Tag: czech 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...
“Dreams From Beyond” – Anthology of Czech Speculative Fiction
"Dreams From Beyond" is an anthology of Czech speculative fiction freely available in English, edited for Eurocon 2016 (November 4-6, Barcelona), edited by talented...
“ABERRANT” by Marek Šindelka (Czech Republic)
Marek Šindelka's "Aberrant" (Chyba), translated from the Czech by Nathan Fields; artwork by Petr Nikl, The Twisted Spoon Press"The remarkable debut novel from Marek...
Czech Origin Writer Jaroslav Kalfař : “Spaceman of Bohemia”
“I wanted my first book to be about my people, my country. Prague is my favourite city in the world but it is fascinating...
“The Invisibles” (Neviditelní) Czech SF TV Series
"Neviditelní" (The Invisibles) is a TV comedy/fantasy series, slightly based on famous 1970s comedy "How to Drown Dr. Mrácek" by Václav Vorlíček (one of the best european...
Interview with the Czech SFF writer Lucie Lukačovičová by Cristian Tamas
Cristian Tamas : ”The Czechs appear to believe that the Earth is the centre of the Universe, Europe is the centre of Earth and...
The 300th issue of the Czech magazine XB-1 – Jason Sanford (USA)
Fun fact: There's an entire world of science fiction and fantasy existing beyond the horizons of what most English-language genre fans know.As proof of...
An Oasis of European Short Speculative Fiction ? – Julie Nováková (Czech Republic)
Julie Nováková (Prague, Czech Republic)Czech SF&F editor Martin Šust has recently mentioned an interesting fact:Czech magazines : XB-1 (SF) and Pevnost (Fortress), dedicated to...
Parcon-Istrocon 2014, A Report by Zdeněk Rampas (Czech Republic)
PARCON, the traditional Czech Convention, organized in a different city each time, became this year a part of ISTROCON, a gigantic festival of games,...
Parcon-Istrocon, Bratislava (Slovakia) : Friday the 19th – Sunday 21st of September 2014, Bratislava, Slovakia
Parcon (the 33rd edition) is the oldest and historically the most prestigious yearly meeting of the Czech and Slovak fans, the Czecho-Slovak Nat SF Convention. ...
Erasing Boundaries and Distances. An Interview with the Czech SF Editor Martin Šust by Julie Nováková (Czech Republic)
I’m bringing you a snippet from interviews I do for the Czech SF Magazine XB-1, this time with a notable Czech SF editor Martin...
Where Are Current SF Magazines Going? – Julie Nováková (Czech Republic)
Julie Nováková, Czech SF and detective stories writerI’ve had a talk on current Anglo-American magazines at Festival Fantazie in Chotebor (Czech Republic) on 28th of...
Czech This Out ! Czech SF Magazine “XB-1” No.7/2014
Even you didn’t ever heard of Karel Čapek, probably you’ve heard of “robots” and this is the right time to find out that the...