Well, everybody else here is talking about Wonder Woman, so I guess it’s my turn. Caution: there may be S-p-o-i-l-e-r-s ahead! (Especially my sixth bullet, below.)
It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again. Gal Gadot is to Ww as Christopher Reeve was to Superman. Her portrayal of the Amazon leaves an indelible print upon the character; it’s as if Zeus did indeed exhale, not upon a figure of clay, but upon a two-dimensional comic book form drawn of pen and ink, allowing her to step off the flat page and into the three-dimensional world, granting her life and all the depth and breadth of humanity. Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor is not some ineffectual weenie who somehow got through basic training, nor is he some steroid-enhanced muscle-bound moose. Nor is he the male version of a 1950s Lois Lane, mooning after love. Nor is...
It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again. Gal Gadot is to Ww as Christopher Reeve was to Superman. Her portrayal of the Amazon leaves an indelible print upon the character; it’s as if Zeus did indeed exhale, not upon a figure of clay, but upon a two-dimensional comic book form drawn of pen and ink, allowing her to step off the flat page and into the three-dimensional world, granting her life and all the depth and breadth of humanity. Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor is not some ineffectual weenie who somehow got through basic training, nor is he some steroid-enhanced muscle-bound moose. Nor is he the male version of a 1950s Lois Lane, mooning after love. Nor is...
- 6/12/2017
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Elizabeth Sarnoff (Lost) and Patrick Macmanus (Marco Polo) have come on board to write and executive produce Darkover, a TV adaptation of Marion Zimmer Bradley's book series, which is in the works at Amazon Studios from Im Global Television. Launched in 1958, Darkover is a mix of fantasy and science fiction comprising 25-books which have been translated into 17 languages. Details of the TV series adaptation are sketchy, but it is described as an ambitious tale tracing the…...
- 5/5/2016
- Deadline TV
Amazon Studios has set up a TV series adaptation of Marion Zimmer Bradley's book series "Darkover".
The more than two dozen strong book series began in 1958 and blends fantasy and science fiction as it tells stories set on the exotic planet of Darkover.
Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley are set to executive produce and a writer is currently being sought to pen the adaptation.
Source: Deadline...
The more than two dozen strong book series began in 1958 and blends fantasy and science fiction as it tells stories set on the exotic planet of Darkover.
Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley are set to executive produce and a writer is currently being sought to pen the adaptation.
Source: Deadline...
- 11/5/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Darkover, a TV adaptation of Marion Zimmer Bradley's book series, has been set up at Amazon Studios, I have learned. Darkover was among the projects on the maiden development slate of Im Global Television, the TV arm of feature-film financing, production and sales company Im Global, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance Ada, co-founded by Stuart Ford and Mark Stern. Ilene Kahn Power (Traffic) and Elizabeth Stanley are set to executive produce the Darkover TV…...
- 11/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Eli Shibley has joined Im Global Television as President of International Distribution and Co-Productions, the company’s founders Stuart Ford and Mark Stern announced Monday. Shibley will oversee acquisitions of third-party scripted and unscripted projects from the U.S. and the U.K., as well as encouraging strategic partnerships between content creators and key buyers. Upcoming projects from Im Global Television include Kurt Vonnegut‘s “Cat’s Cradle,” an adaptation of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s book series “Darkover” and “Den of Thieves,” a noir-ish crime drama starring Carla Gugino (“Wayward Pines”), written by Sebastian Gutierrez (“Gothika”) and executive-produced by Trigger...
- 7/13/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
"This Is Genius!" tweeted Whit Stillman the other day. He's referring to Margaret C. Sullivan's analysis of the plot of Jane Austen's short novel, Lady Susan, which Stillman has adapted as Love and Friendship. Meantime, Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) is busy developing A24's first homegrown project, adapting Caleb Carr's The Alienist and Stephen King's It and preparing Beasts of No Nation with Idris Elba. More projects in the works include an Absolutely Fabulous movie, James Wan's Robotech, Lucy Walker's sequel to Wim Wenders's Buena Vista Social Club, Paul Giamatti and Toby Jones in Morgan, a sci-fi thriller being directed by Ridley Scott's son, Luke Scott, adaptations of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat's Cradle and Marion Zimmer Bradley's sci-fi series Darkover—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 5/3/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
"This Is Genius!" tweeted Whit Stillman the other day. He's referring to Margaret C. Sullivan's analysis of the plot of Jane Austen's short novel, Lady Susan, which Stillman has adapted as Love and Friendship. Meantime, Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) is busy developing A24's first homegrown project, adapting Caleb Carr's The Alienist and Stephen King's It and preparing Beasts of No Nation with Idris Elba. More projects in the works include an Absolutely Fabulous movie, James Wan's Robotech, Lucy Walker's sequel to Wim Wenders's Buena Vista Social Club, Paul Giamatti and Toby Jones in Morgan, a sci-fi thriller being directed by Ridley Scott's son, Luke Scott, adaptations of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat's Cradle and Marion Zimmer Bradley's sci-fi series Darkover—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 5/3/2015
- Keyframe
Im Global Television has announced plan for a small screen adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's iconic 1963 novel "Cat's Cradle."
