Dallas Comic Con 2013 has been put to bed for another year. I have a lot of great things to say about this con, and what great guests, dealers, and groups they had. Not only was everyone in good spirits (including William Shatner himself!), but most of the other attendees I met were generally...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download In this special Mother’s Day edition of the podcast, we talk zombies with Plague Nation author Dana Fredsti… because nothing says Mother’s Day quite like zombies.  Ok, so it doesn’t make much sense to us either, but we had a...

As someone who has spent a lifetime studying art and animation, one of the greatest joys I have in life is to get a peek behind the curtain at the creative process.  When our friends at Titan Books offered up The Art of Epic for review, I jumped at the chance. From the publisher: From 20th...

Nightmare in Silver was written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Stephen Woolfenden and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara, Jason Waktins as Webley, Warwick Davis as Porridge, Eve de Leon Allen as Angie, Kassius Carey Johnson as Artie, Tamzin Outhwaite as Captian, and...

The Crimson Horror was written by Mark Gatiss and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara, Diana Rigg as Mrs. Gillyflower, Rachael Stirling as Ada, Catin Stewart as Jenny, Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, and Dan Starkey as Strax. From the BBC Website: Something ghastly...

The world of film has lost a legend, and many of us have lost a bit of our childhood.  American stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen has passed away in London.  He was 92. Before Industrial Light and Magic, Harryhausen was the Master of Monsters, best known for the skeletons in Jason and the...

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download For the book club this month, we all read listened to William Gibson’s Neuromancer.  For those not in the know (and why don’t you?), Gibson is the first name in Cyberpunk and deserves your respect!  If you read or listened to the book...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download The SciFiFX crew takes the show on the road and sets up fortifications in front of Comic Book Craze in Garland, TX.  We attempt to discuss Iron Man 3 without spoilers, speak with a handful of authors who are at the event, and get ambushed by SHIELD...

Way back at the beginning of the year, which I realize is ancient history where the internet is concerned, I reviewed James P. Blaylock’s return-to-steampunk novel, The Aylesford Skull.  I said at the time that this was part of a series, and that while each volume was standalone, it...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Some people only dream of meeting their heroes.  Award-winning author Max Allan Collins has been handed the torch by his.  We here at SciFiFX are honored and privileged to bring his tales to your ears.  We discuss everything from his work with...

Journey to the Center of the TARDIS was written by Steve Thompson and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara, Ashley Walters as Gregor van Baalen, Mark Oliver as Bram van Baalen, and Jahvel Hall as Tricky From the BBC Website: The TARDIS has crashed, Clara is lost...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week we discuss Heroes and Antiheroes, and Heroes that kill.  Do heroes kill or does that make them an antihero?  Listen in and give us your thoughts, leave us a voice mail at 313-437-2434.

In this day and age, we are inundated with zombie stories. In movies, TV, books, and comics the shambling (sometimes running) dead chase us until we find ourselves looking it over and seeing if it tickles our fancy. In this case, Titan Books graciously sent us Plague Nation by Dana...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This Month’s DVD commentary is one of our all time favorites, Back to the Future! We had a blast recording this, and hope you enjoy the...

Hide was written by Neil Cross and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald, Dougray Scott as Alec Palmer, Jessica Raine as Emma Grayling, Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Hila, and Aiden Cook as The Crooked Man. From the BBC Website: Something terrifying is hiding in Caliburn...

Cold War was written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Douglas Mackinnon, and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald, Nicholas Briggs as the voice of Skaldak, Liam Cunningham as Captain Zhukov, and David Warner as Professor Grisenko From the BBC Website: On a Russian...

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This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #32 – “The Time of the Daleks” From Big Finish’s site: The Doctor has always admired the work of William Shakespeare. So he is a little surprised that Charley doesn’t hold the galaxy’s greatest...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week we discuss how real technology is getting closer to Star Trek Replicator technology.  We now have the capability to print just about any 3 dimensional object you can imagine out of plastic.  and the printers are getting cheaper all the...

On April 15th, that’s right Tax Day, SyFy will premier its newest scripted drama, Defiance. Defiance is set in the near future, where aliens known collectively as Votans have come to Earth seeking a new home after their star system was destroyed. However, upon reaching Earth they found that...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #31 – “Embrace the Darkness” From Big Finish’s site: The Doctor and Charley travel to the remote Cimmerian System to unravel the mystery of its sun. But darkness has already embraced the scientific base on...

I’ve said it many times, and I’ll never stop reminding people: my first memory of life is seeing Star Wars opening day on the big screen.  That little movie informed me of a great many things that I would later go on to discover, which includes several points along the career of...

The Rings of Akhaten was written by Neil Cross, directed by Farren Blackburn, and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald, and Emilia Jones as Merry. From the BBC Website: The Doctor takes Clara to the Festival of Offerings, but the Old God is waking and demands...

With special thanks to our friends at Titan Books, we at SciFiFX were able to interview Kim Newman.  He’s the author of the newly-reprinted Jago, the Anno Dracula series, and so many other wonderful works, both fiction and non-fiction.  He’s also regular contributor at Empire...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week is the 4th installment in our SciFiFX Book Club.  Last month we all read, or listened to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne, originally published in 1870. We lucked out again this time, as Jules Verne is one of the greatest and...

When Harlan Ellison speaks, you should listen.  I certainly do.  When a man wins 10 Hugos and an honorary doctorate, trust that he earned them and knows what he’s talking about.  In the last 50 years, a number of authors have been on the cutting edge of science fiction, but Ellison...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #30 – “Seasons of Fear” From Big Finish’s site: On New Year’s Eve, 1930, the Doctor lets Charley keep her appointment at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. But his unease at what he’s done to time...

A long while back,  our podcast had the pleasure of talking with Death’s Head Moth; a Real Life Superhero.   Many people, much as I used to be, don’t take the concept very seriously.  However, there are men and women who put on their uniforms/costumes (both terms are used) and...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download In the beginning, the four of us sat down in front of microphones and unleashed ourselves upon an unsuspecting world with the misbegotten notion that somebody out there might actually want to hear what we have to say.  Ego, much?  You betcha. 100...

“The Bells of Saint John” was written by Steven Moffat, directed by Colm McCarthy, and stars Matt Smith as The Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara (Oswin) Oswald. From the BBC Site: The search for Clara brings the Doctor to London, 2013, where something deadly is waiting in the...

If you haven’t seen my review already, I am a big fan of author Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula series, through which I discovered his Warhammer titles dealing with a previous version of the Geneviève character that upstages the Anno Dracula line.  I am supremely picky when it comes...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #29 – “The Chimes of Midnight” From Big Finish’s site: Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring… But something must be stirring. Something hidden in the...

Once more, the good people at Titan Books graciously offer their wares for us to review, and once more I find myself reading something I probably wouldn’t have picked up on my own.  I love this sort of thing, because it’s exactly this situation that encourages me to expand my...