Wars history are in place. Episode III completes the cinematic Star Wars saga, the details of the Clone Wars are known, and the events of the The New Jedi Order epic have reached their dramatic conclusion. Now readers [...]
Sci-Fi Writer Looks to Revitalize Slumping Genre
June 14, 2005 By Leave a Comment
With the success of the latest "Star Wars'' film at the box office, these would appear to be good times for science fiction.
But one sci-fi fanatic at the University of Kansas in Lawrence says the genre is on life support and needs to be rescued.
Free Dr. Who E-books
May 18, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Source: The Computer Crows Nest Submitted by: Nina The BBC are making some of their out-of-print Doctor Who novels available as free e-book downloads. They include titles such as The Dying Days by Lance Parkin (can the Eighth Doctor thwart an Ice Warrior invasion?), and Scales of Injustice by Gary Russell (the Silurians come up [...]
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