Sci-Fi Storm

August 6th marks the release of several long-anticipated DVDs, including The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring (both Widescreen and Fullscreen versions), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Edition, V – The Final Battle, and two new Who entries, Tomb of the Cybermen and Ark in Space.

Looks like the University of Calgary might be a popular place to study the fine literature of Science Fiction. It seems a huge donation of some 35,000 volumes has been made to the University from the estate of William Gibson (not the cyberpunk author), with stuff ranging from Jules Verne, to pulp comics, to more recent works. It is believed this is one of the largest collections in the world.

At last!! Amazon.com has finally listed the Babylon 5 Season 1 Box Set! It is currently scheduled for release on Nov. 5th, for $74.99 – but beware, other box sets have gone up in price closer to release, so you might want to order early!

So much for not getting the DVDs until its all over. Cinescape is reporting that the Star Wars: Attack of the Clones DVD will be released November 12th. Jim Ward, vice president of marketing for Lucasfilm, says “the film looks amazing on DVD.” It should, since it won’t require analog-to-digital conversion…