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CJ Cherryh has been in front of a great many themes now commonplace at ComicCon and elsewhere. Readers and fans have acknowledged her chops by voting her three Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards, and fistfuls of other accolades over an illustrious thirty-year career. Her worlds of the imagination range from deep space to the Russian… [Continue Reading]
Last year Barnes & Noble commissioned Eisner Award-winning comics illustrator Thomas Yeates to illustrate its new edition of the first three Mars tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The handsome new volume, John Carter of Mars, contains A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, and The Warlord of Mars, which together comprise a trilogy recounting… [Continue Reading]
Once again, the Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale, CA, was the place to be for genre gold, this time for the launch party and signing for the new horror anthology, The Bleeding Edge. Published by Cycatrix Press, this collection of 19 tales by modern masters of the macabre, edited by Jason V Brock and… [Continue Reading]
Like Stanley G. Weinbaum, Henry Kuttner, Stan Winston and Dave Allen, Dan O’Bannon left our planet much too soon, leaving behind a world of saddened friends and fans. The sadness doesn’t linger, though, for Dan was a very funny man, and much beloved by those who knew him. On February 9th, 2010, the New Beverly… [Continue Reading]
Like Stanley G. Weinbaum, Henry Kuttner, Stan Winston and Dave Allen, Dan O’Bannon left our planet much too soon, leaving behind a world of saddened friends and fans. The sadness doesn’t linger, though, for Dan was a very funny man, and much beloved by those who knew him. On February 9th, 2010, the New Beverly… [Continue Reading]
Once again our witty friends over at www.io9.com have blistered our minds with verbal love. This time Charlie Jane Anders skewers that ripe old chestnut, The Portentous Explanatory Voiceover At The Beginning Of The Film. Our fangs to Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders for permission to reprint this hoot. Additional reporting by Alexis Brown…. [Continue Reading]
“The Near Future…As It Used To Be” What if the world of today, the early 21st Century, looked the way our predecessors thought it would, back in 1949? What if Mars were the world imagined by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury and Robert Heinlein? And what if America’s most fun and famous couple flew to… [Continue Reading]
Jim Aupperle (pronounced “Aw-pearl”) is one of the most respected technical artists of his generation; he’s made the crucial task of lighting visual-effects shots his specialty. Jim has worked with the best, and he successfully made the transition from traditional techniques to CGI some years back. He regularly contributes to online forums about the field… [Continue Reading]
“Ray Bradbury’s Wisdom 2116″ at the Fremont Center Theater In bardic lore the hazelnut symbolized the quintessence of wisdom – a perdurable packet of superior nourishment, sweet and richly flavored, which requires perseverance to enjoy but is much worth the effort. In several Celtic teaching tales immortal salmon swim in sacred pools, above which lean… [Continue Reading]
We here at Famous Monsters really dig www.io9.com, and we think you should, too. If you’re wondering where all the good writers and journalists went, io9.com is a good place to start. Lauren Davis’ recent essay. “Why Great Horror Is Heartbreaking“, approaches Lovecraft’s “Supernatural Horror in Literature” and Chandler’s “The Simple Art Of Murder” as… [Continue Reading]
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