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Sep 05 | Moon, Duncan Jones’ poignant and thought-provoking psychodrama about a lonely lunar miner, won the 2010 Hugo Award for best sci-fi movie.The award, technically titled “best dramatic presentation, long form,” honored screenplay writer Nathan Parker as well as Jones, who came up with the story and directed the movie. The indie movie, Jones’ feature debut, bested big-budget competitors like Avatar, Star Trek, Up and District 9.
Sep 02 | Manchester Starfleet is a UK based Star Trek fan club. They recently turned one year young and proudly announced the registration of their 200th member. In the wake of Star Trek XI (2009), Manchester Starfleet was reborn. One year on and they already have 2 Trek conventions under their belt with the 3rd in October 2010 being their biggest yet. Their website appears on top of most search websites. The member's discussion forum is always very busy and they have an online store with club t-shirts and other trek-related merchandise in the making. So please join us in welcoming their 200th member and applauding the club's continued interest and success. Considering Star Trek has been off our screens for some time, it's wonderful to see there is still a huge and still growing fan base in the UK (partly thanks to JJ.Abrams). May Trek Live Long and Prosper.Manchester Starfleet is a not for profit, charity-led Star Trek Fan Club, run by the fans for the fans.Manchester Starfleet's Mini-Con 3 event is on the 23rd October 2010 at the Trafford Hall Hotel, Manchester. Tickets are on sale now via their online store.
Sep 01 | George Takei will have a cameo in the new season of The Big Bang Theory. TV Squad reports that the former Star Trek actor will appear in an episode alongside guest star Katee Sackhoff. The show's executive producer Bill Prady suggested that Takei and Sackhoff will play different sides of Wolowitz's conscience as he considers reuniting with his ex-girlfriend Bernadette (Melissa Rauchberg).He explained: "George Takei plays himself, and he's the other person guiding Wolowitz in his thoughts as he tries to figure out what to do about Bernadette."
Aug 24 | Vulture has learned that Joe Hill's comic Locke & Key will no longer be coming to theaters, but instead will be adapted for television by Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Josh Friedman. Distributed by IDW Publishing, Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them... and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all. Friedman ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") will write and produce. Kurtzman and Orci recently signed a deal with 20th Century Fox TV, so the studio will end up producing with Spielberg's DreamWorks TV.
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By GustavoLeao / 08:33, 1 December 2009 / Trek Books
Star Trek Vanguard Precipice
Review by Jeff Ayers
The fifth novel in the Vanguard series continues the trend of showcasing compelling storylines and characters with exciting action scenes. The various characters that readers of the series have come to know have been dispersed across the galaxy. Diego Reyes, former commander of Vanguard and now assumed dead, becomes a political prisoner. Quinn lands in the middle of a major conflict. Pennington partners up with someone he despises, T'Prynn, to help not only her position with Starfleet, but also uncover a major conspiracy. All collide behind a backdrop of a possible war between the Federation and the Klingons. And still the Shedai are a threat...
Newcomers to the saga might be reluctant to start this series, but let me say that Vanguard has been consistently the better one when compared to the Titan books. Author David Mack does an outstanding job balancing the various characters and storylines while making every one of them vital and interesting. He also puts in enough material to make it enjoyable and understandable for readers unfamiliar with the series. Overall, this book is arguably the best one yet.
With all of that in mind, Mack should be slapped for ending the book on a cliffhanger. I already want to read the next book right now, so I don't need prompting! Following the pattern of writers, it should be Dayton Ward's turn. Hurry up!
9 out of 10
Reviewer Jeff Ayers is the author of Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion trade paperback, and webmaster of VoyagesOfImagination.com
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