I love a good ‘What makes a human, human?’ premise, so HBO already had my ticket with Westworld long before the first frame ever appeared in a trailer. And make no mistake: Despite the predilection of varmints, player pianos, and ye olde dialects, this is a story of science-fiction. So I expected the human “guests” to be morally bankrupt. I expected the robot “hosts” to be slowly waking up to the hell that is their existence. But what I didn’t expect is the creeping suspicion that not only is Westworld set in the future, it’s not even set on Earth. Warning: Spoilers And Speculation For Westworld Beyond This Point. In a way, the idea of setting Westworld off-planet shouldn’t be a surprise. Just look at it. The theme park itself is gargantuan, much of the land still virgin and untrod by guest or host. The map on...
- 10/3/2016
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
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Treat yourself to some science fiction reading, with a bunch of recommend reads from the 1970s...
So many types of science fiction exist, and British Sf writing in the 1970s was often in the business of inventing new types or manipulating the old ones into interesting directions. Astonishing visions were created that reflected back on a changing world where the growth of superpowers jostled with the economic hardships at home. Were we heading in the right direction, as a species? What did it mean to be human, anyway, caught in an explosion of scientific and technological advances?
Some writers gave us space-travelling escapism, and some gave us nightmare thrillers at home. Some gave us alien intelligences and some gave us human stupidities. From the foreseeable future to the end of the universe, here’s a look at eleven incredible British science fiction novels of the 1970s:
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Treat yourself to some science fiction reading, with a bunch of recommend reads from the 1970s...
So many types of science fiction exist, and British Sf writing in the 1970s was often in the business of inventing new types or manipulating the old ones into interesting directions. Astonishing visions were created that reflected back on a changing world where the growth of superpowers jostled with the economic hardships at home. Were we heading in the right direction, as a species? What did it mean to be human, anyway, caught in an explosion of scientific and technological advances?
Some writers gave us space-travelling escapism, and some gave us nightmare thrillers at home. Some gave us alien intelligences and some gave us human stupidities. From the foreseeable future to the end of the universe, here’s a look at eleven incredible British science fiction novels of the 1970s:
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- 6/23/2016
- Den of Geek
FEARnet is proud to present brand new fiction from Nightmare Magazine. Once a month, we'll be featuring a story from Nightmare’s current issue. This month's selection is “The Totals” by Adam-Troy Castro. Please tell us what you think and enjoy!
The Totals
Adam-Troy Castro
Clutch has killed somebody recently.
This goes without saying.
For as long as Clutch can remember, he has always killed somebody “recently.” If not within the last few hours, then certainly within the last few days. He may have gone as long as a couple of weeks without, from time to time, when circumstances conspired against him. But never as long as a month, no, not for living memory.
Of course, Clutch has never had much of a memory. All the events of his violent life pass before him like dream-images, fading into the past almost as soon as the screams people make...
The Totals
Adam-Troy Castro
Clutch has killed somebody recently.
This goes without saying.
For as long as Clutch can remember, he has always killed somebody “recently.” If not within the last few hours, then certainly within the last few days. He may have gone as long as a couple of weeks without, from time to time, when circumstances conspired against him. But never as long as a month, no, not for living memory.
Of course, Clutch has never had much of a memory. All the events of his violent life pass before him like dream-images, fading into the past almost as soon as the screams people make...
- 2/6/2014
- by FEARnet Staff
- FEARnet
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details for A Resurrection, details on a virtual trading card series called Closet Monsters, casting news for Dead Afterlife, a Q&A with Vigilante Diaries’ Christian Sesma, and much more:
A Resurrection Release Details: “Archstone Distribution announces the VOD, Digital Download and DVD release of A Resurrection from Writer/Director Matt Orlando (Barbershop). The film stars Mischa Barton (Fox’s “The Oc”), Devon Sawa (CW’s “Nikita”) Jonathan Michael Trautmann (96 Minutes) and the late Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile). A Resurrection will be available on VOD on July 23, 2013 and on DVD on August 6, 2013. It was released this week for Digital Download on all internet platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Xbox Video and Vudu. The announcement was made today by Archstone Distribution’s Brady Bowen.
A Resurrection...
A Resurrection Release Details: “Archstone Distribution announces the VOD, Digital Download and DVD release of A Resurrection from Writer/Director Matt Orlando (Barbershop). The film stars Mischa Barton (Fox’s “The Oc”), Devon Sawa (CW’s “Nikita”) Jonathan Michael Trautmann (96 Minutes) and the late Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile). A Resurrection will be available on VOD on July 23, 2013 and on DVD on August 6, 2013. It was released this week for Digital Download on all internet platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Xbox Video and Vudu. The announcement was made today by Archstone Distribution’s Brady Bowen.
A Resurrection...
- 7/14/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Fans of legendary authors H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury and Robert E. Howard are no doubt familiar with the classic genre magazine Weird Tales, which launched the writing careers of those and countless other literary legends. Founded in 1923, the magazine became an icon of the genre and inspired many of its readers to take up writing themselves – including a young Stephen King, whose first exposure to Weird Tales came from issues once owned by his father. The original publication closed up shop back in 1954, and despite many attempts to revive it, Weird Tales remained mostly dormant until 1988, when it resurfaced in a different format and style than the original. Ownership has changed hands recently to Publisher John Harlacher and Editor-in-Chief Marvin Kaye, who vowed to take the magazine back to its roots. The newly-relaunched Weird Tales began appropriately enough with a Lovecraft theme focusing on Hpl's “Old Ones,” with original stories...
