Ed Fortune

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Journalist, Literary Editor and Columnist at Starburst Magazine

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Sci-Fi Lit Auction Gets Even Better

3 days ago | starburstmagazine.com | Ed Fortune

Following the success of the recent Genre Creators for Trans Rights In The UK & SA, top authors Lauren Beukes and Jeannette Ng have launched an immediate sequel. The previous auction raised £20000 for The Good Law Project and The Triangle Project. This new auction looks to top that, and has some amazing things up for auction. Items up for sale include a super-rare galley proof of Robert Jordan’s The Eye Of The World, the book that began The Wheel of Time series.
Clarke Award 2025 Shortlist Announced

3 days ago | starburstmagazine.com | Ed Fortune

Awards season continues with the Arthur C. Clarke Award, created in 1987 to promote science fiction. The shortlist for the 39th Arthur C. Clarke Award Science Fiction Book of the Year has been announced. This year’s winner will be announced on Wednesday 25th June 2025.
Dungeons and Dragons Core ‘SRD’ Rules Updated

1 week ago | starburstmagazine.com | Ed Fortune

The world’s most played fantasy TTRPG, Dungeons and Dragons, has had its core rules updated and made available to the public under Creative Commons. (A system that allows the ‘for free’ distributions of an otherwise copyrighted work. You can find the full System Reference Document v5.2.1 here. Since the year 2000, the core rules of Dungeons and Dragons have been available under some form of open agreement.
Sc-Fi Lit Auction Raises Funds for Trans Rights

1 week ago | starburstmagazine.com | Ed Fortune

Top authors Lauren Beukes and Jeannette Ng have raised over £14,000 so far for The Good Law Project and The Triangle Project. The Genre Creators for Trans Rights In The UK & SA can be found here. The auction was launched at Eastercon 2025 in Belfast earlier this week. Beukes and Ng were Guests of Honour at that convention.
THE PRECINCT - STARBURST Magazine

2 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune |Martin Unsworth

PLATFORM: PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES (REVIEWED) | RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW Taking inspiration from early Grand Theft Auto games, The Precinct is a top-down action-adventure game that casts players in the role of rookie cop, Nick Cordell Jr. Following in the footsteps of Nick’s recently-murdered police chief father, your job is to work your way up the ranks by patrolling the fictional city of Averno, taking down criminals, busting gangs, and hopefully finding clues that might lead to solving the...
STARBURST'S MAY THE FOURTH STAR WARS GIFT GUIDE 2025

2 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

It’s May the Fourth, which thanks to the magic of puns, means it’s a very special day for fans of Star Wars. They are many Star Wars themed things out there, let’s take a look at some of the latest merch from a galaxy far, far away. The Black Series Imperial Death Trooper Electronic HelmetThe Storm Trooper Helmet is pretty iconic, and the jet-black Death Trooper helmets are even more so.
Bobcat Goldthwait • GOD BLESS AMERICA

2 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | God Bless America |Bobcat Goldthwait |Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

Bobcat Goldthwait is probably most famous for his work as a stand-up comedian and actor, appearing in everything from the Police Academy films to Disney’s Hercules. But starting with 1991’s Shakes the Clown, he’s carved out a name for himself as one of the most interesting filmmakers working today.
STARBURST’S MAY THE FOURTH STAR WARS TOY GUIDE

2 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

We are always up for an excuse to share top tips about some of the incredible toys for geeks that you can get, and May the 4th (be with you) is as good a day as any to talk about HASBRO’s fantastic line of Star Wars Toys. The Black Series The Ronin & R5-D56Inspired by the incredible Star Wars Visions series, The Ronin and his trusty droid R5-D56 are amazingly articulated, rather lovely looking pieces designed to look as good in the box as they are on a special diorama on the shelf.
THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION REMASTERED

2 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

PLATFORM: PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES (REVIEWED) | RELEASE DATE: OUT NOWOriginally released in 2006, Oblivion followed up on the success of the beloved ES III: Morrowind by introducing players to a new story in the high fantasy Elder Scrolls series. Set in the province of Cyrodiil, the game follows an unnamed (unless “the Hero of Kvatch” counts as a name) character’s quest to thwart the efforts of the Mythic Dawn, a nefarious cult who are attempting to open portals to the demonic realm of Oblivion.
Dave Barclay • 'My Life With Animatronics. Movies, Puppets and Beyond'

2 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

Thanks to incredible puppetry work, movies like The Empire Strikes Back, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Dark Crystal have gone on to become legendary with their timeless approach. After a lifetime of working behind the scenes in the puppet department on these very films, second-generation puppeteer Dave Barclay has put together an autobiography called My Life With Animatronics. Movies, Puppets and Beyond to capture this incredible creative journey.