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Sci Fi Author Peter Watts Arrested At US Border

The Star | Kristin Rushowy | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: University of Toronto, Canadian Border, Peter Watts, Us Border, Nebraska, Canada, Science Ficiton, Sci Fi, Books News

For author Peter Watts, life can be stranger than science fiction. Watts - who has written six books in the genre - was on his way back to Toronto Tu...

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A Hollywood Blockbuster Arrives

Bill Swadley | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: 20th Century Fox, Daily Variety, James Cameron, Avatar, Hollywood Reporter, Sci-Fi, Blockbuster, Los Angeles News
Bill Swadley

James Cameron's new film, Avatar, which just had its premiere in London last night, is about to take the world by storm.

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An Interview with William Sleator, YA Novelist

Nick Antosca | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Novels, Young Adult Books, William Sleator, Young Adult Literature, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Books News
Nick Antosca

Sleator was one of the very few "YA" authors I loved when I was young. Earlier this year, I read a bunch of them out of curiosity, and realized that they're really ingenious, elegantly constructed novellas.

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Big Apple Comic Con: Fanboys, Sci-Fi Geeks Attending Comic Book Convention This Weekend In New York

AP | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Comic Books, Big Apple Comic-Con, Comics Convention New York, Fanboys, William Shatner, Comic-Con, Sci-Fi, Hudson Pier, New York News

NEW YORK — A three-day love-in devoted to pop culture opened Friday with William Shatner unveiling his new comic book and fans geeking out on th...

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Looking For District 9

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aliens, Apartheid, Sci-Fi, Peter Jackson, District 9, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

District 9 is one of those movies that comes to the screen out of the blue with no name actors and no real appeal except in this case it is produced by Peter Jackson.

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Q&A: Sci-Fi Director Neill Blomkamp Describes Life in District 9 As No Picnic

Brad Balfour | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aliens, South Africa, District 9, Neill Blomkamp, Sci-Fi, Peter Jackson, G.I. Joe:the Rise of Cobra, Lord of the Rings, Afrikaans, Ghetto, Johannesburg, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

"I felt like half of my mind wanted to make some serious film about these topics and the other half wanted to make a bloody genre film, "said Blomkamp. "And then I thought maybe I'll be able to do both."

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District 9

Will Menaker | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Slate.com, District 9, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Sharlto Copley, Daniel Engber, Eileen Jones, Movies, South Africa, Entertainment News
Will Menaker

Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience may have been the smartest movie I've seen this year, but Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is definitely the most fun.

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ReThink Review: District 9 -- Earthlings Aren't Easy

Jonathan Kim | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, South Africa, Rethink Reviews, Neill Blomkamp, District 9, Jonathan Kim, Film Critic, Immigration, Apartheid, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Movie Critic, Refugees, Movies, Johannesburg, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

My ReThink Review of Neill Blomkamp's excellent film, District 9, and why its creativity and social/political commentary make it a modern classic.

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Y O Y the Syfy Channel?

Patt Morrison | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Syfy, Sci Fi Channel, Sci-Fi, SyFy Channel, Media News
Patt Morrison

Do the network honchos think this is the next, hip iteration of the texting-literate generation? Or that we R 2 dum 2 no betr?

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Q&A: Actor Geena Davis Got an Oscar and Now Makes Accidents Happen

Brad Balfour | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscars, Tribeca Film Festival, Geena Davis, Australia, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Accidents Happen, The Accidental Tourist, Beetle Juice, Mackenzie Allen, The Fly, Television Series, David Cronenberg, A League of Their Own, First Female President, Commander in Chief, Thelma and Louise, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Sci-Fi, Cutthroat Island, Tootsie, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Davis's startling and starring reappearance makes for a snappy and sharp-witted comeback. She plays the maternal head of a decidedly distraught and traumatized suburban family.

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Mapping Your Life's Journey

Daniel Lubetzky | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Blackberry, Iphone, Coincidences, Maps, Gps, Networking, Business, Best-Iphone-Applications, Science-Fiction, iPhone Applications, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, iPhone Apps, Communication, The Future, Business News
Daniel Lubetzky

Your iPhone or Blackberry could have an application that every 5 minutes or every hour or every day could store your GPS location at that particular time.

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Battlestar Galactica Finale DVR Alert!

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Katee Sackhof, Series Finale, Jamie Bamber, Battlestar Galactica, Tricia Helfer, Finale Battlestar Galactica, SyFy Channel, Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica Finale, Battlestar-Galactica, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Gaius, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Warning! SyFy (yes, that's how they spell their name now) has just announced that the series finale is not 2 hours long. It's two hours and eleven minutes long!

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Syfy Channel: Sci Fi "Imagines Greater," Rebrands

New York Times | Stuart Elliott | Posted 04.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Sci Fi, SciFi Channel, Scifi, SyFy Channel, Sci Fi Channel, SyFy, Media News

FOR years, television viewers, journalists who write about TV and services that compile listings have wondered how to refer to a certain cable network...

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An Interview with the Final Cylon Kate Vernon

Jenna Busch | Posted 03.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Final Cylon, Kate Vernon, Sci Fi, Frak, Ron Moore, Ellen Tigh, Saul Tigh, Cylon, Battlestar Galactica, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

On Battlestar Galactica, Kate Vernon plays Ellen Tigh, wife of Colonel Saul Tigh. Ellen has always been a wild card, seducing the crew, sleeping with cylons to get info and save her husband.

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Greening Hollywood: "Globalization on Acid" Is Sleep Dealer's Theme

Paige Donner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Environment, Darren Aronofsky, Moving Image Film Festival, Sleep Dealer, Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, Bioneers Conference, Globalization, Alex Rivera, Technology, Third World, Sci-Fi, Drones, Nodes, Privatization of Water, Global South, South, The Future, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

"When you look at the future from the POV of the South, labor, migration, border security...all these issues, including privatization of water, waterworks, aqua terrorism loom large."

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The Frakking Nukes

Daniel Holloway | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Australia, Battlestar Galactica, John McCain, Nuclear Weapons, Sci-Fi, George W. Bush, Charlton Heston, Sam Nunn, Entertainment News, Planet of the Apes, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
Daniel Holloway

But one of the reasons Battlestar works so well is that humanity's demise is rooted in its Alfred E. Neuman-esque attitude toward the machines of war.

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