Fantasy and science fiction author Stephen Hunt (and Guest Literary Editor of SCI FI UK) brings his weekly round-up of all that is new from the genre world of SCI FI.
Second Watchmen trailer
Reach for your popcorn, people. Here's the second trailer for the Watchmen movie - based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, with Dave Gibbons on art.
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Sanctuary, Sanctuary
The US SCIFI Channel has given the nod to production on a second season of Sanctuary, their new fantasy horror TV series, ordering 13 new hours. Think One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest crossed with Buffy, and you have the basic concept for this fun series.
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Science fiction novel Brasyl in line for a prize
Northern Ireland sci-fi writer Ian McDonald has been nominated for the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing for his novel Brasyl, which explores a range of alternative reality past, future and present Brazils.
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The Court of the Air: Under the bridge
Stephen Hunt's first fantasy/sci-fi novel, The Court of the Air (US edition) gets a review from the very popular Books under the Bridge bloggers. And yes, they loved it.
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Uber-science fiction fan Forrest J Ackerman update
Forrest J Ackerman's close friend and caregiver, Joe Moe, has written in to give us an update on the world's greatest living sci-fi fan.
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Bryony makes a zombie
Bryony Makes A Zombie Movie tells the story of YouTube star Bryony Matthewman's attempts to pull together a user-generated zombie movie. Their efforts form the basis of the half-hour documentary, which is due to screen in the UK on BBC Three at 11.45pm on Sunday 16th November 2008.
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2012 trailer
The first online trailer for 2012, Roland - Independence Day - Emmerich's upcoming post-apocalyptic science fiction movie for Columbia Pictures with a cast that numbers John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Woody Harrelson among its stars.
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Universal to work with Dark Horse
Universal Pictures and Dark Horse Entertainment have just done a major deal to set-up a movie studio for all of Dark Horse's fantasy, superhero, horror and sci-fi comics-books going forward.
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The Clan Corporate
Sci-fi author Charles Stross will be signing copies of The Clan Corporate, his new book in the Merchant Princes series, at Waterstone's West End, 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh on Thursday 11th December 2008 at 6pm.
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Fanboys
Trailer for a road-movie set in 1998, featuring a group of geeks planning to break into Skywalker Ranch and steal an early print of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, for one of their number dying of cancer who wants to catch the movie before his death. William Shatner blames George Lucas for the death of the Trek franchise, and vows to help them in their quest!
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Goodby, Mars Phoenix
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic landing site is not providing enough sunlight for the solar arrays to collect the power necessary to charge batteries that operate the lander's instruments.
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Crossover
Pyr, a science fiction and fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books, will publish Crossover: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel in the premium mass market paperback format. Premium mass-market paperbacks are taller than the traditional premium mass-market size, allowing for improved readability and cover image area.
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SFSFC awards their SMOFCon scholarship
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions has awarded a scholarship of $500 to Heather Stern to attend the SMOFCon science fiction convention-runners convention in Columbus OH this year over the weekend of December 5th-7th 2008.
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The Judging Eye
Following his Prince of Nothing trilogy, fantasy and sci-fi author R. Scott Bakker returns to the world of Eärwa with The Judging Eye.
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Stephen Hunt is the author of the Jackelian sequence of novels (The Court of the Air, The Kingdom Beyond the Waves, The Rise of the Iron Moon). He is published in the UK by HarperCollins alongside their other best-selling fantasy authors, JRR Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), and CS Lewis (Narnia). In the US, Tor publishes his novels. He can be found online at www.StephenHunt.net and www.SFcrowsnest.com
