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...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 6, 2011 | Science Fiction, SF & Fantasy News
This is a great news. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction will soon be available online for free. The UK based Orion Publishing will be putting it up in pieces over the next year or so. 3 million words, 12,000 entries, and they say, 100,000 links. It will cover all...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 5, 2011 | Fantasy, Reviews, TV
I finally got around to watching the final episode of the First Season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. (Note: Neither the TV show or the book of Game if Throne is young adult appropriate.) One of the biggest advantages the writers and producers have is that they are...
by G.L. Breedon | Jun 30, 2011 | Science, Space
There is an extremely pessimistic editorial in this week’s Economist declaring the end of the Space Age. Not decrying the end of the space age, declaring it with some verve. Not much by way of authority, but a lot of verve. The editorial makes some good points...
by G.L. Breedon | Jun 29, 2011 | Film, Reviews, Science Fiction
My wife and I watched the Adjustment Bureau over the weekend. Although it had timid and some fuzzy edged metaphysics (I like my metaphysics a little more bold), I found that I enjoyed the film quite a bit. Partly this is due to the wonderful on screen chemistry...
by G.L. Breedon | Jun 27, 2011 | Science Fiction
Sad news. Science fiction and fantasy anthology editor Martin H. Greenberg passed away Saturday, June 25th at age 70. Although I don’t read very much short science fiction or fantasy these days, I remember reading quite a few of the anthologies that Greenberg...
