by G.L. Breedon | Sep 20, 2023 | Science, Science Fiction, Writing-Craft
I recently watched this youtube video about how to use seven short prompts to have AI write a novel for you. It bothered me, because I feel that if you are going to do that then you need to tell people the book they are buying was really written by AI, but also...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 27, 2023 | Film, Science Fiction
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...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 21, 2023 | Film, Science Fiction
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...
by G.L. Breedon | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
(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...
by G.L. Breedon | Feb 24, 2023 | Film, Science Fiction
It’s been a while since I posted here. Life has been busy. Moving house among other things. Writing has been slower than I would like, but that is always the case. Because time is always limited, I thought I’d post something that has been sitting on my...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 6, 2022 | Fantasy, TV
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...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 28, 2021 | The Dragon Star Saga, The Jivath Chronicles
Entry Three: Kanthuuf – The Tinker The fog gripped the city tight—a beggar clasping his coins, unwilling to open his hand to count them for fear they might be stolen. Tight like that. A haze so close you can’t see beyond your arm. A mist that fills your nose and your...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 15, 2021 | The Dragon Star Saga, The Jivath Chronicles
Entry Two: Dalami – The Orphan The fog came in fast. A thick, gray blanket thrown across the harbor. Too quick for the ships anchored offshore to get to the docks. Too swift for anything natural. I stood on the docks with Father as he inspected a load of spices from...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 9, 2021 | The Dragon Star Saga, The Jivath Chronicles
I have a new project to announce. The Jivath Chronicles is a standalone story in The Dragon Star Saga. It tells the story of what happens in the yutan port city of Jivath during the events that occur over the course of the next few Dragon Star Saga novels. It will be...
