EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek Into Darkness Novelist, Alan Dean Foster Part 2

Posted on 23/05/2013 by paulturner76

To call Alan Dean Foster a prolific author would be an injustice. He’s a writing machine and, thankfully, as skilled at building universes of his own creation (Midworld, Spellsinger, the Flinx adventures) as he is at fleshing out the worlds and words of others, which is precisely what he’s done in his many novelizations of screenplays (Dark Star, Alien, Starman, Transformers). Foster spent a good chunk of the 1970s penning Star Trek novels, but he’d stopped by 1979, finally returning to the franchise when asked to do the novelization of Star Trek (2009). Now, he’s back again, this time with the novelization of Star Trek Into Darkness. Continue reading →

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Amazon Is Going to Start Selling Fan Fiction — Legal Fan Fiction

Posted on 23/05/2013 by paulturner76

I personally am not the biggest fan of fan fiction, as some of you might know. But rest assured that the Scanners "Head Asplode" pic I’ve used to lead off this article doesn’t come from a place of distaste as much as pure shock at Amazon’s insane, bold, and genuinely brilliant plan to sell legal fan fiction.

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Why do rational people buy into conspiracy theories?

Posted on 23/05/2013 by paulturner76

You’ll find them on Facebook, in bars, and at weekend barbecues: people, friends and loved ones you generally regard as level-headed who believe whole-heartedly in the most implausible conspiracy theories. Where does this seemingly contradictory behavior take root?

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Terror On The Streets Of London…

Posted on 23/05/2013 by paulturner76

A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot and wounded by police in Woolwich, south-east London.

The Met Police said a murder inquiry was being led by its Counter Terrorism Command. Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK would “never buckle” in the face of terror attacks.

Footage has emerged showing a man wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and making political statements.

Police confirmed two men had been arrested in connection with the murder.

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Watch an adorable 4-year-old girl school you all in Marvel trivia

Posted on 23/05/2013 by paulturner76

"What’s "Captain America’s shield made out of?" "Name me some of the stones in the Infinity Gauntlet!" "Where does the Dark Surfer trap Thanos and Captain Marvel?" BOOM! YOU JUST GOT SCHOOLED BY A LITTLE GIRL.

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Amazing Star Trek Into Darkness Photos & Sketches

Posted on 22/05/2013 by paulturner76

Scott Chambliss, the production designer on Star Trek Into Darkness – not to mention Star Trek (2009), Mission: Impossible III, Alias, Salt, Cowboys and Aliens and plenty of other shows and movies – takes fans, industry colleagues and maybe even potential employers deep into his work on Star Trek Into Darkness with 60-plus photographs and sketches that he’s added to the portfolio section of his official website. Many of the images are brand-new, including gallery-style shots of the Enterprise, Nibiru and other sets/locations, behind-the-scenes photos and more.
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9 Reasons Green Lanterns Are the Universe’s Worst Protectors

Posted on 22/05/2013 by paulturner76

This is the oath of the Green Lantern Corps: “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight!” It’s a lot better than “We are terrible at our job of being space cops,” but it’s less accurate, too, unfortunately.

In semi-honor of Geoff Johns final Green Lantern comic, coming out today, here are nine reasons we’d be better off having Starsky and Hutch policing the galaxy.
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FIRST LOOK: Mimoco’s New Sulu Mimobot

Posted on 22/05/2013 by paulturner76

Kirk, Spock, Picard and Data are no doubt proud to welcome Sulu into their ranks. In other words, Mimoco has just announced that a limited-edition Sulu MIMOBOT will kick off the second installment of their Star Trek MIMOBOT Series. The Sulu USB flash drive features Mimoco’s stylized appearance and it depicts the Enterprise helmsman, as played in Star Trek: The Original Series by George Takei, in a gold command uniform.