The state of Alaska and the genre of reality docu-TV have almost animalistic mating urges. They just can’t stay away from one another, which is how we at home came to know too much about crab fishing, gold prospecting, grizzlies, snow machines, ice-road truckers, chartered plane pilots and the taste of the season’s first whale blubber. Add to that a certain out-of-work politician and the humdrum patrols of the state’s troopers, and it’s been a whole lot of defrosted drama. Yet very little of it has made for memorable watching. Read full article > >

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‘Bering Sea Gold’: Restoring reality TV’s lost glimmer

Science fiction author China Mieville takes a tour of a new exhibition at the British Library which aims to challenge visitors’ perceptions of the genre.

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VIDEO: Sci-Fi… but not as you know it

The Smithsonian’s nonprofit Folkways label is releasing Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology, an updated and amplified comprehensive collection of the genre.

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‘Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology’ highlights genre’s history

Diana Wynne Jones’ death leaves a void in the genre of fantasy and children’s literature. Favorite passage?

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Remembering Diana Wynne Jones

As promised, this is the first weekend of a new month, which means it’s time to take a look at this month’s most buzzed-about movies in order to decide which one we’re anticipating the very most. Last month you folks chose I Am Number Four as your most anticipated February movie, so looking at March’s lineup, I think your most anticipated movie will come down to a handful of films that include Battle: Los Angeles, Sucker Punch and Paul. One theme throughout the month is sci-fi and fantasy, as we have a whole ton of those types of films, from Battle: Los Angeles to Mars Needs Moms to Beastly to Red Riding Hood. In fact, the only two films that seem to be grounded in reality are The Lincoln Lawyer and Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2. So with all this genre stuff to choose… Read More Read Comments

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Poll: Your Most Anticipated March Movie

Jazz great Billy Taylor, who composed music as well as exposed the genre to a wider audience as a TV and radio broadcaster, died of heart failure Tuesday in New York. He was 89. Taylor began playing jazz professionally in 1944, and played with Ben…

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Jazz Legend Billy Taylor Dies at 89