http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_111_bookreviews.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSWe got a bit backed up on some of our written book reviews, so we thought we’d just run a podcast and talk some about...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_110_ReadyPlayerOne.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSThis month’s Book Club installment, we immerse ourselves in the ready-made, fully-interactive OASIS that is…...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_109_ROTJ_Commentary.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSIt’s been 30 years since the original Star Wars trilogy came to its epic conclusion, and to celebrate the guys have...

Earlier this month, we had the distinct pleasure of speaking at length with author Max Allan Collins, crime fiction writer extraordinaire and hand-picked successor of the late, great Mickey Spillane.  Within the scope of that interview, I mentioned that Spillane’s Mike Hammer...

Joe Simon.  Jack Kirby.  Each man a giant in the world of comics, this match-up is as legendary as Martin and Lewis, Tracy and Hepburn, or Lennon and McCartney.  If you just thought “who?” to any of these names amongst names, proceed directly to Google or...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_108_DanaFredsti.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSIn this special Mother’s Day edition of the podcast, we talk zombies with Plague Nation author Dana Fredsti… because...

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...

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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...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_107_Neuromancer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSFor the book club this month, we all read listened to William Gibson’s Neuromancer.  For those not in the know (and...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_106_FreeComicBookDay.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS The SciFiFX crew takes the show on the road and sets up fortifications in front of Comic Book Craze in Garland, TX....

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,...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_105_MaxAllanCollins.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSSome people only dream of meeting their heroes.  Award-winning author Max Allan Collins has been handed the torch by...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_100.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSIn the beginning, the four of us sat down in front of microphones and unleashed ourselves upon an unsuspecting world with the misbegotten...

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...

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...

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...

Not in my wildest hopes did I expect to see this in this life or the next.  More than that, I’m wondering how this escaped my notice until now. With the 10th annual Tolkien Reading Day upon us on the 25th, my mind naturally turns to thoughts of the J.R.R. Tolkien and his...

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This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #28 – “Invaders From Mars” From Big Finish’s site: Hallowe’en 1938. A year after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of New York state,...

1963 saw a boom in the British spy genre after James Bond hit the big screen the year before in Dr. No.  As a result, it wasn’t just the spies who took center stage; a number of creations with a criminal past also lit up the intrigue of the time.  One of the standout...