Science Fiction

William Shatner on Denver Comic Con and saying yes to all the right opportunities

In true Captain James T. Kirk style (or the style of whatever heroic character he's portraying, for that matter), William Shatner has come through to save the day once again -- taking the place of Denver Comic Con's original guest of honor, Stan Lee. (The ninety-year-old comic icon had to bow out la ... More >>

Star Trek Into Darkness is basically Paradise Lost in Space

Killing Firefly was Fox's biggest fail ever

Fuck Fox. Not for FoxNews or American Idol or any of the other questionable shit the network has thrown out there in the name of entertainment over the years. People like what people like, however inexplicable that may be, so I couldn't care less about any of that. No, Fox earned my everlasting ire ... More >>

Argo is as hot as Science Fiction Land might have been

See also: The symbolism in Argo's wisecracking script is impossible to miss

Argo has roots in Aurora's ill-fated Science Fiction Land

Argo's fake movie started out real, and was supposed to include a theme park in...Aurora?

Science Fiction Land could have been huge. Proposed in 1979, the idea was to build a huge theme park in Aurora with a holographic zoo and a 1,000-lane bowling alley attended by robots. The park was to also serve as the set of a $50 million sci-fi flick called Lord of Light. The movie never happened, ... More >>

Number One: Fan

Weird Science

Feel the Force

Top five sci-fi films according to Dan Landes

Science fiction isn't for everyone. But those who get it, really get it. "Comics and sci-fi are the new archetypes of our culture, we relate to Star Wars and Stan Lee's characters; we've created new mythologies through them," says Dan Landes, restaurateur and self confessed sci-fi geek. And this Fri ... More >>

Hunger Games fans and Trekkies rejoice! StarFest is this weekend in Denver!

The 35th annual StarFest is coming to Denver this morning, taking over three hotels in the Denver Tech Center. The three-day convention covers everything under the sci-fi umbrella: robots, comics, video games, and even sci-fi in the digital world. Each sub category has its own mini convention during ... More >>

Science Fiction Land could have been Aurora's biggest tourist trap, if its backers weren't crooks

Tomorrow, the Colorado Economic Development Commission will hold its first public hearing on the six projects vying for big-bucks sales-tax rebates under the state's Regional Tourism Act. They include a 1,500-room hotel and conference center in Aurora. The hotel would be the city's biggest tourism d ... More >>

Reader: Colorado's film industry needs support from the legislature

Mile Hi Sci Fi

Neal Stephenson on video games, farming gold and irony

Neal Stephenson will be at Tattered Cover LoDo tomorrow, and in advance of his appearance we talked with him about his new novel, Reamde, a thriller based on a virus that steals your information and requires payment via gold in a MMO game. Before you click through to the interview, where we discus ... More >>

Genre Bender

Sorin Katt on coordinating Rocky Mountain Fur Con 2011 and becoming a furry himself

​When we called Sorin Katt for the interview, we asked to speak with Kevin, his legal first name. He told us we had the wrong number. When we asked to speak with Sorin, however, he responded immediately. Besides talking to us about how he got involved in the furry lifestyle (the "fandom"), Roc ... More >>

We talk with DMNS Curator of Astrobiology David Grinspoon about 2001

​Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is often regarded as one of the most scientifically sound science-fiction movies out there. Working closely with author Arthur C. Clarke, Kubrick met with plenty of scientific experts to ensure the film would be as authentic as possible, regardless of t ... More >>

The Science Of Fiction

Connie Willis: Why sci-fi's seven-time Nebula winning author hangs out at a Greeley Starbucks

Connie Willis.​Greeley author Connie Willis was in Washington over the weekend, picking up her seventh Nebula award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Yes, her seventh. The SFFWA's 1,500 members awarded best novel honors to her epic two-volume work, Blackout/All Clear, a ... More >>

Out Of This World

A look inside the release of a major science fiction novel, courtesy of Kevin J. Anderson

Anderson works his way through a Barnes & Noble's collection of his novels.​Kevin Anderson has lost track of the number of books he's written. He knows it's over a hundred, and when it gets to that point it's not a matter of not remembering. There are other factors -- this one didn't make it ... More >>

Paul has a fondness for sex, drugs and swear words

Pros and Con

Nerd girl goes musical sex kitten for the enormous talent of Ray Bradbury

That's right -- this guy.​The number of science fiction authors who can number themselves among the objects of sexual fascination that have had inspired bouncy pop songs about that lust was, presumably, zero until very recently. But now, the ardor of Rachel Bloom for prolific and excellent sci ... More >>

Paolo Bacigalupi wins Nebula for The Windup Girl

Jay CanodeYears in the making, Paolo Bacigalupi's first published novel is raking in awards. ​Paonia's Paolo Bacigalupi, profiled in Westword as "the hottest writer in sci-fi" a couple of weeks ago, just got hotter. His first novel, The Windup Girl, just won the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Nove ... More >>

Fact or science fiction? Colorado's importance in the sci-fi world is no fantasy

Sci-fi phenom Paolo Bacigalupi has seen the future -- and it's scary as hell

Back to the Future

Out of This World

Sci Times

Science of Fiction

Spaced Out

Stingray Sam is a science-fiction cowboy film with a message.

In a Universe Fowl, Fowl Away

Robot Chicken Star Wars is a plucky take-off on the original.

Space Case

Serenity picks up where Firefly left off.

Q&A with Moon director Duncan Jones

Courtesy of Sony PicturesSam Rockwell in "Moon." Moon, which opens on Friday, July 3, at the Mayan Theatre, is a low-budget science-fiction film that shoots for the stratosphere using ideas, not computer graphics and flashy effects. That it does so well with so little is a testament to the performa ... More >>

Milking It: Star Trek cereal

Star Trek cereal Kellogg's Rating: Three spoons out of four Cereal description: Oat discs that resemble mini-cinnamon rolls, even though the designers insist that they represent spinning galaxies. (Maybe to someone who's never been to a bakery.) These bits are supplemented by marshmallows stamped ... More >>

The Horror!

Timecrimes takes you on a wild ride.

KOP to the Future

Local author Warren Hammond fuses two genres.

Denvention Wrap-Up: Exile in Geekville

World Sci Fi Con Brings Fan a Renewed Sense of Geekiness

Denvention Day Two: Sci Fi in the Basement

World Science Fiction Convention Shows Denver at its Geekiest

Dropping Science Fiction

A larger-than-life convention descends upon Denver.

Star Power

Catch a classic Star Trek episode on the big screen.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Muenzinger Auditorium

The Final Frontier

Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time.

Fright For Life

Inside Ed Bryant's little shop of horrors.

The Ultimate Illusion

It's Topps!

Tim Burton turns his ray gun on everything in sight when Mars Attacks!, and it's good, gory fun.