BOOKS… Lot No. 19 2020-08-06 08:34:44 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:31:44 PM CST The Prop Store Live Auction catalog is a heavy tome, packed with goodies for sale August 26th and 27th... ...including the 11-foot Nostromo miniature. Registered as Lot No. 19. The…
BOOKS… GGG#34: Alan Dean Foster | Geek's Guide to the Galaxy 2020-01-13 12:57:50 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:45 PM CST The first 30 minutes of this episode of GGG features Alan Dean Foster. He has some some entertaining things to say about his involvement with the Alien franchise novelizations, Star…
BOOKS… In support of Martin Bower (redux). 2020-01-06 08:16:49 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:46 PM CST Martin Bower's World of Models arrived today! It is a real treat, and for those of you who have been fans of the supervising model maker for Alien over the…
BOOKS… "…asking Ridley Scott questions that hadn't been asked a million times before…" 2019-12-13 03:06:59 PM CST2020-12-19 07:33:02 PM CST The title of this post is a quote from today's featured podcast. It also describes the outcome of careful preparation before doing interviews, whether for podcasts, books, magazines, or websites.…
ART… “ALIEN went to where the Old Ones lived, to their very world of origin.” 2019-11-16 10:49:43 AM CST2020-12-19 07:33:14 PM CST Those words were written in 2003 by Dan O'Bannon, in his essay that included this recollection of a particular movie review of Alien: Continue reading "“ALIEN went to where the…
BOOKS… A page right out of… “The Thing” ? 2019-10-29 09:19:01 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:33:35 PM CST I was re-reading Alan Dean Foster's ALIEN novelization this morning (and the "decompression scene"), and I came across something I had not noticed before on page 211: one of the…
BOOKS… The Director Should’ve Shot You. (Alan Dean Foster) 2019-07-07 01:46:40 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:33:53 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I learned today that Alan Dean Foster has a publisher for his latest non-fiction book!Continue reading "The Director Should’ve Shot You. (Alan Dean Foster)"
ART… John R. Mullaney. ALIEN RPG: Vehicles! 2019-06-19 07:37:00 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:01 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> John R. Mullaney shares some eye-poppingly good artwork in relation to his work with Fria Ligan and their ALIEN RPG! Follow the link for…
BOOKS… How well do we know Mother? 2019-06-09 02:08:06 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:02 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> The computers of ALIEN have each had a distinctive look and sound. We have come a long way from the Mother of the Nostromo…
BOOKS Company drone probes. 2019-06-08 08:09:08 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:08 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> How much did the Company know about the alien signal and when did they know it? Continue reading "Company drone probes."