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March 8, 2015
Mars Alive!
If I had a hundred lives and the corresponding years, I’d spend a chunk on space travel. Can you imagine the disorienting feeling of stepping foot on another planet? I can’t but I would like to. Mars is one of the planets on that list. Well, there aren’t that many viable options right now. Venus […]
February 27, 2015
A quick and dirty guide to the YA novel
My friend Angela sent me this link some time back and it cracked me up. A young, enterprising writer named Randall Knox broke down the YA novel. His post, How to Write a Shitty YA Novel, is a classic. Now don’t get me wrong. I love YA. The Hunger Games was great (even though book […]
February 20, 2015
The Walking Dead: Ecstasy and agony
I’m late to The Walking Dead. It’s not that I don’t like zombies — I do, ever since I watched Night of the Living Dead as a five year old. But there are so many shows out there, as well as an endless supply of zombie-themed shows and books. When it came to The Walking Dead, […]
February 13, 2015
Taking on time travel
Time travel is the thorniest of plot elements. By nature, it’s full of flaws. Take the Grandfather Paradox — watch Futurama for the best example of that. Time travel is difficult because it doesn’t fare well under the light gaze of logic. But lets push logic aside — whether time travel is or is not possible. When […]
February 6, 2015
Eternal life, here on Earth
Those wacky scientists are at it again. And if they have their way, we’ll live a very, very long time. The latest? Scientists have perfected a technique where they lengthen the telomeres of cells’ chromosomes. The length of telomeres, which protect cells from damage, corresponds with the health of cells. The longer the telomeres, the […]
January 30, 2015
Why I can’t read any new Stephen King
This isn’t an easy thing for me to write: I will never read a new Stephen King novel again. I grew up on King. When I was a teenager I devoured his books: Carrie, Firestarter, Thinner, The Talisman, Eyes of the Dragon, Pet Sematary, It. He was (and still is) a fantastic storyteller. He creates […]
January 27, 2015
Are ancient aliens ignoring us?
We’re obsessed with life beyond Earth. For a while, we thought we might find it close to home. Venus turned out to be a hellish bust, and Mars is turning up nothing but red rocks. SETI has been beaming a hello for decades, but no one has greeted our call. So, unless you believe that […]
January 19, 2015
Watch this movie: Predestination
Time travel story plus great performances minus a creaky plot equals a stylish, though flawed, film. It took me about 20 minutes into Predestination, the new sci-fi film starring Ethan Hawke, to figure it all out. Predestination is a movie that tries to shroud itself in mystery, but that mystery is pretty evident to anyone […]
January 13, 2015
Archie vs Predator?
Call this post mash-ups gone wild. What are two things that should not go together? Two things that absolutely MUST go together. The latest proof — there’s a new comic series coming out that combines that all-American wholesomeness of the Archie comics with…. the sci-fi horror classic Predator. Say what??? According to this link at […]
January 8, 2015
Charlie Hebdo and free expression
Time to get serious. The world is reeling from the murders in Paris this week. Twelve people, including journalists and policemen, were murdered by Muslim terrorists. Why were these people killed? Because the journalists at the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo dared to express views these terrorists deemed unacceptable. Specifically, they criticized — and mocked — […]
