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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 masterworks....

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, Martian invaders laid waste to the nation. At least,...

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 creations of this...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download When season 5 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars first geared up, the teasers asked “Who will fall?”  As it turns out, the answer is “everyone,” as Darth Mickey executed a far bigger master plan than anyone could foresee.  Mere...

This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #27 – “The One Doctor” From Big Finish’s site: When the evil Skelloids launch an attack upon the seventeen worlds of the Generios system, its peace-loving inhabitants face total destruction. So it’s...

Lucasfilm has officially announced the end of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as a television series.  As many of us feared, the gear-up to Episode VII translated to the demise of many current projects.  And yet, it’s not all doom and gloom as we surmised.  While the series has officially...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week, we talk shop on season 5 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  Because of the story threads being presented – and because we just can’t stay focused – our discussion goes all over the Saga’s timeline.  And because...

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This is the next in line of my Big Finish Productions Doctor Who retro-reviews. #26 – “Primeval” From Big Finish’s site: Nyssa will die at dawn, and the Doctor doesn’t even know why. To save her life, he must make a desperate journey to the only place in the universe where a cure...