All Entries Tagged With: "Sci Fi"

What Can We Expect from Pyr Books in the Future?

While at this year’s WorldCon I had the fortunate pleasure of meeting Lou Anders, head editor of mid-sized book publisher of Pyr Books. In recent years, Pyr (an imprint of Prometheus Books) has stood out in science fiction publishing as a publisher with a fantastic list of authors, a standard for great editorial quality, and [...]

Flashforward Sneak Peek Released

With a new television season looming on the horizon, one of the most anticipated shows to be watched this fall is ABC’s Flashforward, set to debut on September 24, 2009 at 8/7 Central.

For those that don’t already know the premise, I’ll try to distil it as best I can. One day a global event causes [...]

Tesseracts Fourteen Open For Submissions (Sept. 1, 2009 – Nov. 30, 2009)

Submissions are now open (from September 1, 2009 to November 30, 2009) for volume 14 of the Tesseracts anthology. Tesseracts is the premiere anthology for Canadian short fiction published annually by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, so if you are a Canadian author, feel free to submit your stories, poetry, radio plays, and flash fiction [...]

What Can We Expect From DAW Books in the Future?

While I was unable to attend the DAW Books publisher presentation at this year’s WorldCon in Montreal due to a programming error in the schedule I was, however, able to get into contact with one of their representatives as to what we can expect from DAW Books this year and for much of next year. [...]

Eureka Renewed for a 4th Season

Fans of the popular Syfy original Eureka will be happy to know that the show has been green-lit for a fourth season for 22 episodes, which will likely to air next summer. The original announcement came in late July at last month’s ComicCon in San Diego.

The announcements included some intriguing news items:
• One or two episodes [...]

Blockbuster or Lackluster? September DVD/Blu-ray Releases

While August was a somewhat lackluster month for science fiction and fantasy DVD/Blu-ray releases it seems that with kids going back to school as we roll into the new fall television season, September seems to more than make up for the difference. Check out below for what we can expect from DVD/Blu-ray releases in September

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Star Trek Invades SPACE September 5 – 7

It’s a galactic invasion when the U.S.S. Enterprise leads a three-day, trek-tastic takeover on SPACE with the Star Trek Movie Marathon. The assault begins with all six Captain Kirk films on Saturday, Sept. 5. Continuing into Sunday, Sept. 6, SPACE beams up Captain Picard and the Next Generation films. Then, on Monday, Sept. 7, the [...]

What Can We Expect From Baen Books in the Future?

While attending Worldcon in Montreal I had the fortunate pleasure of attending Baen Books publisher’s presentation. Similarly, prior to the event I had a writer’s workshop with one of their authors, Mark L. Van Name, who I can’t help but thank for his insightful criticism from the nearly finished novel. Nevertheless, the following is a [...]

Gemini Nominations Announced

Just wanted to do a quick post congratulating all of the science fiction television shows nominated for this year’s Gemini Award. As much American television is filmed in what many dub “Hollywood North” (Battlestar Galactica is a testament to this as much of Caprica City looks a lot like downtown Vancouver) it is no surprise [...]

September TV Science Fiction Guide

One of the things about having a science fiction blog is the inevitable four-month summer droughts that come around May-June where many sci-fi shows close up yet another season, leaving the TV reviews section of ScifiWatch rather stagnant.

Fortunately with the return of new shows, and old favorites, you can expect I’ll be watching a good [...]