Sci-Fi Storm

The eagerly awaited DVD for Cowboy Bebop – The Movie will be released on June 24th. Read More for the full press release.

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Interested in the full-sized Robot from the original Lost in Space? A pulse rifle from Aliens? A Harkonnen flagship from the Dune movie? Altaira’s dress from Forbidden Planet? Got lots (like thousands) of dollars to spend? Check out the Ultimate Sci-Fi Auction at eBay Live Auctions. Lots of good stuff. Perhaps I should postpone that Disney vacation and pick up a tricorder…

My DSL line appears to be out, and I won’t get home until later to check it out, so the Storm stores are currently offline. It managed to correctly adjust to an IP change earlier this week, but this seems to be a bigger issue. I was going to do some testing with new forum software too…

Update: The line is up again. IP address has changed again, but DNS servers should pick it up quickly – you may need to restart your browser. For the techies – lets just say I hate PPPoE.Update 4/10: Another IP change. Give it time to get out. I was having strange routing issues to one particular destination (where the main server is, of course), and Verizon suggested I restart yet again – this time though I got an address that looked more in line with my previous ones. Still not sure it is working right, but…

The great folks at Warner Home Video sent me a “preview” DVD of The Animatrix, the set of 9 anime-style and CGI shorts set in the world of The Matrix and act as a prelude to The Matrix Reloaded. It’s sort of an extended commercial for the true DVD, which comes out June 3rd. But all I can say is WOW! The anime segments remind me of the styles of the best anime features, and the realism of the CGI rendering – these characters look REAL. Even the case it came in is cool – the DVD pops out of the top when you pull the index card down! The DVD will also include commentary and features on the 7 directors plus more. Did I forget to say the WHV people are wonderful? (Maybe they’ll send me a full copy to review… 🙂 (P.S. I’m experimenting with including the Amazon.com images…let me know if it is too much…)

hossman writes “For those of you who’ve heard of the Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase, you’ll be glad to here that it’s back online in full, thanks to the fine folks at the Texas A&M Cushing Library
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For those of you who have never heard of ISFDB, It’s an extremely complete database of SF&F Books and Magazines. An indespensible research tool for collectors, and a great resource for all SF readers.”

Check out the Sci-Fi TV Store for all the new upcoming releases and to pre-order. Included is a very busy March 20th: Season 3 volumes 3 and 4 (and a combo pack) of Farscape, the Children of Dune miniseries, Star Trek: Nemesis, and Dark Angel Season 1 all release that day. Plus release dates for Doctor Who episodes “Carnival of Monsters” and “Resurrection of the Daleks” (July 1), plus more Andromeda, X-Files, and don’t forget – Season 2 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is out next Tuesday, and all the other seasons are available for pre-order, spread through the rest of the year.

This is my periodic “Should I continue?” posting. Seems readership is down, and my time has been rather limited – two weeks lost due to pneumonia and a lot of catching up to do. Plus, sales via the SF stores is very much down compared to last year, and that’s what helps pay the bills. So, I ask – what can I do to make this better and get more participation? I’d like to put up more news, but I can only do so much so I limit to the more interesting stuff, plus what little comes in from others (I thank BaronMoritani for all the Dune snippets). Would a more open discussion forum (ala UBB, but with some free software) be of interest?

Dave Berry writes “This past week has been filled with very positive news about
`Lost in Space’ and Irwin Allen fandom. The Boston Globe on
Monday reported that fans can expect to see `Lost in Space’
return to the airways on the SciFi Channel in the near future” Read More for the full (long!) story…

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For the first time since switching DSL providers, my DSL line has gone down, naturally after I left for work. So the stores will be offline until I can get back and figure out what happened…Update: Should be fixed now, but it might take a while to see (and you may need to exit your browser). Apparently with a power outage yesterday, when everything came back up my IP changed (damned dynamic IP – never had to worry about that before) and I didn’t have the right logging turned on to detect it…

Pre-orders for Stargate SG-1 Season 3 and all 6 remaining seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are now available from Amazon.com. Also available for pre-order is the latest movie, Star Trek: Nemesis. Head over to the Sci-Fi TV Store for release dates and details.