Tag Archives: science fiction
Decoding THE IMITATION GAME: Fact and Fiction in the Film and Alan Turing’s Place in the SF Genre
Decoding THE IMITATION GAME: Fact and Fiction in the Film and Alan Turing’s Place in the SF Genre by Timothy S. Johnston — “Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” The above phrase is spoken no less than three times in […]
Contact-IF authors discuss JUPITER ASCENDING
JUPITER ASCENDING opens in North American theaters today. The film is written, produced, and directed by The Wachowskis, and co-produced by Grant Hill, who acted as executive producer on The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and as producer on V for Vendetta, Speed Racer, Ninja Assassin, and Cloud Atlas, making Jupiter Ascending his seventh […]
Cover Reveal: THE VOID by Timothy S. Johnston
The Void by Timothy S. Johnston (Carina Press, 30 March 2015) A Tanner Sequence Novel Transporting a serial killer might seem like a simple job for Homicide Investigator Kyle Tanner. But when his ship breaks down in interstellar space and another murderer starts carving a path through the people around him, Tanner realizes that […]
Heroism happens in all genders
Science fiction and fantasy are not shy of heroic women. Uhura, Ripley, Sarah Connor, Xena, Princess Leia, Elizabeth Swann, Brienne of Tarth, Katniss, Hermione Granger, Susan Ivanova, Beverly Crusher, Zoe Washburne, Arwen, Éowyn, Laura Roslin, Merida, and Lois Lane, just to name a few. Creators of science fiction and fantasy love to show us what’s […]
Writer Timothy S. Johnston Reviews LIVE DIE REPEAT: EDGE OF TOMORROW
Writer Timothy S. Johnston takes a trip back in time to review EDGE OF TOMORROW, on Video and Digital UltraViolet this week Title: LIVE DIE REPEAT: EDGE OF TOMORROW Runtime: 113 min Theatrical Release: 6 June 2014 Domestic Gross: $100 million International Gross: $264 million DVD/BLU/Digital Release: 7 October 2014 MPAA: PG-13 Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton […]
It’s Murder … in Space. THE FREEZER by Timothy S. Johnston
Why Set a Murder Mystery on Europa? or … What Really is the Most Dangerous Life-Form in the Solar System? In The Furnace, my claustrophobic murder mystery that took place at a power-generating station in close orbit around the sun, I forced protagonist Kyle Tanner into a brutal situation, basically a descent into hell. Trapped […]
When Science Makes Fiction Obsolete
It used to be that you could write a novel and put it in a drawer for six to twelve months. In fact, that used to be recommended. Lately, you can’t stop for long at all before your science fiction just becomes the present. NASA has just validated the principles behind an “impossible” space drive, […]
Redefining sexy with dwarves, demons and aliens
I’ve loved science fiction and fantasy my whole life. I saw the first STAR WARS in the 70s, played with the original Battlestar Galactica toys, wrote a fan letter to “Buck Rogers” Gil Gerard, and never missed a TWILIGHT ZONE or STAR TREK rerun. Some of my favorite movies were THE TIME MACHINE (1960), TIME […]
It’s time to go “In the Black”!
I’m pleased to announce Carina Press has just released “In the Black”, the first book in my new series, “Tales from the Edge”. It’s a rip-roaring science fiction romance/adventure series with I like to explain as “Firefly” meets “Best Little Whorehouse”… but why not read an excerpt and you can judge for yourself? *** This […]
Helix
New science fiction shows are a constant source of excitement in the Fox household. No matter how many times the best or most promising ones get cancelled, we’re still full of hope at every new opportunity. So, when Helix was announced on the SyFy channel, we settled in to watch. The show had a promising […]
Contact – Infinite Futures 