Science Fiction News

Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention Speakers Announced
Los Angeles, CA - The LOS ANGELES COMIC BOOK AND SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION celebrates its milestone 35th Anniversary during 2012. Started as a monthly show in 1977, the LOS ANGELES COMIC BOOK AND SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION has held over 350 shows with Special Guests from Comic Books, Film, Television, Animation, as well as spotlighting a large Dealers Room full of Comic Books and Collectibles.
Ridley Scott's "Prophets of Science Fiction" Returns This February on Science
Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, Robert Heinlein and George Lucas are on tap beginning Wednesday, February 15 at 10:00/9:00c.
Insomniac Science Fiction
My house has three cats, and every morning between 2 and 4 a.m., at least one of them needs to go outside. My wife, who could sleep through an alien invasion, they do not bother. No, they come to me,...
Academy Award Nominations 2012: Not Science Fiction's Best Year
The Academy Award nominations are out, and although this column appears on Wednesday, I'm banging it out on Tuesday morning. So what you're about to get right now are my immediate thoughts on the Oscar nods, and how they relate...
Galactic Power Struggle Unfolds in New Science Fiction
William Potter’s new novel reveals grim future, humanity’s failure to learn from the pastAuburn, Wash. (PRWEB) February 02, 2012 In his new science fiction novel “Pathway to Destruction” (published by AuthorHouse), William Potter imagines the ultimate bitter end to humanity’s time on Earth. From under the rubble of the ultimate destruction of a nuclear holocaust, humanity’s struggling survivors ...
Is Newt Gingrich’s space plan science fiction?
Cocoa, Fla. — The moon, a thin crescent, hovered in the western sky like a crystal bowl ready to catch a falling star. Cheers filled the air as Newt Gingrich’s campaign bus eased out of the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express. He had just made an astonishing vow: By the end of his second term as president, the U.S. flag would once again be planted on the moon. America, he said, would have a ...
Arc Manor Offers Unique Opportunity for New Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers
Top industry experts gather to offer a unique opportunity for new fiction writers to learn from the best in the business.Rockville, MD (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 Arc Manor is organizing a unique workshop for serious science fiction and fantasy writers. The workshop allows them to better their writing skills and teaches them how to navigate the publishing labyrinth. The workshop also allows ...
13 Everyday Technologies That Were First Imagined In Science Fiction
Science fiction writers shape the future with their imaginations. Jules Verne wrote a fictional account of traveling to space almost 100 years before it actually happened.
Kuno Becker stars in science fiction thriller
Mexico City, Jan 25 (IANS/EFE) Mexican actor Kuno Becker is set to present his latest film, the science fiction thriller "La ultima muerte" (The last death), a story that deals with controversial issues like the death penalty and organ cloning in a futuristic context.
Science fiction or fact?
WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. There's his grand research plan to figure out what makes the human brain tick. And he's warned about electromagnetic ...