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Daikaiju! 2 Scores a Nomination

Posted on Friday, December 7, 2007 by Robert Hood

The finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Australian Speculative Fiction Awards have just been announced — and Chris McMahon’s epic giant monster story from Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters, edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen, is on the … Continue reading →

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Post-WFC Malaise

Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 by Robert Hood

We returned from attending the 2007 World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs NY on Sunday — via London — and it’s taken a few days to recover from all that chaotic shuffling between zones, dodging temporal glitches, being swallowed by … Continue reading →

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Godzilla Rises Again

Posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 by Robert Hood

Toho may not be making any new Godzilla movies these days, but they’re still marketing the King, it seems. According to SciFi Japan, they are re-releasing the Godzilla series in new box sets, beginning with three collections covering Gojira through … Continue reading →

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The Second Coming of Daikaiju! 3

Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 by Robert Hood

A day on from my previous post, and Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World has appeared on Amazon.com, only two weeks from the launching of its short-run Australian edition. You can order it here.

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Daikaiju! 2 Appears in the US

Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 by Robert Hood

I’ve just found out that the main US edition of Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters is now available on Amazon. Yay! To buy a copy, go here. Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters Vs the World should be along soon. … Continue reading →

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Squidsquatch Monster Query

Posted on Thursday, October 4, 2007 by Robert Hood

Over at the Talking Squid, there’s a Squidsquatch running — that is, “A new interview (almost) every day. A single question. The subject one day becomes interviewer the next.” I’ve just posted an answer to the question (asked by Chris … Continue reading →

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Meeting the Tooth Fairy

Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 by Robert Hood

I’m just back from the Australian speculative fiction convention Conflux 4, which was held in Canberra over the long weekend. It was a packed few days, which saw the launch of Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World, the screening … Continue reading →

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The Bats Get Mutated!

Posted on Friday, September 21, 2007 by Robert Hood

Three great new pages in Todd Tennant’s graphic novelisation of the original US Godzilla ’94 script have just gone up on his American Kaiju site. For those who haven’t been following it from the beginning, there are 41 pages so … Continue reading →

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The War on Zombie Terror

Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 by Robert Hood

At last the zombie threat is being taken seriously at the highest levels. It’s always encouraging when our world leaders show insight and forethought in this way. Thanks to Chris Stronach for bringing this explosive news to my attention. Mind … Continue reading →

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Daikaiju! 2 Review

Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 by Robert Hood

It’s taken a while, but at last a review of Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters has hit the blogsphere — and it’s a fairly positive one. You can read it on the ASif site. I always knew it … Continue reading →

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