Klingon Christmas Carol sees Scrooge pick up his Bat’leth and head for the final frontier
News reaches me from Chicago that a Klingon Christmas Carol is being performed. Indeed, the show’s so well-received that The Wall Street Journal sent a journalist to cover it, who returned with a great article and fascinating video. Click to view Apparently, the fact the show is performed entirely in Klingon does not put off…
30 geeky shirts that make perfect holiday gifts
Still wrestling with your holiday gift list? Well, everyone loves a t-shirt! So we’ve rounded up the geekiest, silliest, sexiest, stylish nerdware (and threw in a few sweaters for good measure) to make your gift-giving a bit easier. 80’s Films This shirt doubles as a parlor game as well. Next time you’re board at a…
Coolest Shakespeare Riffs in Science Fiction and Fantasy
With The Tempest, opening tomorrow, Julie Taymor and Helen Mirren bring a splashy fantasy vibe to the Bard. But science fiction and fantasy have been playing with Shakespeare forever. Here are the greatest Shakespeare homages and cover versions in SF. Romeo And Juliet: The War: Stan “The Man” Lee’s latest project, this comic retells the…
One creature’s poison is another one’s meat
NASA recently held a press conference announcing the first demonstration that organisms could use arsenic in place of phosphorus in their cells. Not surprisingly, science fiction got there first. Kirk told [Bones] about the tabekh sauce. Bones nodded at that and said, “Yes, I’ve heard of it. I don’t think you’d want to try it,…