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Get a signed and numbered copy of Arjac Rockfist: Anvil Of Fenris this weekend We know that our readers are huge fans of the Black Library Warhammer 40,000 novels, and the Space Marines are perennial favourites. So here’s something you might want to check out today… Only 3,000 copies of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

For more than 60 years, LEGO’s been a peerlessly popular toy brand. Despite its ‘educational value’, the minifigures have charmed with their cute simplicity – an unassuming blandness that’s seen them seamlessly adapt various big-name properties ( Star Wars, The Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potte r, all the key …

Calling inhabitants of planet SFX! Let us know your thoughts and we’ll print them in a future issue! So The Hunger Games: Catching Fire topped $400 million at the US box office, making it 2013’s number one film in America and enshrining Jennifer Lawrence as the biggest female star on …

Shovel Ready book review . Noir thrillers never seem to go out of style – there’s something timeless about their bleak, fatalistic attitude, and they can be spliced successfully with almost any other genre. Shovel Ready uses this to its advantage, combining a noir attitude with near-future SF, resulting in …

Can it already be two months ago since we all gathered in Brighton for the fantasy event of the year? Now the dust has settled, two of those involved tell us how it went As the year draws to a close, we look back on some of its highlights and …