Tag Archives: Africa

Temeraire’s seventh outing brings him to another continent, and another conflict

Crucible of Gold is the seventh outing for Captain Laurence and his dragon Temeraire. They're still fighting the Napoleonic wars, but this time, they're doing it in a brand new empire, and it's just as absorbing as the previous volumes... Read more [...]

Eric Brown sells sf novel to Solaris

Eric Brown sold alternative alien invasion novel Serene Invasion to Jonathan Oliver at Solaris Books... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers for 2008

Variety has added up all the tickets sold to show us which movies made the most money in 2008, both in North America and worldwide. SF/F/H genre films own the top 10 at home, and only one non-genre film squeezed into the top 10 worldwide... Read more [...]

A review of Heroes’ “The Dying of the Light”

The writers may have burdened themselves with too many characters and too many plotlines, and might want to trim some back to get at the meat, which appears every now and again... Read more [...]

Director Sydney Pollack Dies

Director/producer/actor Sydney Pollack (1934-2008) won an Oscar for directing Out of Africa and had a few genre credits... Read more [...]

Cinematographer David Watkin Dies

British cinematography David Watkin (1925-2008) won an Academy Award for Out of Africa, worked on the Beatles' film Help!, and... Read more [...]

HebrewPunk mixes fantasy with Jewish mysticism

Lavie Tidhar's new collection brings together vampires, werewolves, golems, the Tzaddik... Read more [...]

Sound Engineer Peter Handford Dies

British sound engineer Peter Handford (1919-2007) won an Oscar for Out of Africa, and worked on Tales of the Unexpected,... Read more [...]

Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Doris Lessing became the oldest person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her work often takes on science fictional or fantastic themes to tell frequently autobiographical tales of her early life in Africa... Read more [...]

Samurai Heaven and Earth volume 2 coming in October

Dark Horse Comics will be releasing Samurai Heaven and Earth, the second collection, on 10 October. The story of eighteenth-century samurai Shiro chasing his kidnapped love across Europe and into Africa... Read more [...]

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