Speculative Fiction Information
Speculative fiction has been around since humans began to speak. The earliest forms of speculative fiction were likely mythological tales told around the campfire. Speculative fiction deals with the "What if?" scenarios imagined by dreamers and thinkers worldwide. Journeys to other worlds through the vast reaches of distant space; magical quests to free worlds enslaved by terrible beings; malevolent supernatural powers seeking to increase their spheres of influence across multiple dimensions and times; all of these fall into the realm of speculative fiction.
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, and alternate history all fall within the realm of speculative fiction. Since its beginnings with stories such as Frankenstein, speculative fiction novels, television series, films, and games of all sorts have continued to grow into a large section of the publishing and entertainment world.
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John Wyndham was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic English science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969). Early in his career, Wyndham used various other combinations of his names, such as "John Beynon" or "Lucas Parkes".
Wyndham tried several careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, but mostly relied on an allowance from his family. He eventually turned to writing for money in 1925, and by 1931 was selling short stories and serial fiction to American science fiction pulp magazines, most under the pen names of 'John Beynon' or 'John Beynon Harris', though he also wrote some detective stories.
After World War II, Wyndham returned to writing, inspired by the success of his brother who had had four novels published. He altered his writing style and by 1951, using the John Wyndham pen name for the first time, wrote the novel The Day of the Triffids. His prewar writing career was not mentioned in the book's publicity, and people were allowed to assume that it was a first novel from a previously unknown writer.
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Don Quixote and his fanciful reality, a "world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination". ()
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Anarky (Lonnie Machin) is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. Co-created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, he first appeared in Detective Comics #608 (November 1989) as an adversary of Batman. Stories revolving around Anarky often focus on political and philosophical themes. The character, who was named after the philosophy of anarchism, primarily espouses anti-statism. When Grant himself transitioned to the philosophy of Neo-Tech, he transformed Anarky from a vehicle for socialist and populist philosophy, to rationalist, atheist, and free market-based thought.
Grant avoided using the character often, but addressed multiple issues whenever the character appeared, including environmentalism, antimilitarism, economic exploitation, and political corruption. Inspired by multiple sources, early stories featuring the character often included homages to political and philosophical books. The creation of the character was also partially influenced by Alan Moore's character "V" from V for Vendetta.
Originally intended to only be used in the debut story in which he appeared, Anarky was created to be a violent but highly intelligent youth who rationalized murder in the name of a higher cause. At the request of Dennis O'Neil, this early interpretation was altered before publication, and Anarky was instead portrayed as violent but non-lethal. Following positive reception by readers and Dennis O'Neil, Grant decided to continue using Anarky as a recurring character throughout the early 90s.
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| “ | It is easy to argue persuasively the truism that the lessons of history are best derived from what actually happened, rather than from what nearly happened. It should be added, however, that what happened becomes more fully comprehensible in the light of the contending forces that existed at moments of decision. Understanding of the total historical setting is bound to contribute to a clearer view of the actual course of affairs. | ” |
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Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in many cultures and in spite of speculation by literary historian Brian Frost that the "belief in vampires and bloodsucking demons is as old as man himself", and may go back to "prehistoric times", the term vampire was not popularized until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe.The success of John Polidori's 1819 The Vampyre established the charismatic and sophisticated vampire of fiction as it is arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century inspiring such works as Varney the Vampire and eventually Dracula. However, it is Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula that is remembered as the quintessential vampire novel and which provided the basis of modern vampire fiction. The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre, still popular in the 21st century, with books, films, video games, and television shows. The vampire is such a dominant figure in the horror genre that literary historian Susan Sellers places the current vampire myth in the "comparative safety of nightmare fantasy".
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Possible futures
Possible events in the future as suggested by science fiction:
- The Psi Corps is founded on April 12, 2161.
- Kirth Gersen arrives at Smade's Planet in 3524.
- The Andromeda Ascendant is rescued by the crew of the Eureka Maru in 5161.
- In 802,701, The Time Traveller encounters a garden world and sees Humanity has divided into the meek Eloi on the surface and the subdwelling, cannibalistic Morlocks. —Nominations / Archive—
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- ... that the demon Kabandha, from the Hindu epic Ramayana, is described to be as big as a mountain, headless, and with arms eight miles long?
- ... that the UK video game magazine Edge described Amy Hennig as one of the 100 most influential women in the video game industry?
- ... that the only Rod Serling short story in the 2009 Twilight Zone anthology was called the least Twilight Zone-like story in the collection?
