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When book and movie worlds collide! The steampunk author discusses the route from page to screen This is a guest blog by author Stephen Hunt… I came fairly close to achieving this goal in the great apple-bobbing sideshow fair that is the publishing/movie-TV world conjunction. My first novel, The Court …

There should always be light at the end of the tunnel, says the author of the The Boy With The Porcelain Blade This is a guest blog by author Den Patrick whose new book The Boy With The Porcelain Blade is published on Thursday 20 March… Like many readers of …

Rumour? Controversy? Twitter storms? An Arthur C Clarke Award judge craves not these things, says Tom Hunter This is a guest blog by the director of the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction, Tom Hunter… (opens in new tab) Look back over the winners of the last 27 …

In his latest Hollywood Hyperspace column, our man in LA Joe McCabe revels in a certain Time Lord’s recent birthday… (opens in new tab) Doctor Who ’s 50th Anniversary Special “The Day of the Doctor” debuted via Global Simulcast on Saturday. I was fortunate enough to watch it with one …

Back in 1999 I did something that seems amazing to me now: I avoided every ounce of hype for Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace . All of it. Everything. Completely. (opens in new tab) If you were around in 1999, which I’m sure most of you were, you …

The news that Syfy’s Alphas hasn’t made it to a third season is sad, not only in terms of jobs lost, but because the cancellation of any sci-fi show is a wee little tragedy. However, while I’m sorry to see it go, there’s one thing about it I won’t miss. …

(opens in new tab) ( Click on the image for a larger version ) With the summer crossover event Avengers vs. X-Men picking up steam into its second act, fans have been speculating what the post- AvX Marvel universe will look like. Marvel had been promising for months that they’ll …

TOUR UPDATE: September 2013 dates now at www.hitchhikerslive.com Perhaps the oddest thing about the live stage version of Hitchhiker’s Guide I watched last Friday (well, apart from Phil Jupitus performing the Dish Of The Day dressed in some cast-offs from Daffyd, the only gay in the village) was that the …

While out on the rounds promoting his new book Supergods , baldy Scots magician and full-time Bat-scribe Grant Morrison has been doing what some (none) of us in the trade call ‘giving good quotage’. Nattering about everything from channelling the ghost of John Lennon to the influence of Zorro on …

The time travel show’s pilot has been cut yet again. But, to sfx.co.uk’s editor Dave Golder’s annoyance, not to add any more dinosaurs