by G.L. Breedon | Jul 17, 2011 | Art, Space
There is a very cool exhibit at the Smithsonian of NASA Space Art. Wish I could go. The Smithsonian has an online gallery CBS has a gallery of a select few painting. NASA also has an old gallery....
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 17, 2011 | Books, Fantasy, Reviews
I finished Susanne Collin’s Hunger Games this weekend. I know, I’m a little behind in my reading. It seems everyone has read it. Especially now that it is being made into a film. I liked it a lot. Not as much as I wanted to, but quite a bit. The choice to...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
The trailer for the John Carter movie is out. I was a little trepidatious when I heard a movie was being made from Edger Rice Burroughs Barsoom series, but this trailer actually makes the movie look pretty fun and, oddly, serious. It’s not often you get...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 13, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Science Fiction
I read The Passage a few months ago, but I didn’t have this blog then. Although I did like The Passage, I felt I could have liked it much more. Partly that is because I was not expecting a 250 page prologue. Nor was I expecting the time jump in the story after...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
There’s a somewhat interesting article in the Guardian on how Science Fiction approaches the subject of religion. It would be more interesting if it went into more detail and did more than scratch the surface of the subject, but the comments section fills in...