Shariann Lewitt is a science fiction author with a dozen or so novels and more than double that in short fiction. She has written a Star Trek book and co-written with Susan Shwartz as Gordon Kendall.

The following descriptions are all courtest of Ian Sales and do sound rather interesting :-

ANGEL AT APOGEE (1987) - young privileged woman ( Read more... )

Lynda Williams is a science fiction author whose Okal Rel Universe series has a double figure work count, both short and long. I have never seen any, though.

C. M. Gilbert is a curiosity, the author of one novel that I am aware of. It was actually marketed as Sword and Sorcery but isn't. The 1981 novel The Ozine Conquest has a disgruntled steel-handed soldier getting involved with an ancient alien race and a conflict over a space station and the alien transport technology. Complete with Star Traders ( Read more... )

Ignition City is a five issue comic series that has also been collected into a trade. It was created by Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani. In an history with a Martian invasion of Earth, where do the space heroes go to die? Ignition City is an island spaceport, and this is where the daughter of famous space hero Rock Raven goes to find out who ( Read more... )

David Kyle is the author of three authorised sequels to E. E. Doc Smith's Lensman series, focusing on the other Second Stage Lensmen, Worsel, Tregonsee and Nadreck. He was also a publisher in the past and a writer of non-fiction about SF and has produced a handful of short stories.

Stephen Goldin is a science fiction and fantasy author. Of interest is the fact that he wrote the Family D'Alembert book series based on E. E. Doc Smith's work. A 10 book long series. Also one Star Trek novel. He also produced a couple of dozen short stories. He apparently likes 10 book series, as recently he has the Agents of Isis series available ( Read more... )

Star Wars has spawned six movies. This particular franchise was a watershed, giving the subgenre a great leap forward in the technology and popularity of such moviemaking. Later on retitled and given numbers, the first three movies are the Sequel trilogy and the next three the Prequel trilogy.

Or if you prefer, call the good stuff The Original ( Read more... )

Star Trek has seen 10 movies released so far, with another coming. Six with the Original Series cast, and four with the Next Generation.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture has a new Enterprise finding an energy cloud and an old probe. The Wrath of Khan has an old enemy in conflict with Kirk over family and planet terraforming technology. The Search ( Read more... )

Dead Space: Downfall is an animated movie that uses a mix of 2-D animation for the characters, and 3-D for the backgrounds. It follows the story of the Ishimura, a ship sent to retrieve the Marker funded by a religious institution. This has a bad effect on the ship as aliens get lose that can hybridise humans into zombie-like flesh eaters that kill ( Read more... )

The Guardians of the Galaxy first appeared in 1969 in Marvel Super-Heroes 18. Created by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan. This Guardians of the Galaxy is an alternate universe. This makes them free of the Superman-stupidity meddling that affected the Legion of Super-Heroes so badly. Although they do go back in time to guest star alongside major heroes ( Read more... )