Clarkesworld 2/22analogue 3-4/2022The Sunday Morning Transport 1/23/2022 The first three stories in February’s Clarkesworld all feature an aspect of human life that I’ve long felt gets short shrift in science fiction in particular, but also in fantasy-parenting. I was complaining once (after I became a parent myself, naturally) that I just did not see many …
Chris Bohjalian can write just about anything. There are relatively few writers in the realm of popular fiction who possess the range that Bohjalian has brought to his oeuvre over the past few decades. His depth of research results in books that, no matter their subject, make for compelling and propulsive reads. His latest is …
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Filmax has swooped in on one of Spain’s most awaited fiction feature debuts of 2022, Alex Lora’s “Unicorns” (“Unicornios”). Pic is produced by Inicia Films’ Valerie Delpierre, producer of director Carla Simon’s debut, “Summer 1993.” Due to be completed by the fall, “Unicorns” is made with Valencia’s Jaibo, the shingle behind Chema García’s Locarno hit …
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Not quite a musical, sort of a folktale, and almost but not entirely a hardscrabble hunk of post-war realism before all of a sudden changing gears, “Scarlet” – which opened the 2022 Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar on Wednesday – is a tricky project to pin down. Of course, director Pietro Marcello wouldn’t have …
“Dune” is a shining assemblage of science fiction elements. Based on Frank Herbert’s novel, the recent movie follows Paul, the son of Jessica and Duke Leto of Atreides. Since he is the son of a loved duke, Paul is surrounded by mentors who teach him many things. However, when the Emperor begins to fear how …
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Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content “Reader, I married him.” So says Jane Eyre, the eponymous heroine of Charlotte Brontë’s classic 1847 romance – a line so famous because of the hurdles she must jump to get to that point. But some 175 years and all the progress towards gender equality later, there are four …
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The CrimeReads editors make their picks for the month’s best debut fiction. * Harini Nagendra, The Bangalore Detectives Club (Pegasus) A truly auspicious beginning to a new series featuring an amateur sleuth, Kaveri, operating in 1920s Bangalore, aided by her sharp mind, her husband’s medical practice, and the preconceived notions about who she should be …
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Fremantle’s Fiction Valley Ties With ‘Dirty Lines’ Creator Pieter Bart Korthuis Fremantle label Fiction Valley has struck a three-year deal with Netflix’s dirty lines creator and showrunner Pieter Bart Korthuis. The agreement will see Fiction Valley, which is run by Annemike van Vliet, develop and produce a slate of scripted drama series from Korthuis, one …
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MUMBAI: There are fans and then there are die-hard fans. Fans make a show successful, die-hard fans make a cult. ‘Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan’ is probably one of the biggest cult shows, loved and adored by young India. The wait is finally over! #MaNan fans across the country have a reason to celebrate as their most …
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L-R: Romario Simpson & Hannah Donaldson Eccho Rights to shop ‘Granite Harbour’ Eccho Rights has acquired global distribution rights to upcoming BBC drama Granite Harbour. The series, produced by UK outfit LA Productions for BBC One, BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer, is currently in production and Eccho Rights will launch the series for international sales …
