Last week, Famous Monsters of Filmland announced a change in date and venue for it’s first annual Imagi-Movies Film Festival. Instead of as originally reported, the three-day festival will now be held at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills from April 8-10. It celebrates the legacy of Forrest J Ackerman, America’s #1 Sci-fi Fan. […]
The Genre Traveler (Carma Spence) chats with author Sherry Ficklin about her teen fantasy series, The Gods of Fate. The first book, Foresight, is available now, and the second, Secondsight, will be released in September. During our conversation, we discuss Greek mythology, in particular Pandora, Lilith from Jewish mythology, the nature of good villains, key […]
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What if Tom Stoppard was a horror writer? Then Rosencrantz and Guildenstern might have been undead … instead of just dead. In this week’s podcast, The Genre Traveler chats with Jordan Galland, the filmmaker behind the indie comedy horror film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead. During the conversation, we chat about how The Holy Grail […]
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What if we could keep up with the news in alternate realities? Well, this week The Genre Traveler chats with Ira Nayman, creator of the Alternate Reality New Service, which does just that! In addition to getting the low down on the “news service,” we chat about Philip K. Dick, Terry Pratchett, humorous science fiction, […]
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On Jan. 15, 2011, Carma Spence, The Genre Traveler and Long Beach Speculative Fiction Examiner, enjoyed an evening of John Williams music. In this video, Conductor Steven Reineke shares some trivia about John Williams.
This week, Beau Nelson and Alex Ballar, the filmmakers behind the indie comedy horror movie Zombie Drugs, join The Genre Traveler to chat about the film and its commentary on drug culture. The conversation also touches upon using zombies as a metaphor, working with zombies on set (they’re tough), zombies vs. vampires, the potential for […]