The story involves a man becoming involved with the children of a Nobel laureate physicist who worked on the Manhattan project. The action is mostly set on a Caribbean island populated by a strange cult.
The macguffin of the story is a substance created by the physicist for the military called ice-nine, an alternative structure of water that is solid at room temperature and causes any liquid water it comes into contact with to solidify.
It was abandoned due to the danger it poses - if any amount of the substance comes in contact with any body of water linked to the ocean it would literally freeze the world's seas instantly and wipe out all life on Earth.
"Cat's Cradle" will be developed by Brad Yonover and Sandi Love who will co-executive produce.
The story involves a man becoming involved with the children of a Nobel laureate physicist who worked on the Manhattan project. The action is mostly set on a Caribbean island populated by a strange cult.
The macguffin of the story is a substance created by the physicist for the military called ice-nine, an alternative structure of water that is solid at room temperature and causes any liquid water it comes into contact with to solidify.
It was abandoned due to the danger it poses - if any amount of the substance comes in contact with any body of water linked to the ocean it would literally freeze the world's seas instantly and wipe out all life on Earth.
"Cat's Cradle" will be developed by Brad Yonover and Sandi Love who will co-executive produce.
- 4/30/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Co-founders Stuart Ford and Mark Stern have announced a raft of new product led by a swoop on rights to Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical bestseller.
Im Global Television plans to hire a “high-level writer-showrunner” on Cat’s Cradle. Brad Yonover is on board as executive producer and Elkins Entertainment’s Sandi Love will serve as co-executive producer.
The company has also obtained rights to the Darkover sci-fi-fantasy series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley are the executive producers.
Im Global Television is out to buyers with the crime drama Den Of Thieves to star Carla Gugino. Trigger Street’s Dana Brunetti and Kevin Spacey will serve as executive producers and Sebastian Gutierrez has written the first 10 episodes and plans to direct.
The company is also developing the six-hour mini-series 1906, which chronicles the San Francisco earthquake and fire of that year. Writer David S Ward will serve as executive producer with director Martin Campbell. Mark...
Im Global Television plans to hire a “high-level writer-showrunner” on Cat’s Cradle. Brad Yonover is on board as executive producer and Elkins Entertainment’s Sandi Love will serve as co-executive producer.
The company has also obtained rights to the Darkover sci-fi-fantasy series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley are the executive producers.
Im Global Television is out to buyers with the crime drama Den Of Thieves to star Carla Gugino. Trigger Street’s Dana Brunetti and Kevin Spacey will serve as executive producers and Sebastian Gutierrez has written the first 10 episodes and plans to direct.
The company is also developing the six-hour mini-series 1906, which chronicles the San Francisco earthquake and fire of that year. Writer David S Ward will serve as executive producer with director Martin Campbell. Mark...
- 4/30/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
So this is the story told in the Florida courtroom.
George Zimmerman looks out his window. He sees Treyvon Martin walking down the block. Zimmerman picks up his gun, goes outside, gets in his car, and hunts Martin down. Zimmerman finds Martin and confronts him. Martin is carrying a dangerous bag of Skittles. The two men get into an altercation. Zimmerman shoots Martin dead. Zimmerman tells the police that Treyvon Martin started the altercation and that he, Zimmerman, was “standing his ground.”
Can you pick out what is wrong in the story?*
• • • • •
As I was saying…
I started to regret ever taking on the whole assignment. I felt I was turning out crap. I was embarrassed. I was sad. I worried about my future as a comics writer. And finally…
I got fed up.
I will never forget the day it happened. I was arguing with Alan. And something in me simply exploded…...
