Month: May 2014

  • SCIENCE FICTION OF THE THIRTIES edited by Damon Knight

    TITLE: SCIENCE FICTION OF THE THIRTIES EDITED BY: Damon Knight CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology PUBLISHER: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis/New York, 1975 FORMAT: Hardback, 1st Edition, 464 pages CONTENTS: Foreword by Damon Knight \”Out Around Rigel\” by Robert H. Wilson (1931) \”The Fifth-Dimension Catapult\” by Murray Leinster (1931) \”Into the Meteorite Orbit\” by Frank…

  • Sci-Fi Cinema (Part 1)

    I\’ve always loved all kinds of sci-fi cinema, starting with the \”silent\” movies, and going right up to the big-budget blockbusters of the modern era. It\’s hard to believe that\’s it\’s over a century since the very first sci-fi film was produced. When Georges Méliès unleashed Le Voyage dans la Lune upon the unsuspecting world…

  • Yet Another \”Sci-Fi Sunday\”

    Sundays at our house have become a favourite of mine in recent months, so much so that I\’ve taken to referring to the day as \”Sci-Fi Sunday\”. The reason for this is that the local UK television channels almost always air one or more sci-fi films in the late afternoon and evenings. Then, at night,…

  • Doctor Who: 50 Years in Space & Time (Part 10)

    Here\’s the next part of my look back at the Best of the Bunch from Doctor Who\’s 50th Anniversary: The November DVD release of Scream of the Shalka 10. Scream of the Shalka This November DVD release almost slipped by unnoticed in the midst of the 50th Anniversary celebrations, but is worth a place on…