CONSUUUUUUME!

Surprisingly, a study by the Sci Fi Channel suggests that advertising on the Sci Fi Channel is a good idea.

However, this study might have a few implications for others serving the same advertising demo.

Look Out, SF Market!

Here comes Finland!

Tim T's Stellar Miscellany

Evidence that the space-gods just don't like solar sails.

Evidence that someone really, really should have looked for a hotter volcano.

And evidence that our hearts will always have a place for those grand ol' metal milking-stools. Seriously, Ian Edgington and D'Israeli's online comic looks very promising indeed. Their printed sequel to Wells' story could be worth a look too.

If You Read One Onion...

...make it this one. (Warning: features sound.)

My favorite is the horoscope.

Invisible Whistling Octopus Online Library

The works of H P Lovecraft are now free on the Net, courtesy of Dagonbytes. I'm not sure what the copyright situation is with HPL now, so maybe you'd better take advantage of this while it's there.

In other news, the reborn Dr Who is getting its third series.

You Do Indeed Count For Something.

The look is softer, and the main character's name is no longer that of a popular brand of vibrator.

Loonatics II: Do You Hate Us Slightly Less Now?

My Name's T Campbell...

...and I approve this comic-book adaptation.

Last Chance to See

A small programming note: Tonight marks the premiere of The Inside, Fox's new FBI Profiler drama.

Now, I know what you're thinking: "Ooooh! Another FBI Profiler / Serial Killer Drama! What a unique and precious thing this is, utterly unprecedented in the long history of June 8, 2005!"

Well, sure, the whole genre has been done to death, repeatedly, in a ritualistic fashion; but take a gander at the names associated with this one: Tim Minear, Ben Edlund, Jane Espenson, David Fury, and Howard Gordon.

That's more than half of Team Whedon right there; if they could figure out a way to include Marti Noxon and David Greenwalt, they'd have pretty much the full set.

Throw in Adam Baldwin and Wonderfalls' Katie Finneran, and you have all the ingredients for a compelling, entertaining, intelligent drama which Fox will cancel after four episodes. So hurry up and get on board now, so that you can be crushed by the inevitable disappointment later!

"My College Is Cooler Than Your College."

"Oh yeah? My college has the world's first website dedicated to science fiction research AND a master's degree in the subject."

"Uhhhhhhhhhh... well... our football team kicks... uh..." (falls silent in humilated defeat)

Thanks to A.G. Hopkins for the tip.

I Have A Guess. It Involves Effigies.

"It's going to be fascinating to see what fandom does when faced with this stuff."

The above sentence is NEVER GOOD NEWS.

It's nice to see that the end of Star Trek and Star Wars hasn't kept us from finding new ways to torture fans.

"Let's jab red-hot knitting needles into their eyes. It'll be fascinating to see what they do."

I know, I know, wait till we see it, everything can be fixed in post, Brett Ratner's really a nice guy, I know.

I wonder if these horrible-sounding rumors are a marketing ploy to make the actual film look like ten kinds of brilliance by comparison...

First kite in the wind from the sun

Cosmos 1, first ever solar-sail spacecraft, is going up on June 21st.

Ancient Greek SF

Rock on, Dr Ni-Mheallaigh.

Return of the Ram

After having to stop work on the comic, Brian Daniel is continuing his Saga of the Ram as a text story:

Tales of the Ram

Dairy sports

Not science fiction exactly, but an indication of the wonder and strangeness of the human world:

Three hurt in cheese chasing race Guardian May 30th.

At least cool to mangle his grammar, thinks it he doesn't

Matt Shepherd has been raiding Lucas' cutting-room floor. Meanwhile, Tragic Lad fears the power of the Dark Side.

Welcome to Uncanny Valley Aquarium

Two from London:

London Aquarium is taking on steel-collar staff.

The big bicycle-wheel on the Thames, starring in new Dr Who ep 1, has been in some difficulties.

Do you know where YOURS is?

Carry your absorbtive fabric rectangle with pride.

In other news, Jeffrey Rowland is attempting an auto-crossover.

Convalescent bloggist seeks snappy post-title

Kristopher Straub launches his new daily strip Starshift Crisis today. Checkerboard Nightmare isn't ending anytime soon, though, regardless of smart-aleck guest artists.

Back from my sick-bed with diverse news

Apparent evidence that shopping trolleys can stray in time as well as space has unfortunately proved to be fake.
The old dream of robotic surgeons is at last coming to fruition.
The Mars Odyssey probe is showing signs of boredom.
Oh, and there was some film or other.

Like I Told You

...Ain't it Cool News has a metric buttload of Serenity reviews from the test screenings. I got the sense that the last couple were spoilerific, so I averted my eyes.

Caveat lector.