A Few Things I’ve Enjoyed Lately

A Few Things I’ve Enjoyed Lately

As it has been so long since my last post, I thought I’d share some of the media I have been consuming. These are not ranked in any order and there are no stars. My brain does not evaluate art like that. I read the book series (Wool) this show is based on by...
The Wheel of Time Season Two Review

The Wheel of Time Season Two Review

The second season of Amazon Prime’s The Wheel of Time series ended a few weeks ago so I thought a short review might be in order as well as a few thoughts on the whole process of adapting fiction to TV. (Caution: There will be mild spoilers for the first two...
Favorite Sci-Fi Films from the 1950s

Favorite Sci-Fi Films from the 1950s

I have always had an odd fascination with sci-fi films from the 1950s. More than any other decade the films of the 1950s have always seemed to epitomize the classic sci-fi story tropes: Space Travel and Exploration, Alien Invasion, Atomic Apocalypse, and Mutant...
Why I Like Science Fiction & Fantasy

Why I Like Science Fiction & Fantasy

I recently rewatched one of my favorite scifi films, Forbidden Planet (1956). I did not ask my wife to watch it with me as we had viewed it for one of my birthday scifi film festivals a few years ago. My wife’s enthusiasm for scifi films from the 1950s does not...
I am a heretic

I am a heretic

(Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay ) I am a heretic. At least when it comes to my appreciation of scifi and, to a lesser degree, fantasy. I find myself drawn to and appreciating many of the things that general fans of the genre disdain and disliking the things they...
The Wheel of Time TV Series — A Delayed Review

The Wheel of Time TV Series — A Delayed Review

This review of Amazon’s Wheel of Time TV series is terribly late. I posted a version of it on facebook months ago and in my newsletter, but I figured since the series is still getting bad reviews on Amazon from disgruntled book fans, I would add it here. I love...

Remembering September 11th, 2001

Photo by Jason McCann on Unsplash 20 years ago today I woke from a nightmare dream of people running and screaming from something on the lower westside of NYC to my roommate at the time calling to tell me there had been a terrorist attack. I watched the first tower...

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