Stop it, 2016. Stop it.

The world needs Napoleon Solo in it. Desperately. Please. Or Albert Stroller, at least.

R.I.P., Robert Vaughn.

Here is David McCallum's touching statement to TVLine.

I'm holding my fandom cousins close.


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Two news items today tangentially related to That Masked Man. Cue Rossini's "William Tell Overture."

News the first: It appears the Man from U.N.C.L.E. film is going to happen helmed by Guy Ritchie, with Tom Cruise as Napoleon Solo and Armie Hammer (who soon will appear as the Lone Ranger to Johnny Depp's Tonto in the new The Lone Ranger film) as ( Read more... )

Hello and happy Sunday, my friends!

Good news all around...

1. Earlier I failed to post about my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment for StarShipSofa, which is a tribute to the great author John Christopher, who died in February 2012. You can listen or download it here. An updated list of all of my podcast appearances (with links) is ( Read more... )

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Many of my friends are celebrating birthdays today and tommorrow! Happy birthday wishes go out to jasonbsizemore, _snitchbitch, and dannyboy8406, and happy early birthday wishes go out to dracschick and juxiantang. May you all have fantastic days and wonderful years to come ( Read more... )

There are times I am especially grateful that I'm a geek, and now is one of those times.

I just had a "Eureka!" moment. In the third chapter of the authorized sequel to The Prisoner, the graphic novel Shattered Visage, there is a funeral. And among the mourners, clear as day, are...

... Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ( Read more... )

And now to another installment of my fan fiction retrospective, with special thanks to seemag and st_crispins for their encouragement.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. seems particularly well suited to crossover stories with other universes. (I've previously discussed the Man From U.N.C.L.E./Professionals crossover story "Incident in a Stairwell," you may recall.) To my ( Read more... )

And one more recommendation while I'm still thinking of Bodie and Doyle...

Title: "Incident in a Stairwell"
Author: Debra Hicks
Format: short story, second in a three-part series, gen &/or pre-slash
Universes: crossover between The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Professionals.
Year Published: unknown
Availability: Archived at The Circuit Archive, ( Read more... )