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Twice the filmmaking power in one name? When you chat with the filmmaking Dasani twins, it’s not hard to see why. Rajeev Dassani is an award winning writer and director whose films have screened at many of the top festivals around the world. Elan Dassani works alongside his brother in their visual effects company, assisting with writing ,directing, and producing, as well as pursuing his own film industry career. The Dassani Brothers worked on well-known shows like JUSTIFIED, SCANDAL, and STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Recently, they debuted SEAM, a sci-fi.

With more than 120 books and over 50 U.S. and international bestsellers under his expert, sci-fi author and movie tie-in novelist Kevin J. Anderson has been cooking up creative delights for fans for years. He’s crafted for universes like STAR WARS, THE X-FILES, and DUNE (with Brian Herbert); Dark Horse comics series including TALES OF THE JEDI with Tom Veitch; various PREDATOR comics; the STAR CHALLENGER series for children, aimed at promoting STEM studies; and original series such as the space opera SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS and DAN SHAMBLE,.

Since the first volume of The Year’s Best Science Fiction anthology in 1984, editor Gardner Dozois has been a staple to the science fiction genre with his collection of short stories and novellas from the prior year, as well as his lengthy reflections on the state of science fiction in print, as well as covering television and film — all of which constitutes most of each volume’s thorough introduction. There are several other high quality anthologies published yearly that frequently overlap in the works selected to be showcased. But.

Hankering for the best 2017 sci-fi shorts to add to your reading list? We’ve put together a review of some of our favorite short stories from The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 2, edited by Neil Clarke and published Night Shade Books. Have you read any of these yet? Let us know what you think! “A Good Home” by Karin Lowachee A concise story in which the narrator, a wheelchair-bound war veteran, decides to take in a recently retired soldier android suffering from PTSD. The taciturn houseguest.

The seductive thrill of uncharted worlds, distant galaxies, and the unknown threats that lurk in the vastness of the cosmos… That’s the premise of the new anthology Infinite Stars, an impressively definitive collection of classic and current space opera and military sci-fi stories which recently received a coveted starred review in Publishers Weekly among other accolades. With 24 stories from writers like award-winning and best-selling authors such as Lois McMaster Bujold, Ann McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, David Drake, David Weber and many others, Infinite Stars offers a closer look at the.

Do you love the look of the rough-and-tumble cantina in Star Wars? Blown away by the sweeping futuristic cityscapes of Blade Runner, or the visual vast nothingness of space in Gravity? That’s the work of a concept artist, whose creative designs are a critical component to making visually stunning, immersive sci-fi films. Eddie del Rio knows this as much as anyone. A concept artist who has worked for Lucas Arts, Lucasfilm, Disney, Warner Bros., THQ, Activision, and 2k, Del Rio’s work can be seen in films such as King.

In an era when diversity in Hollywood is at the forefront of many people’s minds, an Asian American superhero seems a no-brainer. Yet actors of Asian descent still often struggle to find meaty lead roles. That dilemma is at the heart of Paul Yen’s indie one-man play, SECRET IDENTITY CRISIS — which reimagines Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man to examine the history of Asians in America and Yen’s own struggle with identity in the film industry. Yen shared with RECURSOR about the show’s inspiration, why Batman could easily be Asian.

How do we envision a better tomorrow? That question is being answered by the XPRIZE’s Science Fiction Advisory Council (SFCA), which launched in June 2017 with “a mission to accelerate positive change in the world by bringing together those who can imagine a bold vision of the future with those who can innovate to get us there” (see the full press release here). The council brings together 64 advisors from 9 countries for the XPRIZE Foundation — a stellar list of creative power that includes bestselling and award-winning sci-fi writers.

If that a mere 2 minutes, 44 seconds of totality (or less) is not enough to feed your hunger for the 2017 solar eclipse? You don’t have to let go of the eclipse experience after it ends — especially when there is so much science fiction and nonfiction that stars our own sun in all its moon-shadowed glory. Here are 10 entertaining sci-fi books and films that include eclipses that you can enjoy long after August 21 is past. The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon.