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Forgotten Films: The Laughing Dead (1989) This is the 44th in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films Writing is such a visual thing that frequently writers want to try their hand at filmmaking, particularly if they have had a negative experience with the translation of their work to the screen (though, as far [Read it all...] Looking for a geeky diversion this weekend? There’s none we can suggest more highly than the 33rd annual ArmadilloCon, where variety of well-known sf, fantasy and horror writers will read works, sign books and debate weighty subjects ranging from what books belong on a college-level sf reading list and why people just can’t get [Read it all...] The World Science Fiction Convention will return to Texas — San Antonio to be precise — for the first time since 1997. On Aug. 20, voters at Renovation, the 2011 Worldcon, awarded the right to host the international conference to the Texas in 2013 bid. LoneStarCon 3 -– the 71st World Science Fiction Convention -– [Read it all...] Forgotten Films: Streets of Fire (1984) This is the 12th in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films This one is all Joe Lansdale’s fault. One year while visiting him at his home he asked if I had seen this film. I replied that I had not because it was savaged by the critics [Read it all...] Sojan the Swordsman by Michael Moorcock, © 1977, trade paperback, Savoy Books This is the 35th in my series of Forgotten Books Sojan the Swordsman by Michael Moorcock (Savoy Books) The summer of 1967 was a traumatic one for me. I had finished my freshman year in high school and was about [Read it all...] This go-round, we asked friends and contributors to name their favorite humorous science fiction, fantasy or horror book. Novels, collections, graphic novels or even single short stories were fair game. Did your choice, we inquired, win its spot on your bookshelf with withering wit, silly slapstick, stinging satire or punishing puns? Here are the answers we got [Read it all...] Dread Island by Joe R. Lansdale, © 2010 trade paperback, IDW This is the 17th in my series of Forgotten Books "Dread Island" by Joe R. Lansdale This week we are going to look at a book that is not so much “Forgotten” as “Not Yet Known”. Theoretically this book is not yet out. [Read it all...] The new Jonah Hex movie shoots up the big screen this weekend and that got us thinking about one of our favorite SF subgenres…the Weird Western. San Antonio and South Texas have borne witness to hundreds of years of western weirdness so we decided to ask about your favorite Weird Western: book, movie, comic whatever. We [Read it all...] Looks like you’ll have to drive about 75 miles outside of Loop 1604 to attend this one, but it’s just too cool not to mention. Austin’s FERAL CINEMA is presenting a screening of movies based on the work of Texas horror legend JOE R. LANSDALE, which will be attended by none other than Joe, [Read it all...] |
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