Starting a new feature on Offworlders: The Sci-Fi and Fantasy News Roundup. Three to four times per month I will sift through the flotsam and jetsam tossing about on the internet and bring interesting tidbits to your attention. I will cut through the information overload to provide you with the good stuff–not to be confused with Russ Grissom’s “Right Stuff,” little nuggets of sci-fi and fantasy goodness.
Saddle up pardner – here we go:
November 4, 2018
There was a tie for Best Novel in the 2018 World Fantasy Award. The winners were Fonda Lee for her novel “Jade City;” and Victor LaValle for his novel “The Changeling.” Congratulations to both! More Details Here: 2018 World Fantasy Awards.
November 4, 2018
After Limited Run Success – “Prospect” Gets National Release:
Prospect, a Sci-Fi Western based on the short of the same name started playing in select New York and Los Angeles venues on November 2nd. A nationwide release is scheduled for November 9, 2018. The flick premiered at the South by Southwest Music Festival and won the ‘The Adam Yauch Hörnblowér’ award for originality. Reviews for this film go either way so you will need to see this one yourself to decide its merits. Check out the short below that sparked the project.
November 4, 2018
Sci-Fi Film Persephone adds Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand to the Cast
Since playing the teen Warhead in the Deadpool movies, Brianna’s acting career is taking off. Written by Jeffrey Morris, Persephone follows three astronauts aboard a colony ship carrying 20,000 souls from earth, now inhabitable, to a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri. She will play the part of a pilot born on the fifty-year journey to their new home planet. More Details Here: Brianna Hildebrand Joins Persephone.
November 5, 2018
Great article you should read: “How the Giants of Science Fiction Helped America’s World War II Effort.” This piece by James Barber on military.com discusses Alec Navala-Lee’s new novel “Astounding,” a history of science fiction in America. The book, which focuses on John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, L. Ron Hubbard, and Robert Heinlein, sounds fantastic! As a matter of fact, it’s sitting on my nightstand upstairs now. Is it bedtime yet? The link to the article is here: How the Giants…
November 7, 2018
SpaceX announced that Starman is now beyond Mars. Fare thee, well brother!
November 7, 2018
Barnes & Noble published their Sci-Fi & Fantasy novel recommendations for October 2018. Don’t buy every book from Amazon – check out their suggestions here: Short Fiction Roundup: October 2018
November 8, 2018
The good folks at geek tyrant recommend the Indie film Time Trap as a “mind-bending – low budget” flick worth watching. Students follow their archeology professor into a remote Texas cave and rappel into a rift in the space-time continuum. The film is in limited release so it may not be available in your area, but it will be available On Demand on November 13th if you cannot catch it in a theater.
Watch the trailer and see what you think:
November 11, 2018
Bad news for fans of HBO’s Westworld: The set for Westworld burned to the ground in the Woolsey Fire in California. The National park Service shared the news on their social media channels. The set was used during the first two seasons of the show and was also used for almost a hundred years as a popular shooting location for numerous movies and television shows. More Details Here: Westworld Burns
That’s it for this week. Let me know in the comments below if you think this feature will be helpful…