Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is being re-released by Animatsu in the UK later this month. I never saw any of the original run but watching the series for the first time summoned up plenty of nostalgia. The original run was back in 1990. The show ran for a year, notching up some 39 […]
Jules Verne mashup: A review of Master of the World
Master of the World aired first back in 1961. It’s even older than I am and features remarkably young Charles Bronson and a physically imposing Vincent Price. The film is based on the 1886 sci-fi novel “Robur the Conqueror” and the 1904 “Master of the World”. I’ve read neither; but as I watched Master of […]
Sponsored Video: From steampunk elephants to Titanfall – a brief history of mecha warfare
American gamers already have access to Titanfall and it looks like they’re loving it. Here in the UK we’re waiting just a few more days – until the 14th. With at least one pundit calling the game “Microsoft’s killer app” Titanfall has a piece of Microsoft history all to itself. The game is available for […]
Journey to the Centre of the Earth – there really is a Jules Verne travel company
This is all kinds of awesome. There really is a Jules Verne travel company. It’s called Voyages Jules Verne. It’s owned by Kuoni, same ATOL number, same levels of protection, etc and offers a range of cultural and guided tours. This infographic is also pretty cool. If I had a company caleld Voyages Jules Verne […]
Captain Nemo review
Kevin J Anderson is a prolific author who’s written a huge number of great books. Geek Native readers may recall from our interview with the writer that Captain Nemo is one of his favourite efforts. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for this blogger. Captain Nemo is not one of my favourites. The book is a […]
An interview with Kevin J Anderson
A new edition of Captain Nemo: The Fantastic Adventures of a Dark Genius out and available to buy thanks to Titan Books and popular sci-fi Kevin J Anderson. Over on his blog, Kevin noted that this edition uses his preferred text. This blogger was once told that Jules Verne had a special fondness from Scotland […]
