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...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 11, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Science, Space
Thinking about the Final Space Shuttle launch last week got me to thinking about the history of space exploration, so I grabbed my copy of Space Flight (DK Books – Gill Sparrows) off the shelf and spent a few hours reading. I love DK Books. I have a huge...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 9, 2011 | Science, Space, Uncategorized
The final launch of the Space Shuttle program. A sad day for space geeks and kids dreaming of becoming astronauts. For the next several years, until the Aries replacement launch system becomes operational, the US will be paying Russia to ferry astronauts to the...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 7, 2011 | Science Fiction, TV
This is probably old news to others, but I just discovered that Netflix now has all the seasons of the original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Voyager available for streaming. Of course I already own the restored Star Trek on DVD, and...
