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Stephen Hunt's SciFi News Roundup: 23rd October 2009

Posted by Stephen Hunt

Fantasy and science fiction author Stephen Hunt (and Guest Literary Editor of SCI FI UK) brings his weekly round-up of all that is new from the genre world of sci-fi.

Season of the Witch

Here's an elevator pitch for you - imagine a fantasy horror film set in Medieval Europe, make it a cross between Con Air meets the Name of the Rose, and then add two of the same actors from said films, Ron Perlman and Nicolas Cage. Make your own mind up. Here's the first trailer for you, from Season of the Witch.

Splice

Here's a trailer for a new scifi horror flick called Splice - think The Fly combined with Gremlins, but as a product of genetic engineering to produce cute artificial pets. It's behind you, Mrs Scientist...

The old men of scifi

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society to host a 2009 thanksgiving weekend convention in honour of their 75th year. It was back in October 27, 1934 when the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society first opened its doors to fans of a new genre, scientific fiction, aka science fiction or Sci-Fi.

Disney soars in to create a steampunk movie out of Airman

Disney is set to turn 'Airman', a fantasy steampunk tale from the pen of Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer, into a movie. Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers studio is set to join forces with Disney in making the film. The book is a Victorian age Zorro/Count of Monte Cristo hybrid.

Join the Klingon Empire

A recruiting video for the Klingon Empire courtesy of the new Star Trek MMOG. Yes, weak human Ha'DIbaH, today is a good day for you to die.

Paradox

The new BBC 1 sci-fi mini-series Paradox stars actress Tamzin Outhwaite as Inspector Rebecca Flint, who has to work with space scientist Dr Christian King - aka Emun Elliott - when a series of rogue images are transmitted from space into his laboratory. The fragmented images appear to be of a terrible incident but they also suggest it is yet to happen - it's in the future.

Written by Stephen Hunt

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Stephen Hunt is the author of the Jackelian sequence of novels (The Court of the Air, The Kingdom Beyond the Waves, The Rise of the Iron Moon). He is published in the UK by HarperCollins alongside their other best-selling fantasy authors, JRR Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), and CS Lewis (Narnia). In the US, Tor publishes his novels. He can be found online at www.StephenHunt.net and www.SFcrowsnest.com.