Tag: science fiction
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Hammer Complete by Howard Maxford
The Films, The Personnel, The Company There are a great many books about the much-loved Hammer Films, many of them very worthy, but if you only buy one, make it ‘Hammer Complete’, it really is Hammer Complete. Howard Maxford is a superb writer; his book is well researched, entertaining, and good-humoured. It’s also an invaluable…
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Conversations With Neil Gaiman
One of the most interesting pieces is a 1987 interview/article that Neil did with Alan Moore. Moore notes the shoddy deal given by UK comics to its creators where their work is bought outright meaning they get no money from reprints, merchandise, film and computer game adaptations, etc. A most unfair state of affairs. I…
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Space Sirens, Scientists and Princesses by Dean Conrad
Nowadays, women are rightly a central part of science fiction films, but it was not always so. In early science fiction films women were usually assistants, eye candy, or there to give the square-jawed male hero someone to save from the flying killer bots from the planet Zog! Compare, for example, Forbidden Planet (entertaining though…
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Uterine Derangement: with much respect to Vile Creature
In celebration of anti-oppressive queer vegan Canadian science-fiction metal It’s thanks to my Kill Eat Exploit the Weak co-host – Hellbound photographer/web guy Adam Wills – that I first heard Vile Creature. We both have an affinity for doomy music. We’re always on the lookout for cool new Canadian metal for our show on CFMU…
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Doctor Who: Myths & Legends
Epic Tales From Alien Worlds Written by Richard Dinnick Illustrated by Adrian Salmon It’s fair to say that Doctor Who is a magical thing, infinite and ever-changing (as I write this, we are soon to have our first lady Doctor Who, not our first lady Time Lord however – this was done as far back…
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Magma @ The Mod Club in Toronto, 20 August 2017
Sometimes progressive rock feels too limiting a label for an infinitely innovative collective credited with introducing unorthodox and challenging elements to music. One such act is cult legend Magma, formed in France in 1969 by the ambitious Christian Vander. Vander took Magma one step beyond other musicians at the time by creating his own language for…
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Usnea – Portals Into Futility
Portland post-doomsters Usnea are getting all literary on us with their second album, with a suggested reading list that includes Dune, The Handmaid’s Tale and Demon Haunted World. You’d certainly be able to polish off a few chapters in the time it takes to listen to Portals Into Futility, a five-track, 55-minute effort. The album…
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Darkwell takes on Metropolis with Moloch (2016)
Have a taste for gothic metal, science fiction and silent film? If so, you might want to check out the latest from Austria’s Darkwell. The album, entitled Moloch, looks back to Fritz Lang’s science fiction classic, Metropolis (1927) for inspiration. An early taste of the new material arrived last August with the video for lead…
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Book reviews: film & TV
Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen by Brain Taves (Published by University Press of Kentucky) It is fair to say that Jules Verne’s work is very cinematic and this finely written book certainly proves it. Verne’s work is full of adventure and in these dark times we need that more…
