Tag: british science fiction
‘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...
GLAAD Media Awards Honors Hacks, Eternals, and More in 2022 Ceremony
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 2019 Arthur C.Clarke Award (UK)
Rosewater by Tade Thompson (Orbit) won the 33rd Arthur C. Clarke Award, announced July 17, 2019 during a ceremony at Foyles Bookshop in London, UK.Tade...
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction (UK)
The Orwell Foundation is launching a new prize to recognize novels and stories that address social and political themes.The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction...
“Sweet Fruit, Sour Land” Winner of the 2018 Not The Booker Award
“A sharp exploration of a dystopian London set in a chillingly plausible post-apocalyptic Britain, “Sweet Fruit, Sour Land” is about what it means to...
“Await Further Instructions”, A British SF Film
“This British SF film is like the violent offspring of "Black Mirror." Toxic patriarchy and all-access paranoia flourish in "Await Further Instructions" Johnny Kevorkian's...
“King Lear” Adapted As A SF Film
"In short, Richard Eyre's style is a superb way to approach the Bard in the age of the Shard.While the language of Shakespeare...
”Women Invent the Future” SF Anthology (UK)
An anthology of science fiction stories written by women, for everyone“Women Invent the Future” is an experimental anthology written by women, and published by...
Anne Charnock’s “Dreams Before the Start of Time” Wins the 2018 Clarke Award
"In a near-future London infertility is a thing of the past, and a man can create a child without a woman, a woman can...
SF2 Concatenation: 2018 Summer Issue (UK)
SF2 Concatenation's usual large-ish, summer season news page that has sections on film, books and publishing, TV, as well as the season's forthcoming books...
2017 BSFA Winners: Nina Allan, Anne Charnock, Paul Kincaid
The winners for the 2017 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards have been announced:Best NovelWINNER: "The Rift", Nina Allan"Dreams Before the Start of...
The 2017 British Science Fiction Association Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2017 British Science Fiction Association:Best Novel"The Rift" - Nina Allan (UK)
"Dreams Before the Start of Time" - Anne Charnock (UK)
"Exit West" - Mohsin...
Richard Morgan’s “Altered Carbon” Adapted to Web Series
"In February, Netflix will begin streaming an ambitious adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s debut science fiction novel "Altered Carbon". The novel is a cyberpunk...
“Concatenation” Spring 2018 Issue (England)
"Concatenation", An Anglophone Non-Anglocentric SF Site : Spring 2018 "SF2 Concatenation"Really ? Is it possible or is just science fiction ?Reading almost any anglophone...