The magnificent “Letters of Note” blog came up with this small piece of science fiction history recently: Letters from Philip K. Dick to the FBI in 1972, detailing what he believed was a secret plot by neo-Nazis to insert secret messages into science fiction novels. Some choice excerpts:
[S]everal months ago I was approached by an
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Otakon is one of the largest anime/cosplay conventions held annually on the East Coast. Time.com’s Joseph Chi Lin photographs some of the best cosplays from Otakon 2010’s Hall Costume Contest and Masquerade.
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Dinosaurs are the new glee clubs. Or, at least, that seems to be the hope for Fox, who plan to give Steven Spielberg’s new show Terra Nova the pre-summer preview treatment that helped build buzz for Glee last year. The network has announced that the pilot of Terra Nova – in which Life on Mars‘ Jason O’Mara stars as the head of a family …
Hundreds of comics creators were showing off their work at Comic-Con International. We caught up with a handful of them to talk about their small-press projects, both new and still-in-the-works. In order of appearance: Meredith Gran (Octopus Pie), Cecil Castellucci (Odd Duck), Jacen Burrows (Neonomicon), Thomas Zahler (Love and Capes), …
DirecTV subscribers, I envy you. Moreso this year than in previous years. Not only can you get the NFL Sunday Ticket package, which grants you access to live coverage of almost every NFL game, but this year you’ll also get all the extra stuff you had to pay an additional $99 for in previous years.
DirecTV is now offering its $300 NFL …
With E3, Comic-Con and a handful of other events it’s been difficult to post Jedi In Training updates but a layover at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport gave me plenty of time to finish Zahn’s Heir to the Empire and begin Dark Force Rising.
The beauty of Zahn’s work, so far as I can tell, is his pacing. I hate to read …
In 2000, producer Jeff Kurr traveled to South Africa hoping to be the first to capture the incredible hunting techniques of the great white sharks that inhabit the coast. To feed on seals, the sharks have the self-taught ability to breach the water’s surface. Going airborne, the 2000-pound hunters grab their prey while lifting their …
Coming to a comic shop near you, here are your new comics for this week. No magazines, no trades or children’s books here, no sir. No statues or t-shirts or lunch boxes. Just comics. Floppy four dollar fantasies just waiting for you to escape into. As always the ♠’s denote my projected pull list. Be sure to come back later this week …
Monday, you are a jerk. The jerkiest of all days. You’re only welcome September through December thanks to Monday Night Football and various three-day weekends upon which yours is the day off.
Here are some handpicked gadget deals to help get you through your Monday. The theme today seems to be refurbished pocket camcorders, …
And here I thought Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was the only one celebrating an anniversary this year.
The Goonies turns 25 this year and Warner Bros. is set to release a collector’s edition that even One-Eyed Willie would pillage and plunder for. The $28 set includes a board game, reprints of a 1985 souvenir magazine and a …
I expect this debate to rage for some time. So let me cut to the chase, with any pretense of an answer: Is Empire Strikes Back the best Star Wars film?
Sure, it’s a thought that we casually consider when discussing George Lucas’ canon, or when discussing the best sequels of all time. Or discussing just why Star Wars started to veer …
There may be a quicker resolution to the question of whether Comic-Con International will leave San Diego than most expected; in a post-con interview with Comic Book Resources, CCI Director of Marketing and Public Relations David Glanzer said that the organization was looking to make a decision about the con’s future home much sooner than …
