George Romero’s Day of the Dead is getting a new (un-)life. SYFY Wire reports that the SYFY network is partnering with Cartel Entertainment on a 10-episode series based on the 1985 zombie classic.
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It’s not clear if the series will be a reboot of the 3rd film in the late horror icon’s Night of the Living Dead series or a sequel. SYFY Wire describes it as an “ode,” adding only that the plot follows “six strangers struggling to survive the first 24 hours of a zombie invasion.” The original film follows a group of scientists and soldiers as they try to find a cure to a worldwide zombie pandemic, and it was remade once in 2008 and then again in 2018.
SYFY’s Day of the Dead will feature Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas as showrunners and writers. The roster of executive producers include Stan Spry, Jeff Holland, Drew Brown, Robert Dudelson, James Dudelson, and Jordan Kizwani, according to SYFY Wire. There’s no word yet on a cast list or planned release date.
In the meantime, check out Tim Maughan’s essay on the making of Night of the Living Dead, as well as Alasdair Stuart’s tribute to Romero, who passed away in 2017.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson would be a good fit for this list
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s recent Elder Race is an outstanding example of this list’s criteria, folding both a hard-SF and a sword-and-sorcery tale into one short novel.
One of the best shorties I’ve ever read is Harlan Elison’s “Jefty was Five”.
One novella that I would like to add is Martha Wells All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries. It might not fit in this review because you probably can’t just read one of the novellas and novels.
The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson, a Cosmere novella but one that stands on its own if you’re not familiar with the Cosmere. A chaotic neutral con artist gets caught and has to forge an impossible item to save her life. Shai and Gaotona are great examples of throwing together characters of entirely different backgrounds and worldviews and seeing where they conflict and how they come to understand where the other is coming from. And, in classic Sanderson style, the magic is fantastic, especially the scene where Shai uses a seal to paint a wall. I want confirmation that there are forgers who use their skills to temporarily decorate their apartments and dorm rooms, no nail holes or command strip damage.
@@.-@. Came here to see if Murderbot was mentioned, was not disappointed.
I suspect Inconstant Moon has aged poorly, but I liked it back when I was reading it.
Winterfair Gifts.
The romance of Roic and Taura is a delight.
Thanks for the list Alex! “Queens of Noise” and “Night of the Mannequins” added to my reading list.
@8 – all of the Bujold Vorkosigan novellas are great – especially Mountains of Mourning.
I also enjoy Naomi Kritzer’s novellas/novelettes, including Monster and the prescient pandemic tale So Much Cooking.