Le Guin Blasts SCI FI's Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin, the best-selling SF writer and author of the beloved Earthsea series, has gone on the record blasting SCI FI Channel's recent adaptation of her books, Legend of Earthsea, which premiered earlier this week to record ratings. More...

Crichton Attacks Global Warming

Michael Crichton, whose new SF-tinged novel State of Fear takes on the issue of global warming, told the Associated Press that it took him a while to come to the conclusion that the phenomenon may not be real. More...

Darrow Delivers Shaolin Cowboy

Geof Darrow told SCI FI Wire that he came up with the idea for his latest comic book, Shaolin Cowboy, several years ago. More...

Christmas Poem Unsold

A rare autographed copy of the poem that begins "'Twas the night before Christmas," which was estimated to fetch at least $200,000, failed to find a buyer at an auction on Dec. 3, Sotheby's told the Reuters news service. More...

Ryan Signs With Marvel

Popular penciller Michael Ryan has signed an exclusive three-year deal with Marvel Comics, Marvel announced. More...

Identity Wins UPC Award

Robert J. Sawyer's Identity Theft has won the 2004 Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya's award for best unpublished science-fiction novella written in Catalan, Spanish, English, or French. More...

Tolkien's House Protected

Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien's eight-bedroom house in Oxford, England, has been given protected status, Zap2it reported. More...

SESFA Winners Named

Winners were announced for the Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Award, an annual award that honors accomplishment in science fiction, fantasy or horror by people born or living in the southeastern United States. More...

Bradbury, L'Engle Honored

Legendary SF author Ray Bradbury visited the White House on Nov. 17 to collect his National Medal of Arts, the Washington Post reported. More...

Disney Acquires CrossGen

Walt Disney Co. has bought the assets of CrossGen Entertainment, a comic-book publisher whose fantasy and SF titles include Abadazad, Mystic and Route 666, according to The Hollywood Reporter. More...

Flash Illustrator Lampert Dies

Harry Lampert, the illustrator who created the DC Comics superhero series The Flash and later became known for his instructional books on bridge, died Nov. 13 in Florida, the Associated Press reported. He was 88. More...

10th Odyssey Workshop Announced

Organizers announced the 10th annual Odyssey Summer Writing Workshop, aimed at writers of fantasy, science fiction and horror, which takes place June 13-July 22, 2005, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. More...

Prix Aurora Awards Presented

The 2004 Prix Aurora Awards, honoring Canadian works of science fiction, were presented over the Halloween weekend at a convention of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. More...

World Fantasy Winners Named

The 2004 World Fantasy Award Winners for works from 2003 were announced at the World Fantasy Convention in Tempe, Ariz., over the Halloween weekend. More...

New Chapbook Series Announced

Aqueduct Press announced the first three of its new series of chapbooks, called Conversation Pieces, including works by Nicola Griffith, Nancy Jane Moore and L. Timmel Duchamp, to be published this month. More...

Jim Carrey, in England to promote Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, had to evacuate his hotel on Dec. 16 because of a fire, wire services reported. "I think it's a good sign," the unharmed Carrey reportedly said. "The movie's all about fire and disaster, ... and suddenly, my house [away from home] is burning down."

Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, The Polar Express) has been selected by the Visual Effects Society's board of directors to be presented with the organization's highest honor, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The British satellite TV network Sky One has purchased all U.K. rights to NBC's canceled computer-animated series Father of the Pride, which will premiere next year, Variety reported. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.

Warner Brothers and Imax Corp. signed a deal for an Imax release of Tim Burton's upcoming fantasy film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to coincide with its regular, theatrical release on July 15, 2005, Variety reported.

Warner Home Video and DC Comics will release Justice League Unlimited: Saving the World, a DVD set featuring three episodes of the animated JLA TV series, on Feb. 15, 2005, with a suggested retail price of $14.97.