George Zimmerman looks out his window. He sees Treyvon Martin walking down the block. Zimmerman picks up his gun, goes outside, gets in his car, and hunts Martin down. Zimmerman finds Martin and confronts him. Martin is carrying a dangerous bag of Skittles. The two men get into an altercation. Zimmerman shoots Martin dead. Zimmerman tells the police that Treyvon Martin started the altercation and that he, Zimmerman, was “standing his ground.”
Can you pick out what is wrong in the story?*
• • • • •
As I was saying…
I started to regret ever taking on the whole assignment. I felt I was turning out crap. I was embarrassed. I was sad. I worried about my future as a comics writer. And finally…
I got fed up.
I will never forget the day it happened. I was arguing with Alan. And something in me simply exploded…...
- 7/22/2013
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
By MoreHorror.com
“Slash”, a SAG feature film starring Maria Olsen (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Paranormal Activity 3, American Horror Story), Todd Farmer (Jason X, My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry), Gibby Haynes (lead singer of Butthole Surfers) and including several cameos by A-List actors, will be filming in New Mexico for four weeks.
Slash is a story about young people who see their friends butchered around them. They must deal with each other’s violent fantasies and face their own demons...or die trying!
The writer/director/producer Rycke Foreman and producer/actress Maria Olsen (of MOnsterworks66) are using Sheryl Roberts to do the Principal Casting. A casting call will be held in New Mexico in April and the production will begin in late June. The film will employ a crew of at least 85, a cast of 25 to 30 speaking roles, and approximately 350 background players. A vast majority...
“Slash”, a SAG feature film starring Maria Olsen (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Paranormal Activity 3, American Horror Story), Todd Farmer (Jason X, My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry), Gibby Haynes (lead singer of Butthole Surfers) and including several cameos by A-List actors, will be filming in New Mexico for four weeks.
Slash is a story about young people who see their friends butchered around them. They must deal with each other’s violent fantasies and face their own demons...or die trying!
The writer/director/producer Rycke Foreman and producer/actress Maria Olsen (of MOnsterworks66) are using Sheryl Roberts to do the Principal Casting. A casting call will be held in New Mexico in April and the production will begin in late June. The film will employ a crew of at least 85, a cast of 25 to 30 speaking roles, and approximately 350 background players. A vast majority...
- 3/28/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Feature Kirsten Caspers Feb 13, 2013
Kirsten appeals to Merlin's creators, arguing that the BBC fantasy show deserves a film or television revival...
Contains spoilers for the Merlin series 5 finale.
Normally, I’m not a TV kind of person. I prefer books, and the longer the better! True storytelling is what I love, and in a time where narrative culture is more and more determined by the length of a Twitter message, the spinning of a grand old-fashioned tale has become a rare thing on television. Such a rare exception was the BBC series Merlin – until it was announced late in 2012 that the show wouldn’t be continued after the end of series five. When I read that in an interview, my first thought was that it seemed quite a daunting task, if not even an impossible one, to tie up all the loose threads that were glaringly left hanging about...
Kirsten appeals to Merlin's creators, arguing that the BBC fantasy show deserves a film or television revival...
Contains spoilers for the Merlin series 5 finale.
Normally, I’m not a TV kind of person. I prefer books, and the longer the better! True storytelling is what I love, and in a time where narrative culture is more and more determined by the length of a Twitter message, the spinning of a grand old-fashioned tale has become a rare thing on television. Such a rare exception was the BBC series Merlin – until it was announced late in 2012 that the show wouldn’t be continued after the end of series five. When I read that in an interview, my first thought was that it seemed quite a daunting task, if not even an impossible one, to tie up all the loose threads that were glaringly left hanging about...
- 2/13/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Anna Chlumsky's family roots extend to Moe, Larry, Curly and Frankenstein.
Chlumsky, who plays Amy, chief of staff to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Vice President Selina Meyer, on HBO's Sunday comedy "Veep," had a great-grandfather who was in vaudeville.
"He opened for the Stooges, and he had a trained bear," Chlumsky tells Zap2it. "Vaudeville ended, and all these guys had to get other jobs, so my great-grandfather was -- I think he was a cop. At that point he told my grandmother that she couldn't have a prom dress, and she was very sad. And he wrote Mae Clarke, whom he had known, and asked, 'What do I do?' And she sent him -- sometimes the story is she sent him the trunk, sometimes that she sent him the dress -- the story changes depending on the holiday."
Still, it's a great story that your grandmother's prom dress was in "Frankenstein.
Chlumsky, who plays Amy, chief of staff to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Vice President Selina Meyer, on HBO's Sunday comedy "Veep," had a great-grandfather who was in vaudeville.
