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Movie Review: You're no Robert Heinlein, James Cameron
Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur Clarke are known as the "Big Three" of science fiction. They revolutionized the genre of science fiction writing. ... and more »
Sun, Dec 20 | from The Auburn Plainsman
Genre:Sci-Fi, Thriller
Will Smith stars in this action thriller inspired by the classic short story collection by Isaac Asimov, and brought to the big screen by dynamic and ...
Tue, Dec 15 | from MovieWeb
Weekly Ketchup: James Cameron Plans a Fantastic Voyage
Telegraph.co.uk The movie was also adapted as a novel by Isaac Asimov (making many people, including myself, think that it was actually an Asimov story first). ... James Cameron's Next is 3D 'Fantastic Voyage'News in Film (blog) all 1,619 news articles »
Fri, Dec 11 | from Rotten Tomatoes
A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
A single book can inspire a wide range of covers, and sometimes those covers can be works of art themselves. We look at some classic science fiction novels and the various covers they've worn throughout the years. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov: Neuromancer by William Gibson:
Tue, Nov 17 | from io9
Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part ...
The best-known achievement of the highly prolific writer of science-fiction (and of many works of popular science) Isaac Asimov, is probably the Foundation ...
Sun, Nov 8 | from Enter Stage Right
Emmerich's Asimov Foundation Trilogy Being Written By Private Ryan Scribe
It's a different kind of movie all together. The interesting and difficult thing about Asimov's Foundation is that he actually wrote it as short stories. Then, out of the short stories, he took the first book out called Foundation, which was like several stories. Then he wrote two big novell...
Sat, Jul 25 | from io9
How Isaac Asimov's Famously Non-Deadly Robots Got Lethal
With his elegantly simple Three Laws of Robotics, Isaac Asimov sidestepped the murderous robot cliche that had so dominated science fiction. But even the Good Doctor wasn't completely immune to the lure of killer robots. 7. R. Sammy, The Caves of Steel (1954)
Sun, May 24 | from io9
Opinion: Thirteen Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots
Written by the scientist who runs the AI Lab at MIT, this non-fiction book is both smart and complicated, offering us an intriguing view of the future of robotics. Brooks' basic supposition is that what robotics teach us is that humans are themselves robots, made up of molecular machines,...
Fri, May 22 | from io9
In Passing... Forest J. Ackerman (1916-2008)
Ackerman was born in Los Angeles and by the age of 8 fell in love with science fiction which at that time was in the form of a magazine called “Amazing Stories.” As he grew up he started science fiction fan clubs, worked as a movie projectionist, and even enlisted in the Service. Upon his return h...
Fri, Dec 12 | from chasness (WordPress)
2008 deaths
Arthur C. Clarke was one of the ABCs of science fiction (the A being Isaac Asimov and the B being Ray Bradbury). Among his classics are Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, and 2001: A Space Odyssey (which began as a short story). Michael Crichton had tremendous mainstream success with sci...
Mon, Dec 8 | from SCIFIPEDIA
SciFi Mags Struggling?
There is a really interesting article up on the PBS.org site now about the current state of the Science Fiction magazine market. At this point there are only three left: Analog, Asimov’s and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Wed, Nov 19 | from Show Me SciFi
Podcast: J. Storrs Hall - Asimov's Laws of Robotics � Revised
Could Hammurabi have written the laws to prevent the Enron scandal? J. Storrs Hall, scientist and author Of Beyond AI, poses this question to demonstrate the near impossible challenge confronting scientists in the current discussion of machine ethics. The future of AI envisions machin...
Tue, Nov 4 | from Phil Windley's Technometria
Spotlight Review Space Doubles the Trade Paperback
I’ma science fiction fan and grew up loving Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and other authors. I have enjoyed Farscape, Star Trek and their ilk, but I have missed having a show like the Outer Limits, that was often one part science ...
Thu, Aug 28 | from Comics And...Other Imaginary Tales
Podcast: The Overnightscape #733 (8/27/08)
733 (Wednesday, August 27, 2008 / 59:00 / 54.1 MB / theovernightscape.com) - Tonight’s subjects include: Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball, watching the premiere of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” at the college rec center, quick movie reviews (”Star Wars: The Clone Wars”, “Star W...
Tue, Aug 26 | from The Overnightscape
Podcast: Eric Asimov (Chief Wine Critic for the New York Times)
Eric Asimov is the Chief Wine Critic for the New York Times. Although he formerly edited the renowned paper's "Living" and "Style" sections, he is most known for his reviews of all types of New York City restaurants, ...
Sun, Apr 27 | from The Restaurant Guys
Podcast: Tales Of Tomorrow - Martians Never Die
Originally aired March 12, 1953 From an original story by Lucius Daniel appearing in Galaxy April, 1952 Galaxy Science Fiction was a digest-size science fiction magazine, the creation of noted editor H. L. Gold, who found a responsive readership when he put the emphasis on imaginative so...
Wed, May 30 | from M Radio SIG
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