ZARDOZ
A novelization as weird as just about any you’ll read, and no wonder: the film it novelizes, the 1974 science fiction oddity ZARDOZ, is one of the absolute nuttiest releases of its decade
RAW MEAT
An ambitious exercise in science fiction themed smut fiction, and, I’m afraid, not a very successful one
On CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022) and The Tyranny of Exposition
In June 2022 CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, the first feature in eight years to be directed by David Cronenberg—and the first in 21 years to emerge from an original Cronenberg screenplay—was released
THE LONG TOMORROW AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTION STORIES
Overall this book ranks far from the top in the Moebius hierarchy, yet contains one absolutely indispensable portion: the Dan O’Bannon scripted title story
STARSHIP TROOPERS
A would-be blockbuster from 1998 that saw director Paul Verhoeven and much of the crew of ROBOCOP (1987) trying to recapture the elusive magic of that classic
SENSITIVE SPOTS
A little-known example of Central European science fiction, set in the far-off year 1998
TV Flashback: MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION
Here’s an interesting program, a spin-off of the popular anthology series MASTERS OF HORROR that focuses on science fiction
ROBOT CARNIVAL
Nothing less than 1980s-era Japan’s answer to FANTASIA
FANTASTIC PLANET
After THE YELLOW SUBMARINE this is the premiere example of feature-length psychedelic animation
THE TREASURE PLANET
A 1982 Bulgarian animated feature (apparently the first such film) that takes Robert Luis Stevenson’s immortal novel for quite a ride