"He opened for the Stooges, and he had a trained bear," Chlumsky tells Zap2it. "Vaudeville ended, and all these guys had to get other jobs, so my great-grandfather was -- I think he was a cop. At that point he told my grandmother that she couldn't have a prom dress, and she was very sad. And he wrote Mae Clarke, whom he had known, and asked, 'What do I do?' And she sent him -- sometimes the story is she sent him the trunk, sometimes that she sent him the dress -- the story changes depending on the holiday."
Still, it's a great story that your grandmother's prom dress was in "Frankenstein.
- 4/29/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I have been a die-hard science fiction and fantasy fan since before I knew what those words really meant. Genre fiction had yet to be uttered as an epithet in my general direction and I knew, long before I had terminology to define it, that I preferred a hefty dose of escapism in my reading materials. When it came right down to it, I’ve had plenty of reality to deal with, thank you very much, and it was nice to go play in someone else’s sandbox for a while. Sure, they were never free of hazards both familiar and unprecedented, but they were at least a step removed from reality by virtue of the fact that they had specific elements that had nothing to do with the world that I inhabit.
There has never been a love-hate relationship with comic books for me. I had a phase where...
There has never been a love-hate relationship with comic books for me. I had a phase where...
- 3/14/2012
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
British actor Jamie Blackley has scored the co-lead role in Noam Murro’s 300: Battle of Artemisia for Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. Blackley will play Calisto, a teen whose desire to become the heroic man/soldier his father was leads the 16-year-old to become a leader of a small band of soldiers.
Michael Stahl-David and Zoe Kazan have signed on to star in the sci-fi/romance indie In Your Eyes, which Brin Hill will direct from a script by Joss Whedon. The film is a described as a metaphysical love story about two seemingly polar opposites who are deeply connected in ways neither could have ever imagined. Stahl-David stars as Dylan, a boyish-looking man who served time in jail for robbery when he refused to rat on his accomplices. Now, he is living in a trailer in New Mexico. Kazan stars as Rebecca, an attractive but skinny and slightly awkward woman,...
Michael Stahl-David and Zoe Kazan have signed on to star in the sci-fi/romance indie In Your Eyes, which Brin Hill will direct from a script by Joss Whedon. The film is a described as a metaphysical love story about two seemingly polar opposites who are deeply connected in ways neither could have ever imagined. Stahl-David stars as Dylan, a boyish-looking man who served time in jail for robbery when he refused to rat on his accomplices. Now, he is living in a trailer in New Mexico. Kazan stars as Rebecca, an attractive but skinny and slightly awkward woman,...
- 2/17/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
And hopefully, soon, to the wires and lights of that box in your living room!
It’s not every day that we get to bring cool news about potential projects from the Tfh extended family, but this is certainly one of those days and this is definitely cool news.
Lovely Producer Elizabeth has — along with partner Ilene Kahn Power — secured the rights to the bestselling Darkover novels, an epic fantasy series from Marion Zimmer Bradley. The pair of them plan to develop the series into a multi-platform TV series. We couldn’t be happier!
Lots of other sites reporting the news. Here’s the report from ComingSoon.net and here’s the one at Twitchfilm. For posterity, here’s the whole of the press release.
Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s renowned “Darkover” novels and are currently developing a fantasy television series around the saga.
It’s not every day that we get to bring cool news about potential projects from the Tfh extended family, but this is certainly one of those days and this is definitely cool news.
Lovely Producer Elizabeth has — along with partner Ilene Kahn Power — secured the rights to the bestselling Darkover novels, an epic fantasy series from Marion Zimmer Bradley. The pair of them plan to develop the series into a multi-platform TV series. We couldn’t be happier!
Lots of other sites reporting the news. Here’s the report from ComingSoon.net and here’s the one at Twitchfilm. For posterity, here’s the whole of the press release.
Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s renowned “Darkover” novels and are currently developing a fantasy television series around the saga.
- 2/17/2012
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
This is exciting news for the legion of fans of the Darkover novels by the late great Marion Zimmer Bradley, who also wrote my personal favorite, The Mists of Avalon. Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley announced this week that they have secured the rights to the series and are currently developing it into a “multi-platform” television series.
Here are the pertinent parts of the press release, via ComingSoon:
“Set in a unique world and full of great adventure, the ‘Darkover’ series truly has the potential to be must-see television for seasons to come,” says Kahn Power. “The novels have a huge fan following throughout the science fiction and fantasy communities internationally, and Marion Zimmer Bradley was an inspiration to and a nurturer of many notable fantasy writers including C.J. Cherryh, Charles de Lint, Mercedes Lackey, Diana L. Paxson, and many others.”
