by G.L. Breedon | Sep 8, 2011 | Film, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
I came across these on Youtube a while back and though they would be fun to share. The first two are competing lists of the 100 Sci-Fi film of all time and the third is a selection of the best sci-fi films of the last 100 years, wisely not ranked. They are fun lists....
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 1, 2011 | Film, History, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
Saw this on i09, but the Vimeo post seems to have been taken down. Hopefully the Youtube version will stay up for a bit longer. From the YouTube description: One of the Blade Runner Convention Reels featuring interviews with Ridley Scott, Syd Mead and Douglas Trumbull...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 30, 2011 | Art, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
I found a really fun site today via the Chicagoist. Artist Matthew Buchholz has created a series of alternate history images with a sci-fi twist. They’re great fun. As you can see.
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 26, 2011 | Books, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction, SF & Fantasy News
Great news today. SF Gateway will be publishing tons of great sci-fi classics as ebooks over the next few years. Whole back lists of authors whose work is currently out of print an unavailable. They are being published by Orion Books, the same folks who are bringing...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 25, 2011 | Retro-Nostalgia, Science
I came across this site the other day. Popular Science Magazine has partnered with Google to create a searchable archive of all their back issues. When I was a kid, about 12 I guess, I discovered a large box of my grandfather’s old Popular Science and Popular...
by G.L. Breedon | Jun 24, 2011 | Books, Retro-Nostalgia, Reviews, Science Fiction
My last post about Falling Skies and got me to thinking about alien invasion stories which led me to thinking about my favorite alien invasion story of all time, The War Against the Chtorr series by David Gerrold. Interestingly the series does exactly what I...
