Beowulf (IMAX 3-D)
All hail Gaiman and Avary! All hail Zemeckis! All hail these men, these wizards of men, for they have made Magic!
Beowulf is a stunning accomplishment. A computer animated film that pushes past the Uncanny Valley into beauty that often surpasses what reality could produce and film could capture. A [...]
Tue, November 13, 2007 - 9:08 PM
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Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Long, long ago I (somewhat glowingly) reviewed Kage Baker’s Anvil of the World, and was recommended, as having a somewhat similar style and tone, to the works of SF luminary Jack Vance. Dutifully, I picked up the omnibus collection of 4 of his novels set in the [...]
Fri, November 2, 2007 - 6:03 PM
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Engines of Light by Ken MacLeod
MacLeod continues to create interesting worlds filled with interesting (if not always entirely believable) characters and wildly variable political and economic systems that always manage to trend towards socialist libertarianism. And I keep reading them, and enjoying them, which may or may not tell you something about my own [...]
Fri, September 28, 2007 - 11:01 PM
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Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
This book is sometimes hailed as one of the turning points in the Discworld novels…a pivotal step in the evolutionary process whereby fiction that was humorous but made you think is transformed into thoughtful fiction that makes you laugh. I would certainly offer it up as being so, but Pratchett also [...]
Wed, August 15, 2007 - 6:07 AM
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The Transformers
The Transformers is the coolest movie I have ever seen.
If I have to explain to you who or what Transfomers are, you’re in the wrong place, so I won’t try and do that. If I have to explain to you who Michael Bay is, or why some people raised a red flag when [...]
Mon, July 2, 2007 - 10:26 PM
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