According to Stanley, “Bradley’s Darkover...
Here are the pertinent parts of the press release, via ComingSoon:
“Set in a unique world and full of great adventure, the ‘Darkover’ series truly has the potential to be must-see television for seasons to come,” says Kahn Power. “The novels have a huge fan following throughout the science fiction and fantasy communities internationally, and Marion Zimmer Bradley was an inspiration to and a nurturer of many notable fantasy writers including C.J. Cherryh, Charles de Lint, Mercedes Lackey, Diana L. Paxson, and many others.”
According to Stanley, “Bradley’s Darkover...
- 2/16/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
A television adaptation of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels is in the works. Buffalo Soldiers producer Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights to the fantasy series. "Set in a unique world and full of great adventure, the Darkover series truly has the potential to be must-see television for seasons to come," said Kahn Power. "The novels have a huge fan following throughout the science fiction and fantasy communities." The Darkover series consists of several novels and short stories, all set on the fictional, far-flung world of Darkover. Kahn Power added: "With the ability to create the Darkover world through state-of-the-art effects and the opportunity to utilise multiple platforms to unfold our narrative, now is the ideal time to create a lasting and far-reaching (more)...
- 2/14/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured rights to author Marion Zimmer Bradley's renowned sci-fi novel series "Darkover" says Variety.
The books are set in a solar system where 'Darkover' is the only human-habitable planet of seven planets orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman. They detail the colonization on a new planet where the inhabitants begin their own species.
The pair reportedly convinced Bradley's estate that the twenty book property would better be turned into a television series rather than a feature film. As a result they are pitching it to various cable networks.
The books are set in a solar system where 'Darkover' is the only human-habitable planet of seven planets orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman. They detail the colonization on a new planet where the inhabitants begin their own species.
The pair reportedly convinced Bradley's estate that the twenty book property would better be turned into a television series rather than a feature film. As a result they are pitching it to various cable networks.
- 2/14/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After the success of HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones, it shouldn't be surprising that other epic fantasy series are under consideration for translation into television shows. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover certainly fits the bill, and producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights and are developing a series, per a recent press release. Fantasy is not my forte, but Bradley is a revered figure among her fans. Born in New York, she sold her first story at the age of 19 in 1949 and wrote a huge volume of novels and short stories before dying in 1999. She began 30 years of writing about Darkover in 1958, and always insisted (according to the Mzb Literary Works Trust)...
- 2/14/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights to Marion Zimmer Bradley's renowned "Darkover. novels and are currently developing a multi-platform television series around the saga, the pair announced today. A gifted and prolific science-fiction and fantasy writer, Bradley, who garnered the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2000, was the author of over 66 books and 105 short stories. "The Mists of Avalon," Bradley.s monumental re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1984 and in 2002 was developed into an award-winning miniseries. Bradley's critically acclaimed works have sold millions of copies world-wide and have been translated into more than 10 languages. "Set in a...
- 2/14/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Just got some news that I suspect lotsa folks will be excited and nervous about: Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley Secure Rights to Epic Fantasy “Darkover” Novels Plan to Develop Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Best-Selling Novels Into TV Series February 13, 2012 — Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s renowned “Darkover” novels and are currently developing a fantasy television series around the saga. Kahn Power and Stanley, both award-winning producers of movies and mini-series, are developing the “Darkover” novels into a multi-platform TV series. A gifted and prolific science-fiction and fantasy writer, Bradley, who garnered the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2000, was the author of over 66 books and 105 short stories, who “The Mists of Avalon,” Bradley’s monumental re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1984 and in 2002 was developed into an award-winning miniseries.
- 2/14/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Producers Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley have secured the rights and are planning to bring the fantasy series Darkover to TV.
Marion Zimmer Bradley is one of the most prolific fantasy writers of all time. You're probably most familiar with her novel The Mists of Avalon (which was also made into a miniseries for TV), but she wrote dozens of novels, including a series of fantasy stories set in the kingdom of Darkover. Unfortunately, the author passed away in 1999 and won't be able to see her creation translated to television.
Darkover is a planet (known to Earth scientists as Cottamn IV) colonized by the survivors of a spaceship wreck from Earth in the 21st century. After a few centuries, their Earth technology, and memory, is lost. They live in a medieval state with the original inhabitants of the planet, who possess psychic powers. Matrix technology and psi weapons are...
