by G.L. Breedon | Dec 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Farhad Manjoo has an article this week in Slate where he states that we should abandon small local bookstores because they are inefficient and their books tend to cost more. They also have limited shelf space, thus limited selections, no reviews, and only employee...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
I came across this a while ago and thought it would be good to share. A fellow named Levar, who runs the blog Vintage Paperbacks, has a ton of old sci-fi and pulp covers posted on flickr. His collection of covers by sci-fi artist Richard M. Powers is particularly...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
There is an interesting article in the Atlantic today by E.D. Kain, the blogger of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen about the current popularity of Fantasy stories in fiction, movies, and TV. Kain thinks were in a Fantasy bubble that will inevitably burst. As much as...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
The trailer for the John Carter movie is out. I was a little trepidatious when I heard a movie was being made from Edger Rice Burroughs Barsoom series, but this trailer actually makes the movie look pretty fun and, oddly, serious. It’s not often you get...
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 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...
