Dirk van den Boom
‘Extraction 2’ Has Wrapped Filming After 5 Months of Snowy Sets
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
“The Ninth Expansion” – new shared-universe-series in Germany
In December one of the biggest small presses in Germany, Wurdack Press, has officially announced the launch of a new shared-universe-series to be published...
Exhibition “Science Fiction in Germany” started
The Foundation "Haus der Geschichte" (House of History of Germany) in Bonn, the former capital of Germany, will show an exhibition titled "Science Fiction...
EuroCon 2017: German “DortCon”-Team plans bid
The bi-annual "DortCon" from Dortmund in Germany has big plans for 2017: The team of organizers has announced recently that they intend to make...
German SF-magazines: NOVA, phantastisch! and GEEK!
For many years German SF-magazines have been suffering from small circulation and difficult access towards their potential readership. Most magazines have only been accessible...
Awards: “Deutscher Phantastik Preis” in Germany
Last week, one of the major German SF-conventions, the "BuchmesseCon", normally organized along the traditional book fair in Frankfurt, has seen the announcements of...
German SF in series: Death, birth and rebirth
German speaking Science Fiction is famous for its manifold series - the eternal "Perry Rhodan", just reaching episode 2670, is not the only one.
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