"Bond. James Bond."This iconic opening line to the exotic world of Agent 007 in high-end bars and free-wheeling, global casinos was first spoken by actors starting with Sean Connery in the first Bond…
From the lowest depths of the oceans to the mysterious surface of the moon, from the fantastical world beneath the surface of the Earth to a whirlwind balloon ride around the globe itself, author…
February 2, 1882, is the birthdate of James Joyce, one of the leaders of the modernist movement in literature and one of the early 20th century’s most important writers, poets, and literary critics…
Sept. 11, 1885 is the birthdate of D.H. Lawrence, who rose from a working-class family in an industrialized England to become one of the most important and controversial authors of the early 20th…
On Sept. 8, 1966, viewers of NBC television would tune in for the debut of a unique science fiction series. Star Trek's first episode was entitled "The Man Trap," the story of a shape-shifting…
Since their debut album in 1980, British heavy metal rockers Iron Maiden have dazzled audiences throughout the globe with their signature sound and epic stage performances. The band has sold over 130…
In the farthest reaches of space, a group of star travelers finds a message in a bottle that contains the record of another spaceship’s doomed voyage to a planet where apes are masters and humans are…
Imagine a world where diverse fictional characters such as Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond were all interrelated. That’s how Philip Jose Farmer and his Wold Newton Universe imagined things…
Existential struggles with technology, authoritarian governments, and paranoia; these are just a few of the themes readers will encounter when reading the works of Philip K. Dick. The writer, commonly…
November 7, 1913, is the birthdate of Albert Camus, one of the most important writers and philosophers of the 20th century. Born in Algiers to an impoverished family, Camus rose from poverty with the…
