Tag Archives: Features

This Months SFXperts Questions

Come test your sci-fi knowledge against the readers of SFX, and be in with a chance of winning a prize from the SFX locker. Don’t let your brain go to waste – why not use those SF-loaded synapses for the betterment of mankind. Every month the SFX perts mailbag is …

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Sharknado 2: Back For A Second Bite

The man responsible is Sharknado scripter Thunder Levin (whaddayamean, “People are actually paid to write these movies?” Show some respect!), who says he was just as surprised as everyone else when his creation blew up into a social media phenomenon. “That was just the most surreal night of my life”, …

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Will You Be At WorldCon In London This August?

A little reminder: the World Science Fiction Convention returns to London after 49 years. Sign up now… As you may know, the World Science Fiction Convention (this year dubbed Loncon ) is going to be held in London this August – for the first time since 1965. The guests of …

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INTERVIEW The Robots Are Taking Over!

Robopocalypse author Daniel H Wilson discusses the rise of our robot overlords (and gives his advice to new writers)… When Steven Spielberg is committed to directing a novel based on one of your books, you’ve made it. That’s the case with Daniel H Wilson’s Robopocalypse , which also made fans …

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The Zero Theorem: Terry Gilliam Interview

Terry Gilliam on his latest sci-fi odyssey (opens in new tab) Terry Gilliam has gone back to the future. In The Zero Theorem, the Brazil and Twelve Monkeys director travels to typically weird future London, where eccentric loner Qohen Leth ( Inglourious Basterds’ Christoph Waltz) is desperately looking for an …

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GUEST BLOG The truth about antimatter propulsion

SFX ‘s sister magazine Science Uncovered explains how antimatter could power starships But scientists are now just learning how to create antimatter in meaningful amounts – to understand it’s properties and to learn how it might be used to propel spacecraft to other solar systems. In the March edition of …

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Captain America: A Political Thriller With A Superhero

It’s All The President’s Superheroes ! It’s even got Robert Redford in it (opens in new tab) One thing Marvel has proved since it moved into the moviemaking arena is that it never likes to cover the same ground twice. Captain America’s second solo outing on the big screen is …

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