Oct 28, 2005

Actor George Takei, who played helmsman and later Captain Sulu in the Star Trek TV series and six movies has publicly come out as a gay man. In interviews with the Associated Press and the Los Angeles-based Frontiers magazine he said his current role, playing a psychologist in a stage version of Equus helped him with the decision to make his private life...

Oct 26, 2005

According to New Scientist magazine, results of a global online poll show that Joss Whedon’s universe that was the setting for both the Firefly television series and the 2005 film Serenity is more loved than science fiction classics such as Dune, 2001 and Blade Runner. The poll lumps each work of science fiction together regardless of whether it was in...

Oct 26, 2005

After just having wrapped post production on the Sci Fi channel miniseries The Triangle (to air in Dec. 2005), Rockne O’Bannon (Farscape, Alien Nation) has begun casting his next series; one based on science fiction fandom. Named Cult, the new series is being made for The WB for the 2006-2007 season. O’Bannon says after Farscape, he was moved by the...

Oct 25, 2005

A new web site launched that may be of interest to role-playing fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover series of books. Called The Red Sun, the fan-crafted site launched over the weekend. The RPG uses a blend of in-character message board posts and fan fiction to build the player-generated storylines. The game is open to the public to create user...

Oct 25, 2005

Following are links to a few headlines SF has made in recent press: Jason Connery Plays Lead in SCI FI Channel’s Original Film, Stan Lee’s Lightspeed Press Release Stan Lee’s LightSpeed is an original film for Sci Fi Channel based on a new character. Jason Connery (Merlin , Robin of Sherwood) stars with Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar Man),...