This SF author hails from Austin, Texas and was the recipient of what is indisputably the greatest academic title and job in the World as Visionary in Residence at Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California. Lessa, a character in Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series, rides a dragon named what? What famous SF movie was…

Who was originally supposed to do the opening monologue for every Twilight Zone episode? What, and how many, afflictions did P.K. Dick’s Palmer Eldritch suffer? What writer borrowed the name of Kurt Vonnegut’s fictional SF writer Kilgore Trout to publish the book Venus on the Half Shell under? What amusement facility hosted the California Voodoo…

Who is the first of the 4th Expedition to be killed in Martian Chronicles?A) ParkhillB) WilliamsC) BiggsD) LustigE) Hinkston In Lost in Space, what was the name of the Robinson’s spaceship? This writer, primarily known for short stories, wrote the novel Past Master. Which cartoonist played a cameo role on Babylon 5? Which two regular…

via Gizmodo: Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo. This film explores playful uses for the increasingly ubiquitous ‘glowing rectangles’ that inhabit the world. We use photographic and animation techniques that were developed to draw moving 3-dimensional typography and objects with an iPad. In dark environments, we play movies on the…

The aliens in Clarke’s Childhood’s End look like:A) SlugsB) DevilsC) PeopleD) FishE) Little Green Men What was Soylent Green? What is the sequel to The Peace War? What were Mortimer Dart, Weston, Vaughan, Mark Lebbreau and Hellstrom? Which of these movies features a walking tree terrorizing a South Seas village?A) From Hell It CameB) Green…

The Best SciFi Cartoons – An opinionated roundup. Ghostbusters Invoice – A prop used in the movie. Astronomy Photographer of the Year – These are just gorgeous. Bumper Sticker – Great gaming riffs on the “My Child is an Honor Student” stickers. Planet Cross-stitch – Free cross-stitch patterns of the planets. Geeky Wedding Cakes –…

Who is Slippery Jim diGriz? Who wrote and directed the horrible yet strangely entertaining movie Plan 9 from Outer Space? Who was Captain America’s arch-rival? What do these novels have in common? The Weapon Makers (Van Voight Vogt), Judgement Night (Moore), Dragonrider (McCaffery), Cosmic Engineers (Simak), Doorways In The Sand (Zelazny) What does Doctor Who’s…

Author Mark A. Rayner is running a repeat of his Vintage Ads of Fictional Futures contest, with a deadline of October 4. Here’s the concept: find a vintage ad, and then create a product from a created world — it can be from a book, movie, TV, etc. It doesn’t have to be science fiction;…