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The Dresden Files Returns to its Roots
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 02-06-2007)

...ell while C.J. Cherryh, author of the Foreigner series, releases the eighth book, Pretender, on paperback and the brand-spankin’ new installment, Deliverer, on hardback both through Penguin Group USA.  SF fans get a huge dose of some qua...

Star Wars: Cloak of Deception
by James T. Voelpel (Mon 06-25-2001)

...Baxter or C.J. Cherryh work will not. I'm sure there will be huge fan response to this book and in a few months there will be yet another prequel to the prequel, a sequel to the prequel, a prequel to the prequel of the sequel, and on and on into infini...

THE BEST MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY
by James T. Voelpel (Fri 08-10-2001)

...PEGOAT by C.J. Cherryh and TO THE STORMING GULF by Gregory Benford. The 1957 Poul Anderson story AMONG THIEVES is very topical considering the recent death of this Grandmaster. There are also tales by David Drake, Cordwainer Smith, Walter Jon Williams ...


GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS is here!
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 10-26-2004)

If you've gone to the mall already today and don't know why there was that long lineup outside the video game store, it's because one of the year's most highly anticipated video games went on sale starting today. GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS is the lates...

HAMMERFALL
by J.A. Hitchcock (Mon 10-08-2001)

...thor(s): C.J. Cherryh Publisher: Avon Books Price: $25.00 

Someone Get Mr. Bauer Some Caffiene, Stat!
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 01-03-2005)

After a wait of seven months, Jack Bauer and 24 return to television with a two-hour fourth season premiere this Sunday, followed by two more hours in its new regular Monday-night slot. I've seen the first three hours, and the premiere starts off with a l...

Happy to Be Proven Wrong
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 02-21-2005)

If you've been following the column since I took over, you'll recall that I didn't think much of MEDIUM at first. The characters didn't engage me; the plots didn't thrill me; the dialogue didn't delight me. I never thought it was a particularly bad show, ...


FRIDAY THE 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan, Part 2
by Brian Thomas (Mon 10-25-2004)

FRIDAY THE 13th: THE FINAL CHAPTER apparently ended the killing spree of Jason Voorhees, chopped to bits with his own machete by crafty little Tommy Jarvis. To some, this signaled the end of the slasher genre and perhaps horror cinema altogether, as box o...

DAWN OF THE DEAD
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 03-19-2004)

Yes, the new DAWN OF THE DEAD is a remake of the George Romero horror classic, itself a follow-up to his earlier groundbreaking NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. And yes, this new DAWN is derivative of or at least shares concepts with other zombie films, specif...

GRR Martin, Koji Suzuki, Chris Golden & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 09-26-2006)

Watch out sci fi and fantasy fans we've got some work to do with a slew of new titles being released today. The 1632, Diablo, Ghosts of Albion, and A Song of Ice and Fire series all get new installments this week. Koji Suzuki, the literary source for the ...

And The Nominees Are...
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 02-25-2008)

...ore & C.J. Cherryh (Paizo Publishing) 75th Anniversary Edition! Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first pub...


New Boysenberry Books website launches today! (Thu 11-15-2007)

Los Angeles, CA (November 7, 2007) – Boysenberry Books, the new boys' love imprint from Broccoli Books, has a new website, http://www.boysenberrybooks.com, launching today. The website will contain constant updates about upcoming boys love titles. A...

Broccoli Books New Boys Love Imprint Boysenberry (Wed 02-21-2007)

Los Angeles, CA (February 21, 2007) - Broccoli Books has announced their boys love imprint name, Boysenberry Books, and will launch it with three titles. Delivery Cupid, Pet on Duty, and Sex Friend will be released starting in summer 2007. The website for...

Suby's Effective Butterfly Score
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-22-2004)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSMichael Suby is a recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music, achieving a degree in film scoring in May of 2000. He wrote the music to an independent science fiction epic called ABLE EDWARDS and composed the main title them...

Ghost in the Shell Continues
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-16-2007)

Ever since its explosion onto the global screen in 1995, the Ghost in the Shell series has provided viewers with a profoundly philosophical, yet innovatively stylized look into a near future world where the lines between man and machine finally blur. Thro...


The Saga Continues
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-22-2007)

In light of the biggest gaming news of 2007 (thus far), this Tuesday’s schedule reinforces the fact that some of the best genre narratives don’t have to originate from the traditional literary form. Greetings all you Maniac readers and welcome...

CreeD: UTOPIATE from Image
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 10-05-2001)

Former WITCHBLADE writer Christina Z. is teaming with CreeD creator and GHOST RIDER artist Trent Kaniuga on CreeD: UTOPIATE, a four-issue series from Image Comics.Here's how she describes the story project:"CreeD is the dark, twisted tale of teenager, Mar...

RAY
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-29-2004)

RAY might be just another showbiz biography, albeit a very good one, but for two things. One is the noteworthy central performance by Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles. The other is Charles' music without banging us over the head with it, RAY shows us just how m...

Dining out at the DAWN OF THE DEAD premiere
by Sue Schneider (Fri 03-19-2004)

DAWN OF THE DEAD opens today in theaters across the country. Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment/New Amsterdam Entertainment recently held the World Premiere, at where else...The Beverly Center Mall in West Hollywood, California.Walking through the ma...


When the Fall Turns Cold, Curl Up with a SF Book
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 11-13-2002)

TOR Books leads the pack this month with some superlative releases. First up is HEAVY PLANET, a trade paperback compilation edition that reprints SF Grandmaster Hal Clement's Mesklin novels: MISSION OF GRAVITY and STAR LIGHT. As nerdy as this might be, I ...

Dawn of the Dead
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Sat 03-13-2004)

Genre:Horror/Remake.Studio:Universal Pictures.Production Company:Beacon Communications/Strike Entertainment/New Amsterdam Entertainment.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Ving Rhames (Kenneth); Sarah Polley (Ana); Mekhi Phifer (Andre); Jake Weber (Micha...

Places To Be, People To Kill
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 06-05-2007)

Of all the genre collections that hit bookshelves daily, this week’s release schedule’s got one with the coolest unifying element I’ve ever encountered: one that pays homage to the stand-up citizens who provide death for hire.   ...

WARCRAFT
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-27-2007)

In breaking with tradition this week, a Pocket Star release has given me an excuse to spend most of my discourse on something I positively love: WARCRAFT.   Ever since playing a demo version of the original Warcraft (on a Shuckysoft shareware CD) a...


BACKFLASH
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Thu 08-15-2002)

Ray’s (Robert Patrick) a pathetic loser who runs a video store and likes to exchange movie quips with his film savvy employee. Harley (Jennifer Esposito) is a hard rocking ex-convict who crosses paths with soft spoken dork Ray, starting up a string of eve...

Park Chan-wook's Vampyric THIRST Bitten By Universal
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 09-12-2008)

Park Chan-wook's vampire tale Thirst has been grabbed by Universal Pictures and Focus Features, reports Variety. The film, which is already in production, has so far been ran by Korean major CJ Entertainment but the two are hopping on board to invest and ...

The Next Batch of Film Adaptations
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 01-14-2008)

...ore & C.J. Cherryh (Paizo Publishing) 75th Anniversary Edition! Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first pub...

EXCLUSIVE: DAWN OF THE DEAD extra speaks!
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 08-01-2003)

With the remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD now currently filming in Toronto, we've been waiting to hear a firsthand report of what it's like fighting off wave after wave of dead folk. Thanks to an early morning email from R.T., we've now got a firsthand account ...