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The two volumes of the New Space Opera anthology left many unsatisfied: Where were the humans in interstellar space? If posthuman spaceploits turned you off, then another new anthology, Federations, will thrill you with human-sized adventures in a vast cosmos. More »
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You may have thought Meet Dave bombed because it's the latest in a long string of unfunny Eddie Murphy movies... but it turns out there's another reason. The movie bombed, at least in part, because Fox refused to market it as science fiction, believing that nobody likes SF, and especially not SF comedies. Whether or not you care what happens to the bland Dave, the explanation of why Fox buried it, in the L.A. Times, should concern you. More »
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