Category: General
Prometheus, Russian ship.
Here’s a new trailer for Prometheus; clearly demonstrating that it’s the Russians who are getting to land on the first offworld away mission, da comrade?
Leonard Nimoy in new The Big Bang Theory
If you, like me, are a fan of The Big Bang Theory, you will be glad to see this clip of Leonard Nimoy guest starring in the current episode showing in the USA this week. Sadly, in the UK, this geeking moment will have to wait for the latest series to screen here… and for […]
First Dr Who pic of Jenna-Louise Coleman
Here’s the first Doctor Who picture of Jenna-Louise Coleman, looking rather Richard Branson-like in her big jumper. They’re obviously trying to de-sex her a little to tone down the babe within. Good luck with that.
Meet the new jungle water-world, says NASA
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has come up with a new class of planet, a waterworld enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere. It’s smaller than Uranus but larger than Earth. Zachory Berta of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and colleagues made the observations of the planet GJ1214b. “GJ1214b is like no planet we know of,” Berta […]
New Avengers movie poster
Here’s the new poster for the Avengers movie – coming your way May this year with an ensemble cast including Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. Should be good.
From the Deep of the Dark
Now, time for an announcement, one made with mixed feelings. The release of From the Deep of the Dark early in Feb 2012 will be the last of my novels set in the Jackelian world for a while, as I’m currently working on the first in a major new fantasy(ish) trilogy. More on that later… […]
Author Anne McCaffrey dies.
Very sad news, fantasy and sci-fi author Anne McCaffrey, the creator of Dragonriders of Pern, died on Tuesday the 21st November 2011. No exact news yet on how, but I suspect it was old age. Anne McCaffrey was born on the 1st April 1926. She published nearly 100 books, mainly fiction, the first in 1967. […]
Victoria’s Secret’s superhero range
Victoria’s Secret’s models have been hitting the catwalk and trying to catch the geek vote with their superhero-styled ladies of badassness look. Well, they’ve got this geek’s vote… just as long as my wife doesn’t find out.
Superheroes – 1930s Bauhaus style
I see that the work of French artist Grégoire Guillemin is being highlighted on the intertubes – Grégoire’s 1930s retro superhero posters. They look amazing, don’t they? Check out all his work over at http://www.greg-guillemin.com/
Steve Jobs is dead, alas
My old boss, Steve Jobs, has passed away. To anyone who knew him or knew how Apple worked, his death has been on the cards for a while. For to him, to step down from Apple, only an impending illness of fatal magnitude would do. Steve Jobs was scary, intense, and a 100% platinum-plated genius […]
