The Transformed Man is actor William Shatner‘s debut album. It was originally released in 1968 by Decca Records (Cat. #DL 75043), while Shatner was still starring in the original Star…
Bill Herz, the last surviving crew member of Orson Welles’s mock “War of the Worlds” newscast, which terrified American radio listeners in 1938 with vivid bulletins warning Newark residents to…
In October 1949, Aldous Huxley wrote a letter to George Orwell respectfully suggesting that his 1931 novel Brave New World better represented the future mankind had to fear than Nineteen…
A post-apocalyptic Earth, emptied of humans, seems like the stuff of science fiction TV and movies. But in this short, surprising talk, Lord Martin Rees asks us to think about…
A farfetched, south seas island, mad scientist adventure. The main attractions are three pretty girls, Venetia Stevenson, Dianne Jergens and June Blair. The mad scientist is Alan Napier, who some…
The inspiration for Glenn Brown‘s extraordinary paintings lies in the art of appropriation. In his hands, printed images taken from books or postcards, old masters and science fiction illustrations undergo…
Was very pleasantly surprised to find this early Gerry Anderson series on YouTube a few days ago (while looking for something else, as always happens). I can definitely recommend the…
Filmmaker Martin Villeneuve talks about Mars et Avril, the Canadian sci-fi spectacular he made with virtually no money. In a charming talk, he explains the various ways he overcame financial…
This is my way to narrate Tim Burton‘s “Staring Girl”. It is one of his short stories from the book “The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories” (1997).…
More Science Fiction, this time from 1959 – we love this stuff! An arrogant scientist brings his fiancée back from the dead in this vintage cult horror film. Dr. Bill…
