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Thursday, October 16, 2008

20 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows - EW.com

From Star Trek to Firefly to The Prisoner... a perfect list of twenty classic sci-fi shows

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Battlestar Galactica Case Mod Makes You A Real Cylon

Though there are few things as potentially cringe-worthy as a Battlestar Galactica-themed case mod (or toaster, or pumpkin), we must admit that this project is pretty impressive.

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The Hour: Battlestar Galactica

"Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff on the cult sci-fi series and her role on Bionic Woman."

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'Sanctuary' Premiere Best Since 'Eureka' Debut

Viewers definitely wanted to check out a little "Sanctuary" on SciFi Channel last week. The debut of the Web series-turned-television series starring "Stargate SG-1" alum Amanda Tapping attracted 2.7 million viewers Friday night, marking the best rating for an original SciFi Channel series since the series premiere of "Eureka" in 2006.

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Scifi Books that Have Been Banned in the 21st century

Alien zoo sex, vulgar language, and the horrors of war have earned this novel (which shall remain nameless) a place on many a banned books list. And it’s hardly alone.

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The Greatest Depressions of Science Fiction

Science fiction never fails to predict bizarre, unwelcome futures and the current global economic meltdown is no exception. We love to imagine all the ways our world will end not with a bang, but with a flood of hemorrhaged garbage cash. Since the cyberpunk 1980s, the idea of financial disaster has haunted scifi.

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The most "storied" authors in the 25-year history of SciFi

It's been 25 years of Gardner Dozios' The Year's Best Science Fiction, and the 25th anniversary edition totals 692 pages of testimony to the state of the industry. Dozois dedicates the first 51 pages alone to a summation of the previous year, a trend he started in the first volume a quarter of a century ago. Congratulations is in order for the edit

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Review: 'Sanctuary' - Fata Morgana

The following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the "Fata Morgana" episode of the SciFi Channel series, "Sanctuary."It is a dark and stormy night, and Dr. Helen Magnus, Dr. Will Zimmerman and Ashley Magnus find themselves in a small cemetery on a Scottish isle. Soon, all heck breaks loose as dinosaur-skull-headed “keepers of the dead” attack.

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Which Sci-Fi Series Should Return Next?

Now that it's been announced that V is coming back to join other recently revived sci-fi franchises such as Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Who and the upcoming J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot, the logical question is: What long-lamented sci-fi show ought to be next?

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