- ... that Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat warned actor Matt Smith not to visit fan forums such as Gallifrey Base?
- ... that the animations of characters in 1988 video game Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax were based on 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge's motion captures of humans?
- ... the Halloween genes include spook, spookier, phantom, disembodied, shadow and shade?
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Book releases
- 1984 - The Dune Encyclopedia, a collection of essays written by Dr. Willis E. McNelly and 42 other contributors as a companion to Frank Herbert's classic science fiction series which began with Dune
- 2010 - Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton
Anniversaries and events
- 2006 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Spain
In the news...
- May 21: Winners of the 2010 Nebula Awards, including Eric James Stone for Best Novelette, are announced.[1]
- May 21: The finalists for the 2011 Mythopoeic Awards are announced.[2]
- May 19: Jeffrey Catherine Jones, an American painter known for genre book cover and magazine works, dies at 67.[3] [4]
- May 19: The winners of the 2010 Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest are announced.[5]
- May 18: Walter Jon Williams discusses how he has "pirated" his works from those illegally posting his works online.[6]
- May 17: The finalists for the English language Prix Aurora Awards are announced.[7]
- May 17: The winners of the French language Prix Aurora Boréal Awards are announced.[8]
- May 16: English actor Edward Hardwicke, best known for his role as Doctor Watson in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, dies at 78.[9]
- May 5: Dana Wynter, best known for playing the female lead in the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, dies at 79.[10]
- May 3: Jackie Cooper, best known recently for playing Daily Planet editor Perry White in the Superman film series starring Christopher Reeve, dies at 88.[11] [12]
- May 3: The nominees for the 2011 Rhysling Awards are announced.[13]
- April 29: Feminist author Joanna Russ, best known for her award-winning novel The Female Man, dies at 74.[14]
- April 29: Superman states he will renounce his American citizenship in the 900th issue of Action Comics.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
- April 28: William Campbell, best known for portraying Koloth in Star Trek: The Original Series, dies at 84.[20]
- April 28: Winners of the 2011 Ditmar Award, including Power and Majesty by Tansy Rayner Roberts, are announced.[21]
- April 28: South African author Lauren Beukes wins the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Zoo City.[22]
- April 27: Yvette Vickers, best known for the title role in the 1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, is found dead in her home. She is believed to have been dead for about a year.[23] [24]
- April 25: Nominees for the Hugo Award are announced.[25] [26]
- April 24: The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, by Mark Hodder, wins the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award.[27]
- April 24: Winners of the 2010 BSFA Award, including The Dervish House by Ian McDonald, are announced.[28]
- April 23: Sol Saks, a television screenwriter known best for creating Bewitched, dies at 100.[29] [30]
- April 19: Elizabeth Sladen, best known for portraying Sarah Jane Smith on Doctor Who, dies at 63.[31] [32]
Past news archive Sources include: Box Office Mojo, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, SF Scope, Slice of SciFi
Bestsellers
Entries marked with debuted at #1. Entries marked with debuted lower, but reached #1.
New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers:
- March 27: One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde debuts at #15 (at #21 as of April 3)
- March 27: Dark Prince by Christine Feehan debuts at #18 (at #34 as of April 3)
- March 20: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss debuts at #1 (at #5 as of April 3)
- March 20: River Marked by Patricia Briggs debuts at #3 (at #13 as of April 3)
- March 13: Pale Demon by Kim Harrison debuts at #2 (at #19 as of April 3)
- February 27: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness debuts at #2 (at #8 as of April 3)
- February 20: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell debuts at #28 (at #25 as of April 3)
New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers:
- April 3: Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku debuts at #7
- February 13: The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene debuts at #4 (dropped off the list on April 3)
New York Times E-Book Fiction Best Sellers:
- March 20: River Marked by Patricia Briggs debuts at #3 (at #32 as of April 3)
- March 20: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss debuts at #5 (at #26 as of April 3)
- February 27: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness debuts at #4 (at #9 as of April 3)
- February 13: What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz debuts at #11 (at #33 as of April 3)
New York Times Paperback Mass-Market Fiction Best Sellers:
- March 13: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost debuts at #2 (dropped off the list on April 3)
