science fiction

$#*! William Shatner says

"My plan has always been to return to Broadway every 50 years," Canadian actor William Shatner said as he described the one-man, two-hour show that will explore his life and career. Shatner's World: We Just Live in It starts in New York on 14 February.

Our funniest interview

For its September issue, Spotlight did a very funny interview with a Klingon. Mike Pilewski describes the highlights.

I'd rather not be in Philadelphia

Mike Pilewski: "We're seeing the dark side of the Twitter revolution" as teenagers organize violently in Philadelphia.

We haven't learned anything

Mike Pilewski: "On one TV channel, mobs are destroying cities in England. On another channel, mobs are destroying San Francisco. The first is presented as news, and I'm supposed to be shocked by it. The second is presented as entertainment, and I'm supposed to enjoy it."

The day the Visitors came

The aliens call themselves the Visitors — but we've seen them before. Mike Pilewski asks why are there so many remakes of films and TV series.

Star Wars: the never-ending story

Mike Pilewski asks: "Does George Lucas still own Star Wars? Or is it already part of our popular culture?"

Welcome to tomorrow

Mike Pilewski writes: "It's 2010, and I still don't see any flying cars. And where's John Lithgow?"

"Pardon my French!"Photo by 20th Century Fox

Excuse me, how do you say that in Na'vi?

There'll be a "Pandora-pedia" and a lot of material for people to learn more about the planet James Cameron has created for his 3-D epic, Avatar. University of Southern California professor Paul Frommer has even invented a new language for the film.

2010, not 2012

"Roland Emmerich keeps telling the same story"

Stories from the Cold War

In the 1980s, it often seemed that World War III could start any minute.

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