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BLOG Metascifi: A New Species of Science Fiction

For the past two years conceptual artist Martin Firrell has been working on something very special for science fiction fans, and he’s been keeping details about his new project super-secret… until now. A teasing first look of the project is now live on the Metascifi website, and in this first …

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Doctor Who: The Science Of Time Travel Video

BBC America has released a clip from The Science Of Doctor Who , a one-hour special will air in the States later today. In this clip Steven Moffat and knowledgeable boffins debate the possibility of time travel using Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity and wormholes… Read the SFX analysis of …

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15 Sci-Fi Sports Wed Love To See In The Olympics

1 ROLLERBALL Rollerball (opens in new tab) Futuristic sports are often ultra-violent gladiatorial takes on American Football. For some reason no-one thinks a variant of crown green bowls is going to take the 23rd century by storm. Rollerball is the much-copied classic model. A cross between roller-derby and basketball, it …

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Hitman: Absolution caption contest rules

Hitman: Absolution Caption Contest OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. SPONSOR; ADMINISTRATOR: This promotion (the “Contest”) is sponsored by “FUTURE US, INC., 4000 Shoreline Court, Suite 400, South San Francisco, CA …

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BLOGBUSTERS Star-Crossed Lovers

It’s the “You and your timing!” edition. We’ll just give the Farscape fans who got that reference a moment to wipe their eyes. And by Farscape fans I also mean me. Everyone better? Aces. Right then! This week we’re looking at couples in genre fiction. The double acts whose banter, …

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Richard Ayoade writes for Total Film

My co-stars on Boom Goes The Neigborhood! have been beyond supportive of my fledgling flight in the apo-com-lyptic action genre, and many now know my name. From the start, one in particular has been marvellously vigilant in keeping the lines of communication with me open and clear. For legal reasons, …

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BOND 50 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

2012 marks the 50th anniversary of James Bond on the big screen. To celebrate, SFX’s Nick Setchfield revisits each and every 007 adventure in a week by week countdown to Skyfall … MISSION 10: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) THINKING BIG The Spy Who Loved Me finds the Bond …

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