by G.L. Breedon | Sep 27, 2011 | Art, Books, Fantasy, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
Back after a short hiatus to traveling for work and then to visit my mom. Also had to deal with a dead laptop fan, limited email access, and a messed up middle finger (which makes typing just stupidly annoying). I came across this site today: Good Show Sir....
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 13, 2011 | Fantasy, Film, Religion, Reviews, TV
My wife and I recently finished watching the HBO series Carnivàle. A carnival plays a central part in the second book of my Young Sorcerers Guild series, so I thought watching a show about a carnival might be a fun way to do research. Carnivàle takes place at the...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 12, 2011 | Books, Film, Science Fiction
Today would be the 90th birthday of master Polish sci-fi withor Stanislaw Lem. Born September 12th, 1921, he passed away March 27th, 2006. While Lem is probably most famous for writing the source novel to Andrei Tarkovski’s film Solaris, my first introduction to...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 9, 2011 | News, Science, Science Fiction, Weekly Recap
Very nice review by Tahlia Newland of my novel The Wizard of Time. NASA releases images what the moon landings look like now. Scare-a-Cuse in Syracuse Sept. 10th. Why am I never in the city where sci-fi stuff is happening? Photos from Dragon Con 2011. Great guide to...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 8, 2011 | Film, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
I came across these on Youtube a while back and though they would be fun to share. The first two are competing lists of the 100 Sci-Fi film of all time and the third is a selection of the best sci-fi films of the last 100 years, wisely not ranked. They are fun lists....
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 7, 2011 | Film, Science Fiction
There was an interesting article in The Guardian by film critic Jonathan Jones, who suggests that Steven Spielberg’s film Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the first great work of Postmodern art. He writes: What makes me call this film...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 2, 2011 | Fantasy, News, Science Fiction, Weekly Recap
Dragon Con starts Friday in Atlanta. I09 has a great guide to sci-fi and fantasy for September. Good interview with sci-fi author Brenda Cooper. Nice review of Mike Ashley’s “Out of This World” history of sci-fi. Blade Runner Convention Reel from...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 1, 2011 | Film, History, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
Saw this on i09, but the Vimeo post seems to have been taken down. Hopefully the Youtube version will stay up for a bit longer. From the YouTube description: One of the Blade Runner Convention Reels featuring interviews with Ridley Scott, Syd Mead and Douglas Trumbull...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 30, 2011 | Art, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
I found a really fun site today via the Chicagoist. Artist Matthew Buchholz has created a series of alternate history images with a sci-fi twist. They’re great fun. As you can see.
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 29, 2011 | Film, Reviews, Science Fiction, Time Travel
My wife and I watched Source Code last night. It’s been a while since we watched a movie. We’ve been watching HBO’s Carnivale and the BBC crime drama Waking the Dead. But, we finally ran out of episodes of both. I have to say, I enjoyed Source Code...
