Mar 1, 2012 | Forbes
Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland If you’ve seen TED presentations, you’d know that they’re lectures and demonstrations from leaders in technology, entertainment, and design. But you’ve never seen a TED presentation like this one: it’s set in the year 2023, and it’s...
Mar 1, 2012 | Forbes
The Hobbit. Art by István Hári Book collectors have been known to spend big money on their hobby, and recently a first edition of John James Audubon’s illustrated Birds of America sold at auction for $7.9 million. Some books are considered valuable because they’re...
Feb 29, 2012 | Forbes
For better or worse, Hollywood’s trend of remaking classic science fiction is continuing apace. We’ve had Planet of the Apes (2001 and 2011), The War of the Worlds (2005), King Kong (2005), I Am Legend (2007), The Invasion (2007), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008),...
Feb 29, 2012 | Forbes
John Ordover, a former editor of the Star Trek novels for Pocket Books, said that Norman Spinrad’s lost screenplay, “He Walked Among Us,” which recently resurfaced after 45 years, wasn’t actually lost…Ordover had a copy of it in his office during his 1992-2003 tenure...
Feb 29, 2012 | Forbes
John Ordover, a former editor of the Star Trek novels for Pocket Books, said that Norman Spinrad’s lost screenplay, “He Walked Among Us,” which recently resurfaced after 45 years, wasn’t actually lost…Ordover had a copy of it in his office during his 1992-2003 tenure...
