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 | 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...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 16, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Science Fiction, TV
I absolutely loved this book. I’ve been a big fan of the Doctor Who reboot since I caught an episode of season one on BBC America. When I came across this book during a search on Amazon, I snapped it up. I was always impressed with the storytelling in the series...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 8, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Science Fiction
I picked up a copy of Poul Anderson’s Tau Zero on ebay last year in a lot of mixed classic sci-fi novels. It turned out to be one my favorite novels from the last few years. The crew of an interstellar expedition become trapped on board in an ever accelerating...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 27, 2011 | Books, Fantasy, Reviews
I finished Patrick Rothfuss’s The Wise Man’s Fear a while ago. Before I write about that I should write about The Name of the Wind, the novel that precedes it in his King Killer Chronicle. I loved The Name of the Wind. LOVED IT. I hadn’t read a novel...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 18, 2011 | Reviews, Science Fiction, TV
I don’t know who’s “genius” idea it was to break up this year’s Dr. Who season into two parts, with six epodes at the start of summer and the rest in the Autumn, but I don’t see the logic. Not only am I deprived of fun summer sci-fi...
