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Top 10 Genre Movies: 17 Again debuts in top spot

Teen heart-throb Zac Efron’s latest film, the light fantasy comedy 17 Again pulled in enough teen greenbacks to finish in the top spot in this past weekend’s box office. . It brought in more than $24 million in ticket sales in its debut- weekend – almost more than the next two top-grossing films combined.
The only [...]

Review: Scab

Review: Scab

Not for the faint of heart – or the easily offended. It is full of gore, violence, seedy graphic sex (both heterosexual and homosexual) and language that would make a sailor blush.

Pseudonyms

Pseudonyms of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Authors
Compiled and Edited
by
Jon D. Swartz
N3F Historian
 
While not as prevalent today as in the past, science fiction, fantasy, and horror (SF/F/H) authors continue to use pseudonyms (pen names). Reasons for this practice include the following: 1) Publishers of prolific authors want to avoid flooding the market with many books by the [...]

Review of Reviews: Critics hate new 'Day the Earth Stood Still'

Review of Reviews: Critics hate new ‘Day the Earth Stood Still’

What do you get when you re-make a classic landmark of science fiction film history like the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still?

Better yet, throw in box-office favorite Keanu Reeves as the alien with the warning to humanity and replace the cold war message with one dealing with today’s obsession about environmental catastrophe.

MZB’s Sword & Sorceress Cover Contest #23 now open

Norilana Books is looking for a photo image of a warrior-like woman
with a sword or other old-fashioned weapon, striking a martial arts
pose, and dressed in an appropriate fantasy outfit (pre-industrial) to
be used as part of a design for the cover of the upcoming volume of
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress classic anthology series.

Exalted and Gentle Claw, Before. . . After. . .

My husband runs a game called Exalted. It’s a great role playing game and in many ways is a story of tragedy. You have the power of gods but all the exalted have been cursed. The Great Curse over time changes your greatest virtues and twists them into something else.
So, Kenlon is a fabulous Game [...]