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Samuel Youd, who died yesterday at age 89, was better known under the name John Christopher, one of several pseudonyms. And under that name, he was best known for creating the fearsome Tripods, alien invaders who enslave the human race with the mind-controlling "cap." Christopher's Tripod trilogy is a wonderful adventure story, but it's also a direct precursor to our current flood of young-adult post-apocalyptic/dystopian novels. He also wrote the ground-breaking eco-apocalypse novel The Death of Grass. The Guardian has a fantastic tribute to an influential, fascinating author who will be greatly missed. More »
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Can a book really become a decent television show? Yes, and here's the proof! Here are 12 shining examples of science fiction and fantasy books that actually got turned into television series that are worth watching in their own right. More »
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Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller is rumored to be adapting John Christopher's novel The Lotus Caves for Syfy. No word whether it's a miniseries or ongoing series, but we'd love to see Fuller's take on a futuristic Moon colony. [Entertainment Weekly] More »
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Tripod adapter and screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine talked about the current film process for Alex Proyas's adaptation of John Christopher's hostile alien takeover book series Tripods. And they're looking for the big money, to afford bigger explosions. More »
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It happens to the best dashing science fiction hero: You come up with a preternaturally clever plan to stop the bad guys, involving a totally cunning bit of MacGyvering or hustle... and it totally fails. Your super-gadget blows up. Or your allies flake. The bad guys turn out not to be total idiots. Or all the random variables you totally had a handle on turn out different. It's what you do after your cunning plan fails that separates the good guys from the great guys. Here are our favorite failed plans. More »
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