SFSignal is back with another Mind Meld. This one looks at Hollywood Science Fiction and asks "What other story, or stories, do you believe are deserving of being made into movies and why?" In addition to Yours Truly, responses are from Peggy Kolm, Michael L. Wentz, Michael Blackmore, SciFiChick, and the always interesting John C. Wright. Wright argues that, as a visual medium, "A science fiction movie that does not involve spectacle and special effects is not taking advantage of the primary strength of movies." I concur. I'd pick my list from some newer works though, as nothing dates like the future. Still, as I say in my own piece, with the cost of CGI dropping, there's going to be more of everything, so I think they'll be enough to keep us all happy.
Meanwhile, I'm interviewed about illustrator Stephan Martiniere over on io9.com in "The Future Will Be Bio-Mechanical." Some very nice samples of his work, including the concept art he did for the I, Robot film that happens to be the piece that lead me to put him on our edition of River of Gods.
(And speaking about Ian McDonald books, although I'm not in it, there is an interview with Ian talking about both Brasyl
and the forthcoming The Dervish House up at Post-Weird Thoughts.)
Finally, GalleyCat uses the occasion of Michael Moorcock's Grand Masterhood to quote me and others talking about John Picacio's genius in a piece titled "A Grand Master's Greatest Character Reborn." This is, of course, about Picacio's recent work conceiving and illustrating Moorcock's Elric: The Stealer of Souls
reissue for Del Rey as well as our own The Metatemporal Detective.
Michael Whelan's Elric has always been the definitive portrayal of the character for me. Until now. Go see why.
nice to see that the guy in the extreme bottom right of the 'I Robot' illo migrates to bottom left of the 'Brasyl' cover. He's bit overdressed for the climate though...
ReplyDeleteBoy, he sure did!
ReplyDeleteCourse, this is the first time I've looked at the "I, Robot."