Showing posts with label Battlestar Galactica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battlestar Galactica. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 July 2023

Strange New Star Worlds

Fiona Moore was a guest on the Southside Radio panel discussion of the original Battlestar Galactica pilot, Saga of a Star World. Is it a genuine classic, does it have a better soundtrack than the reimagined series, and what is the true story of the BSG versus Star Wars lawsuit? Listen to it here.

Saturday, 22 December 2018

Last-minute Christmas shopping time!

Stuck for a present for the Battlestar Galactica fan on your list! Just released from Sequart Publishing,  Somewhere Beyond the Heavens is a comprehensive and entertaining book of articles about old and new series, and one of those is by Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore! Click the link for details.

Friday, 6 April 2018

A Night at the Space Opera



See below for a video of Fiona Moore's talk at this year's Eastercon, looking at how various space operas-- including Blake's 7 and Battlestar Galactica-- use colour and style to establish character, mood and theme.



Tuesday, 6 December 2016

A People's History of Telefantasy

For the academics among you, the paper A People's History of Telefantasy: Cult Television, Society and Identity in the Late 20th/Early 21st Centuries, by Fiona Moore and Alan Stevens (as presented at the Telefantasy and Society Symposium at the University of Lincoln in 2015) is now available to read or download for free from academia.edu. Click the link!

Thursday, 8 September 2016

Friday, 1 January 2016

Telos News

Happy new year everybody and all the best for 2016!

Telos Publishing have just released their holiday newsletter-- click here for news of the republication of By Your Command: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Battlestar Galactica volumes I and II, and of Telos' many other SF and horror offerings!

Sunday, 19 July 2015

We're On Podcasts!

Fiona Moore and myself are interviewed about The Prisoner and 1970s Battlestar Galactica on Jim Harold's TV You Grew Up With podcast! Click the link for a fun and insightful discussion of surveillance, the Sixties, cult TV, and Richard "Apollo" Hatch.

Sunday, 7 June 2015

Signings and Interviews

First of all, a quick hello to everyone we met at the Cygnus Alpha convention for the signing/launch of Blake's Heaven-- we had a great time and we hope you did too!

Second, Fiona is interviewed on the Starburst Bookworm podcast this week, click the link to download and listen.

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Monday, 23 March 2015

After Weekender

Just a brief hello to everybody we met at the Sci-Fi Weekender; it was great that so many people came to see us at the Telos Table, and that By Your Command vol. 2 sold out within 90 minutes of opening! If you didn't manage to get a copy, click the link for the ordering page; and, if this is your first time visiting Magic Bullet, don't forget to like us on Facebook!

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Unlikely Story!

An interview with Fiona Moore is now up at the Unlikely Story website:


And don't forget to come and see us at the Sci-Fi Weekender this, erm, weekend!

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Telefantasy Symposium posters for you!

Click through the pictures to get full A4-sized posters that you can print out and hang in your home, office, workplace canteen, academic department, SF convention hall, or any other place you can think of where people might need to know about this! And of course, come along to the Symposium too if you can.


Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Buy Your Command

By Your Command: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Battlestar Galactica vol II (Reimagined Series) is now in release! Buy it here, or come see the Telos stall at the Sci-Fi Weekender next month, where we'll be signing copies!

Friday, 2 January 2015

Happy New Year

Just a quick note to say that we're back, that orders received during the holiday are being processed, and that normal service has been resumed. Don't forget to pre-order By Your Command vol. II from Telos!

Saturday, 15 November 2014

Glen Larson RIP

We at Magic Bullet are very sorry to learn of the death of Battlestar Galactica creator Glen A. Larson. Our condolences to his friends and family, and our thanks for all the great television over the years.