by G.L. Breedon | Oct 18, 2011 | Film, Reviews, Science Fiction
http://youtu.be/uU4TQ1NTo50 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Director: Stanley Kubrick Although this list of favorite sci-fi films is not in any sort of order, the fact that this was the first film to pop into my head says something. I’m not entirely sure what though....
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 18, 2011 | Film, Reviews
The next few weeks will be devoted to exploring my 20 Favorite Sci-Fi Films. I had intended to blog about my favorite 10 sci-fi films, but when I started making a list it quickly exceeded 40 films before I could stop myself. After repeated attempts, I could not get...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 14, 2011 | Film, Science Fiction
I’m thinking of making Friday posts all about clips from Youtube. There are so many collections of great sci-fi posters, scenes, homemade documentaries, and just cool things that I think it would be good to share them. So, my three choices this week: A Brief...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 13, 2011 | Books, Fantasy, Writing-Craft
There is a question that has been bugging me for a while: Why is it that certain kinds of stories are told mainly in the medium of comic books rather than in novels? This seems especially true for superhero stories. Particularly what might be considered the classic...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 11, 2011 | Books, Fantasy, Reviews
I finally finished Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings last week. It took me months to get through the book. Part of that was because I was so busy indie publishing The Wizard of Time and The Dark Shadow of Spring. I was also writing the sequel to The Dark Shadow of...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 7, 2011 | Fantasy, Writing Update, Young Sorcerer's Guild
The Dark Shadow of Spring (The Young Sorcerers Guild – Book 1) is finally available! It’s out as an ebook this week and will be available in print next week. I’m pretty excited about it. It’s a really fun story. Fun to write. Fun to edit. Hopefully even more fun...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 5, 2011 | Film, Science
Since this is world space week, I decided to participate in my own small way by watching Apollo 13 again last night. Directed by Ron Howard in 1995, it is an extremely well made film telling the true story of the nearly disastrous Apollo 13 space mission. Apollo 13 of...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 4, 2011 | News, Science, Space
The 12th annual World Space Week begins today (Oct. 4-10). Commemorating the launch of Sputnik on this day in 1957, (54 years ago for the math challenged like me), World Space Week was declared by the United Nations in 1999. It is the largest event in the world, 2,259...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 30, 2011 | Fantasy, Science, Science Fiction, Weekly Recap
Very cool flow chart of NPR’s top 100 sci-fi & fantasy novel list from SF Signal. Nice review of my YA Fantasy novel The Wizard of Time. Time travel and magic – it’s like peanut butter and chocolate. Nice io9 blog about why good sci-fi tv is so...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 29, 2011 | Film, Science Fiction
It’s amazing how many people create compilations of their favorite films and scenes to post on Youtube. I found a few more that I really liked. Great space battles and starships. Top 100 Sci-Fi Spaceships http://youtu.be/88lmVxvRaXU Ode to Great Space Battles A...
