Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, William Gibson and Philip K. Dick, Jeremy Mayer builds sci-fi inspired sculptures by using antique typewriters. Gallery [via]
Steven Schofield takes photos of british sci-fi fans, dressed in character in their homes. He treats it as 'found' photography, which seems to illustrate the subjects vulnerability. The title of the work is Land of the Free - and illustrates how American culture infiltrates, with the ironic edge of questioning the idea of the freedom of choosing to copy the look of these fictional characters. [via MeFi]
Artist David Herbert created this 2001: A Space Odyssey inspired monolith from a giant VHS casette of the movie. Link to David's website. [via Neatorama]
Stephen Hawking is determined to turn kids onto science fiction so he has written a trilogy called George's Secret Key to the Universe specifically for your future nerds and nerdettes.
"Our aim is to make real science as exciting as science fiction," Hawking said.
Lucy Hawking, a journalist and writer, told the press conference that one of her father's common refrains was, "That's too much science fiction, we do science fact."
Shigella created a crocheted Dalek that is bound to give Doctor Who the shivers. It can be used to hide your cans of shaving cream. No need to shave anymore because your hair will retract back into the follicles after seeing this Dalek. "EXTERMINATE!"
The Library of America will be publishing four of Philip K. Dick's novels in the summer of 2007. The collection will include The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Ubik, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and The Man in the High Castle.
If you are a huge Philip K. Dick fan you may want to check out this very cool collection of over 650 PKD book covers from around the world found on his official website.
[Image Source, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Japanese cover]
Land of the Free by Steven Schofield:
Artist David Herbert created this 2001: A Space Odyssey inspired monolith from a giant VHS casette of the movie. Link to 
Stephen Hawking is determined to turn kids onto science fiction so he has written a trilogy called 
Shigella created a 
