January 23, 2009 – 1:20 pm
You may not know this but the United States of America has a new President. That’s right. His name is Barack Obama and he is now the most powerful human in the universe after taking over from that most famous of fools and thieves George W. Bush. Unlike Bush he seems to be a decent […]
By Nelson Galaxy
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Posted in Culture
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Batman, George W. Bush, Green Lantern, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, John McCain, Leonard Nimoy, Newsweek, President of the United States, SFX, Spider-Man, Spock, Star Trek, Superman, Tapes ‘n Tapes
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October 15, 2008 – 2:08 pm
I was very happy to learn that Ridley Scott is to make his return to science fiction cinema with an adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s novel The Forever War. Scott was supposed to make this film immediately after Alien and then after Blade Runner but rights problems prevented this. Fox 2000 has now acquired the rights […]
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Posted in Books, Film
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Also tagged Alien, Blade Runner, Books, Film, Joe Haldeman, Ridley Scott, The Forever War, The Odyssey, Variety, Vietnam War, William Mandella
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October 14, 2008 – 1:10 pm
Pip and I made an impromptu visit to the Tate Modern on Bankside. We were both intrigued by the latest art installation to fill the Turbine Hall. French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s ‘TH.2058′ consists of two hundred yellow and blue bunk bed frames. There are giant animal sculptures tacked on for good measure, including the spider […]
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Posted in Art, Books, Culture, London, Pip
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Also tagged Art, Bankside, Books, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, HG Wells, JG Ballard, London, Philip K. Dick, Pip, Tate Modern, TH.2058, The Drowned World, The Man in the High Castle, The War of the Worlds, Turbine Hall
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I was rather sad to hear of the passing of author and scientific visionary Arthur C. Clarke. The Somerset born writer, inventor and futurist has passed away, aged ninety, in his Sri Lankan home. He is most famous for the novel ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. I’d say Kubrick’s film of the novel is my favourite […]