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John Birmingham (born 7 August 1964) is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.
Weapons of Choice is a science fiction novel by Australian author John Birmingham, the first in his Axis of Time alternative history trilogy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A television adaptation was announced in 2021.
The Axis of Time trilogy is an alternative history series of novels written by Australian journalist and author John Birmingham, from Macmillan Publishing. [1] [2] [3]The novels deal with the radical alteration of the history of World War II and the socio-historical changes that result when a technologically advanced naval task force from the year 2021 is accidentally transported back through ...
Despite the title of this article, only some are original films produced for the channel, while others are direct-to-video releases picked up for broadcast by Syfy. Previous editors have stated that some were broadcast, between 1999 and 2009, under the Sci Fi Pictures label – as those were the years that the channel was branded Sci Fi.
Emergence is a 2015 novel by Australian author John Birmingham. [1] [2] It is the first in a trilogy of "action sci-fi" books featuring Dave Hooper. [3]Hooper is an offshore oil rig worker who leads a fight against subterranean monsters who have emerged from his oil rig; he has somehow acquired the strengths of one of the monsters.
He played Gary Bell, an autistic character, on the Syfy television series Alphas (2011–2012). To prepare for the role, Cartwright consulted with people who worked with autistic people, watched documentaries, read blogs created by autistic people, and books from autistic authors, such as Temple Grandin and Daniel Tammet . [ 5 ]
A useful book for looking up authors is A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction, by Baird Searles, Martin Last, Beth Meacham, and Michael Franklin (1979). It also tells you whom else you might like if you like one author. Other invaluable works include The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls (2nd.
A bankrupt film studio and a mediocre film director make a movie of the founding of Vinland. Using a time travel machine, they cast real Vikings. 1968 Hawksbill Station: Robert Silverberg: An oppressive government uses a time machine to deport their political prisoners to the Cambrian, a half-billion years in the past. 1968 The Last Starship ...