- March 6: Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole debuts at #1 (dropped off the list on April 3)
New York Times Children's Chapter Books Best Sellers:
- April 3: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull debuts at #1
- March 20: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins debuts at #5 (dropped off the list on April 3)
- January 2: The Gift by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet debuts at #2 (at #7 as of April 3)
- December 19: Matched by Ally Condie debuts at #5 (at #10 as of April 3)
- October 22: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan debuts at #1 (at #3 as of April 3)
- August 13: I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore debuts at #7 (at #2 as of April 3)
New York Times Hardcover Graphic Book Best Sellers:
- April 3: Gotham Central: Corrigan by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker debuts at #1
- March 27: Cowboys & Aliens by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, et al, debuts at #3 (dropped off the list on April 3)
- March 13: Nemesis by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven debuts at #8 (dropped off the list on April 3)
- March 6: True Blood: All Together Now by Alan Ball, et al, debuts at #6 (at #3 as of April 3)
- February 27: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne by Grant Morrison, et al, debuts at #1 (at #2 as of April 3)
- February 27: The Dark Tower: The Journey Begins by Robin Furth, Peter David, et al, debuts at #6 (at #9 as of April 3)
- February 13: Last Unicorn by Renae DeLiz and Ray Dillon debuts at #2 (at #6 as of April 3)
- February 13: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales by Joss Whedon, et al, debuts at #4 (dropped off the list on April 3)
- December 26: Brightest Day volume 1 by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi debuts at #2 (at #8 as of April 3)
- November 4: Superman: Earth One by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis debuts at #1 (at #5 as of April 3)
- September 30: The Exile - An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon and Hoang Nguyen debuts at #1 (at #4 as of April 3)
Past releases archive Sources for this information include: New York Times Best Seller Lists
Upcoming releases
Upcoming book releases: Academic and non-fiction books: — Anthologies: — Art books: — Collection/Omnibus:
- May 9: Geth and the Return of the Lithens by Obert Skye
- May 10: Central Park Knight by C.J. Henderson
- May 10: Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage by Kaye Umansky
- May 10: Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances edited by Trisha Telep
- May 10: Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
- May 10: The Moewmorphosis by Coleridge Cook and Franz Kafka
- May 10: Twenty Thirty: The Real Story of What Happens to America by Albert Brooks
- May 11: The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
- May 11: Vampire Warlords by Andy Remic
- May 12: Anno Frankenstein by Jonathan Green
- May 12: Doctor Who: The Dalek Handbook by Steve Tribe and James Goss
- May 12: I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle
- May 12: Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley
- May 12: Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Reference Guide to His Fiction and His Life by William H. Roberson
- May 15: Irish Ghost Stories edited by Rosemary Gray
- May 16: Edda by Conor Kostick
- May 17: Cursebusters by Julie Smith
- May 17: Embassytown by China Miéville
- May 17: Graveminder by Melissa Marr
- May 17: Pirates of the Carribbean: The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin
- May 17: Transformers: Dark of the Moon by Michael Kelly
- May 18: Star Wars vs. Star Trek: Could the Empire Kick the Federation's Ass? and Other Galaxy-Shaking Enigmas by Matt Forbeck
- May 19: The Country of the Blind and Other Science Fiction Stories by H. G. Wells
Upcoming film releases:
- May 13: Priest
- May 20: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- May 26: Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom
- May 27: The Tree of Life
- June 3: X-Men: First Class
- June 10: Super 8
- June 10: The Troll Hunter
- June 17: Green Lantern
- June 24: Cars 2
- June 24: Rise of the Apes
Upcoming home video releases:
- May 15: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers / Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (Blu-ray)
- May 17: Deep Red
- May 17: The Rite
- May 17: The Twilight Zone (season 4)
- May 24: Gnomeo and Juliet
- May 24: I Am Number Four
- May 31: The Cat o' Nine Tails (Blu-ray)
- May 31: Drive Angry
- May 31: Legend (Blu-ray)
- May 31: Stanley Kubrick: Limited Edition Collection
- May 31: True Blood (season 3)
Past releases archive Sources for this information include: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Box Office Mojo, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Yahoo! Movies—visit them for more complete information.
Upcoming conventions
Dates shown are the first date of the convention. Most cons run for multiple days.
May:
- 6: LepreCon (Arizona)
- 13: Gaylaxicon (Georgia, USA)
- 13: SFeraKon (Croatia)
- 20: MOBICON (Alabama)
- 26: WisCon (Wisconsin)
- 27: Balticon (Maryland)
- 27: BayCon (California)
- 27: CONduit (Utah)
- 27: ConQuesT (Missouri)
- 27: Marcon (Ohio)
- 27: MediaWest*Con (Michigan)
- 27: TimeGate (Georgia)
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