Trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Frank Reade Jr Returns

Not many people today are familiar with Frank Reade Jr. He made his debut in the story "Frank Reade And His Steamman Of The Plains" in 1876. The story was an imitation of an earlier novel, "The Steamman of the Plains", which was published in 1868 (That story, btw, was the first US Science Fiction dime novel).

Frank Reade's adventures included his inventions that included airships, both of the dirigible balloon and helicopter type, submersibles, steam-driven and electrical vehicles and steam powered robots.

Now, Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, authors of "Boilerplate", have released "Frank Reade: Adventures In the Age Of Invention".

Here's the book description: Before Jules Verne’s flying machines and H. G. Wells’s spaceships, there was Frank Reade, globe-trotting inventor and original steampunk hero. Frank Reade magazines were the world’s first science fiction periodicals, enthralling millions of readers with tales of fantastic inventions and adventures. Now many of the spectacular images from the vintage dime novel series are being reprinted for the first time in more than a century, along with excerpts from the action-packed stories. In Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention, this lost legacy of Americana is interwoven with a biography of the "real" Reade family—inventors and explorers who traveled the world with their helicopter airships, submarines, and robots, and who encountered figures like Geronimo and Houdini. This epic saga is brought to life in the multimedia style of the authors’ previous volume, the critically acclaimed Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel. Frank Reade is part–science fiction, part–alternate history, and entirely exciting!


The author's drew inspiration from Philip Jose Farmer's "Tarzan Alive" and "Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life", treating Frank Reade, and his family, as actual historical people.

And, here's the trailer for the book:

Yea, I'm Way Off Topic.....

But we all love to be heroes, and it's a worthy cause, with DC Comics matching your donation:

Awesome Musical Interlude

Yes, I've got this and a few others in my music library, so it must might make it to a Steelhead Friday Night event.

For You Time Lord Fans Out There.....

The upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special, entitled, "The Doctor, The Widow, And The Wardrobe"......No really.

Interesting Trailer...

Well, at least until I find out more about Lego: The Movie (no, really, Warner Brothers is doing a feature film based on Legos).

Anyhoosits, here's the trailer to the upcoming mini-series "Neverland", which tells about how Peter Pan and Hook came to Neverland. It also has Bob Hoskins once again playing Mr. Smee.



It'll be shown in the States on SyFy on December 4th and 5th, I believe. Not sure when it'll be shown elsewhere around the world. The company that produced this also did the mini's "Tin Man" and "Alice".

Loved the ticking at the end of the trailer, and the "Take my hand, Peter" scene.

Web Comic I Found

Dunno if anyone else had blogged about this, as I don't get around to the blogs too much, but I found this web comic that's pretty interesting.

From Greg Rucka, who's done work on such comics as The Punisher, and Rick Burchett, who's done work on DC's all ages line, such as Batman: The Brave And The Bold, comes Lady Sabre and the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether

Set in the world known as The Sphere, it's an empty open sky, dotted with lands of different sizes that seem to float in mid air. The story has everything you'd expect in a Steampunk adventure. Fantastical weapons, swordfights, airships, and lots of fun.

Full details are available in the About section of the web comic. So far, they're a few pages into the second part of the story, so it's not too late to read it from the beginning. And just to give you a taste, here's an image, featuring Lady Sabre, Marshal Drake, and his assistant, Drum, along with a few of the floating lands and Lady Sabre's airship.