In the early 1980’s two Bobs, Zemeckis and Gale, set out to make a film about time travel. Little did they know of the cultural impact this film would have thirty years later. 2015 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the classic [...]

Due to a tragic accident, a single NASA astronaut is left behind on the planet Mars. A rescue mission will take four years to reach him but he only has supplies for thirty days. Recently whilst occupying my hobby of being a [...]

Back in 1979 the Chinese accidentally stumbled upon what would become the greatest scientific discovery of our time. Now they are ready to share this discovery of the world in the largest zoo ever constructed. Its inhabitants…dragons! C.J. Cameron is an [...]

The creator of a virtual online universe known as OASIS has passed away but not before he hid a prize so great everyone is looking for it. The first clue has stumped everyone and five years on no one is [...]

Judge Dredd, the future of law enforcement, returns in this new collectible set of hardcover books in the UK. But is the Mega collection worthy of its title? My first ever article for The Unheard Nerd was a short piece about [...]

Batman dressed in pink!? The Joker has green skin!? Wolverine only has two claws? Superman is hurt by bullets? The leader of the Gobots is incredibly smug!? From the intro you may be wondering what the hell I'm talking about and [...]

From start to finish, everything you need to know about Battlestar Galactica in full colour. Compiled by Paul Ruditis and published by the same folk that brought us the wonderful Sci-Fi Chronicles comes Battlestar Galactica Vault, The Complete History Of The Series, 1978-2012. [...]

Hours and hours of reading over years to come, Sci-Fi Chronicles is the bible of science fiction. It boggles my mind to even contemplate how you go about compiling a comprehensive guide to science fiction starting as far back as 1818 and spanning [...]

Famed as a science-fiction author, Ray Bradbury's 'homebound' novel draws heavily on his own childhood with a horror twist. Based loosely on Bradbury's hometown of Waukegan and his childhood adventures in the 1920s the author borrows actual events and names, immersing them into [...]

A very different focus from the movie it inspired. During a much needed two weeks 'off grid' on the French coast I found ample time to work through a number of books. The chance to spend a prolonged period lost in [...]