- 7/11/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Editor: Stephen Jones.
Writers: Peter Atkins, Peter Crowther, Paul Finch, Christopher Fowler, Tim Lebbon, Paul McAuley, Kim Newman, John Llewellyn Probert, Mark Samuels, Pat Cadigan, Scott Edelman, Jo Fletcher, Robert hood, Tanith Lee, Lisa Morton, Sarah Pinborough, Jay Russell, Mandy Slater, and Michael Marshall Smith.
There seems to be a massive resurgence in everything zombie, or zombie-like nowadays. From books such as Craig Dilouie's The Infection, to film e.g. World War Z and even in digital games like "Dead Island," there is no shortage of undead material to get your rotten hands onto. Therefore, the zombie literature genre is a competitive market, one where the creme (cream) thankfully shambles to the top. This is the case with Stephen Jones' version of the coming zombocalypse. Released in paperback form December 7th, Zombie Apocalypse unites several horror fiction writers to believably tell tales of the undead. In no time, London falls,...
Writers: Peter Atkins, Peter Crowther, Paul Finch, Christopher Fowler, Tim Lebbon, Paul McAuley, Kim Newman, John Llewellyn Probert, Mark Samuels, Pat Cadigan, Scott Edelman, Jo Fletcher, Robert hood, Tanith Lee, Lisa Morton, Sarah Pinborough, Jay Russell, Mandy Slater, and Michael Marshall Smith.
There seems to be a massive resurgence in everything zombie, or zombie-like nowadays. From books such as Craig Dilouie's The Infection, to film e.g. World War Z and even in digital games like "Dead Island," there is no shortage of undead material to get your rotten hands onto. Therefore, the zombie literature genre is a competitive market, one where the creme (cream) thankfully shambles to the top. This is the case with Stephen Jones' version of the coming zombocalypse. Released in paperback form December 7th, Zombie Apocalypse unites several horror fiction writers to believably tell tales of the undead. In no time, London falls,...
- 6/11/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
By Tanith Lee (writing as and with Esther Garber and Judas Garbah).
Lethe Press
Disturbed by Her Song is a collection of short works by Tanith Lee; or as indicated in the title page, Tanith Lee writing as and with Esther Garber and Judas Garbah. Immediately we get the message that Tanith Lee means not merely to present us with fiction stories by one writer, but rather as different writers channeled through one person and presenting us with stories. It is what makes Tanith Lee not merely an excellent writer but also a consummate storyteller.
Although Tanith Lee is often described as a horror or dark fantasy writer a more apt description would be as an atmospheric writer. Good horror (or dark fantasy) is as dependent on atmosphere as it is on suspense. Tanith Lee never disappoints. Near beginning of the (my favorite) short “Death and the Maiden,” Lee writes,...
Lethe Press
Disturbed by Her Song is a collection of short works by Tanith Lee; or as indicated in the title page, Tanith Lee writing as and with Esther Garber and Judas Garbah. Immediately we get the message that Tanith Lee means not merely to present us with fiction stories by one writer, but rather as different writers channeled through one person and presenting us with stories. It is what makes Tanith Lee not merely an excellent writer but also a consummate storyteller.
Although Tanith Lee is often described as a horror or dark fantasy writer a more apt description would be as an atmospheric writer. Good horror (or dark fantasy) is as dependent on atmosphere as it is on suspense. Tanith Lee never disappoints. Near beginning of the (my favorite) short “Death and the Maiden,” Lee writes,...
- 2/16/2011
- by Gayle Grazen
- Planet Fury
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror is the latest horror anthology edited by career anthologist Ellen Datlow, whose hundreds of editing projects have spanned dozens of years. Her accolades include World Fantasy Awards (nine of them), Bram Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award, several Locus and Hugo Awards, and the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award given at the British Fantasy Convention for "outstanding contribution to the genre." Her editing work has brought numerous new authors to light and reinvented the careers of others. As a fan of Datlow since I picked up my first genre anthology, I’d always imagined that she had the best job in the world (I still think she does); reading new horror and fantasy stories every day, always with a purpose in mind. Darkness, out now, covers the last two decades of modern horror according to Datlow herself...
She could never pick...
She could never pick...
- 6/2/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
By Blood We Live is a massive anthology of vampire fiction clocking in at 500 pages and nearly a quarter of a million words. The book features stories by some of the top names in horror/fantasy literature including Stephen King, Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, Harry Turtledove, Tanith Lee, Brian Lumley, and more. However despite the star-power of the authors it fails to escape being labeled “uneven” as is the fate of so many anthologies with such a diverse group of authors.
Adams, who edited Night Shade’s “The Living Dead” has proven himself to be a capable anthologist and he presents many outstanding stories culled from over the past few decades (although most are fairly recent). Stephen King’s “One for the Road” is the oldest story in the collection, originally published in 1977 and collected in King’s “Night Shift”. It is a short side story to King’s vampire...
Adams, who edited Night Shade’s “The Living Dead” has proven himself to be a capable anthologist and he presents many outstanding stories culled from over the past few decades (although most are fairly recent). Stephen King’s “One for the Road” is the oldest story in the collection, originally published in 1977 and collected in King’s “Night Shift”. It is a short side story to King’s vampire...
- 9/20/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Tim Janson)
- Fangoria
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