Marion Zimmer Bradley is one of the most prolific fantasy writers of all time. You're probably most familiar with her novel The Mists of Avalon (which was also made into a miniseries for TV), but she wrote dozens of novels, including a series of fantasy stories set in the kingdom of Darkover. Unfortunately, the author passed away in 1999 and won't be able to see her creation translated to television.
Darkover is a planet (known to Earth scientists as Cottamn IV) colonized by the survivors of a spaceship wreck from Earth in the 21st century. After a few centuries, their Earth technology, and memory, is lost. They live in a medieval state with the original inhabitants of the planet, who possess psychic powers. Matrix technology and psi weapons are...
- 2/14/2012
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
So what are you reading?
Fellow ComicMixer Bob Greenberger recently talked about To Kill A Mockingbird a couple days ago as he prepares to teach his class. To Kill A Mockingbird is, as I expect all of you to know, a masterpiece of American literature concerning the racial tensions and bigotries of a small town in Alabama during the Depression – but more important, it is a study of the nature of good and evil, of both the morality and immorality inherent in all of us.
Starring Gregory Peck as the lawyer Atticus Finch who defends the black man accused of raping a white woman, the movie is a landmark picture, and – in my opinion – a touchstone for how to adapt a brilliant novel to the screen. Also my opinion: Peck’s greatest role.
But don’t just watch the movie. Read the book itself. One of the things that just...
Fellow ComicMixer Bob Greenberger recently talked about To Kill A Mockingbird a couple days ago as he prepares to teach his class. To Kill A Mockingbird is, as I expect all of you to know, a masterpiece of American literature concerning the racial tensions and bigotries of a small town in Alabama during the Depression – but more important, it is a study of the nature of good and evil, of both the morality and immorality inherent in all of us.
Starring Gregory Peck as the lawyer Atticus Finch who defends the black man accused of raping a white woman, the movie is a landmark picture, and – in my opinion – a touchstone for how to adapt a brilliant novel to the screen. Also my opinion: Peck’s greatest role.
But don’t just watch the movie. Read the book itself. One of the things that just...
- 2/6/2012
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Jack Campbell is the pseudonym for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. As Jack Campbell, he writes The Lost Fleet series of military science fiction novels. He also wrote the Stark’s War and Paul Sinclair series under his real name.
Often compared to Battlestar Galactica and StarGate Universe, The Lost Fleet follows Captain John “Black Jack” Geary and the stranded Alliance fleet as they retreat home across the enemy star system. The first three books in the series – Dauntless, Fearless, and Courageous – have been released in paperback in the UK by Titan Books, who very kindly sent us a copy of Dauntless for review. So impressed were we by the book, that we tracked down author Jack Campbell for an interview.
1. Dauntless throws the reader right in at the deep end, starting with the aftermath of a pitched battle.
Often compared to Battlestar Galactica and StarGate Universe, The Lost Fleet follows Captain John “Black Jack” Geary and the stranded Alliance fleet as they retreat home across the enemy star system. The first three books in the series – Dauntless, Fearless, and Courageous – have been released in paperback in the UK by Titan Books, who very kindly sent us a copy of Dauntless for review. So impressed were we by the book, that we tracked down author Jack Campbell for an interview.
1. Dauntless throws the reader right in at the deep end, starting with the aftermath of a pitched battle.
- 2/7/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
In less than a week is Labor Day, traditionally the end of summer for many Americans, though the official end is not until Sept. 22nd, the date of the autumnal equinox. Time for fun in the sun is drawing to a close. I’d like to recommend some horror stories and nightmarish novels to give you some chills for the few hot days left in 2010.
Let’s start with some downloadable stories in audio form, and begin with some of the classics. These are all free (they’re in the public domain), and will remind you of some of the greatest monster movies ever made.
The first is “The Picture in the House”, a story by the influential horror author H. P. Lovecraft. With themes of cannibalism and insanity, it reminds me of Hannibal Lecter of Silence of the Lambs, of the mad clan in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and...
Let’s start with some downloadable stories in audio form, and begin with some of the classics. These are all free (they’re in the public domain), and will remind you of some of the greatest monster movies ever made.
The first is “The Picture in the House”, a story by the influential horror author H. P. Lovecraft. With themes of cannibalism and insanity, it reminds me of Hannibal Lecter of Silence of the Lambs, of the mad clan in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and...
- 9/1/2010
- by Max
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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