>The US-based Global Language Monitor reckons a new English word is coined every 98 minutes, and that we’ve just hit the “one million words in
Author: Graham Edwards
I'm the author of novels including "String City," "Talus and the Frozen King," "Dragoncharm" and "Stone & Sky." I used to be senior staff writer at Cinefex magazine and now edit The Illusion Almanac. If you offer me a cold beer, I won't say no.
>Effects that are special include …
>… the back projection work in Aliens. That means the spectacular dropship crash, of course, but look out for the less obviously showy stuff, like
>Inflatable space elevator
>Spotted this article on the New Scientist website. It seems an inflatable tower could take us a long way towards orbit, using conventional materials. I
>Pronounced undead
>It’s Monday and I’m still immersed in zombies. That’s not a sentence I plan to use in everyday conversation. If you like zombies, by the
>Science fiction double feature
>It’s the middle of the eighties, the middle of a winter’s afternoon and the middle of one humdinger of a storm. Andy Wicks and I
>Effects that are special include …
>… Vermithrax Pejorative in the movie Dragonslayer. A stunning pre-CGI combo of animatronics and Phil Tippett’s (at the time) revolutionary go-motion. Favourite shot? Looking down
