Infographic – The 16 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time December 26, 2019 – Posted in: Content, infographics

To celebrate upcoming Science Fiction Day on January 2, 2020, the folks at Global English Editing have created an infographic featuring their picks for the 16 best science fiction books of all time. “If you’re fascinated by the unknown and by the possibilities of what science can bring in the future, you probably would be – or already are – a fan of science fiction. And that’s why National Science Fiction Day is the perfect…

George R.R. Martin donates first edition of ‘The Hobbit’ to Texas University March 9, 2015 – Posted in: Libraries, Special Collections

George R.R. Martin, whose “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series is the basis for the hit HBO show Game of Thrones, has donated a rare first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (1937) to Texas A & M University. Martin, whose archive is housed at Texas A&M, became enamored with the University and especially with the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives’ Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection during the 1970s while visiting for the AggieCon…

Project Hieroglyph: Helping turn Science Fiction toward Utopia September 8, 2014 – Posted in: Books and Technology, Content, Of Interest: Featured Books / Reviews, Video

Project Hieroglyph is “a global collective of writers and researchers” whose aim is to turn the dystopian tide of recent science fiction toward creative inspiration. Born in 2011 from a Neal Stephenson article entitled “Innovation Starvation,” in which he called for “a return to inspiration in contemporary science fiction” the project now includes some of best writers, thinkers, and minds on the planet and its first publication, Hieroglyph, is about to hit the shelves. The name…

The Future is Here: When Science Fiction Turns Real May 5, 2014 – Posted in: infographics

Infographic brought by Isabelle Turner, PrinterInks This is an evolving graph if you know of a true science fiction prediction to add io9 has the details. And I need to read Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner, who has a whopping 9 predictions that have come to fruition! Published in 1968 and set in 2010…

Frankenstein leads the way at poster auction July 22, 2013 – Posted in: graphic design, posters

One of the highlights of the upcoming movie poster auction at Heritage Auctions is this rare 14″ X 36″ insert produced for the 1931 film version of Frankenstein. How rare is it?: At last this great poster has surfaced! After 82 years of lying dormant, the Monster has finally arrived in the form of this amazing and stunning insert. For years, collectors have been searching for the lost poster sizes on this immortal and legendary horror classic but…