Cool: April 2008 Archives
The official BBC Doctor Who site has launched a rather groovy Trailer Maker. You can take any of the provided audio and video clips and arrange them to make your own 30 second trailer. Then you can save it. Lots of fun!
Here's my trailer which I made in a couple of minutes.
The List Universe has a list of 10 Obscure But Superb Science Fiction Novels, which are:
- Bloodworld - Laurence M. Janifer
- Skinner - Richard S. McEnroe
- The Greks Bring Gifts - Murray Leinster
- House Of Stairs - William Sleator (new)
- Iceworld - Hal Clement
- Ballroom Of The Skies - John D. McDonald
- Midworld - Alan Dean Foster
- Agent Of Chaos - Norman Spinrad
- Of Men And Monsters - William Tenn
- Wasp - Eric Frank Russell
None of which I have heard of let alone read, and all of which are available on Amazon UK is some form (new or used). Time for a gratuitous whizzy carousel (for those that have artwork on Amazon).
You can never have too many tea-towels. You can probably never have too many Star Wars tea-towels. Here's some nice ones from Japan
SF Signal have an excellent interview with Dr. Michio Kaku. He's the guy who speculates about the future, recently seen on the BBC4 series Visions Of The Future. I've read his book Visions which does a nice job of explaining some tricky science.
I like the fact that the SF Signal crew got in a question about Mundane SF, made me smile, and I liked Kaku's answer:
MK: Science fiction based on just believable technology is fine, since it forces us to conjure up strange and unusual circumstances involving mundane forms of technology. In this sense, it is more realistic than science fiction based on fantastic technologies.
However, personally, I like to dream, especially of technologies which stretch the imagination and probe the boundaries of what is possible.
His optimism is infectious,
I have to disagree somewhat with his comments about Einstein's theories however:
Thus, his theory is full of pictures, such as rockets, trains, elevators, even merry-go-rounds, that children can understand.
When I was learning Special Relativity my tutor gave me some great advice, "Don't think about it, just learn the maths, otherwise it will fry your brain." :-)
Pete from The Builder's Studio has some cool SF stuff on his Etsy shop
"...lately I have been specializing in retro tech, scifi stuff, robots, ray guns, flying saucers and the like, mostly made from wood!"
Loads of other nice bits there too, very groovy.
Much better than the real Torchwood, Torchwood Swede also available in HD via BitTorrent.
I love the use of Gaffer tape.
