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Book Review: “Hunter and Fox” by Philippa Ballantine
My review of Philippa Ballantine’s Hunter and Fox is now up. TLDR version: it was a good book, but it wasn’t really up my alley. Book Review: Hunter and Fox by Philippa Ballantine
Posted in book, escape pod, fantasy, nonfiction, review, urban, writing
Tagged cliffhanger, doorstop, geist, hunter and fox, philippa ballantine, review, spectyr
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Obsessed With Doing Something Else. ANYTHING Else.
Like many writers, I get obsessed with doing things that aren’t related to writing. Here’s what’s been obsessing me lately. Obsessed With Doing Something Else. ANYTHING Else. : Escape Pod
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Tagged brentalfloss, civilization, civilization v, father's day, obsession, singlemindedness, tunnel vision, writing
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Movie Review: “Another Earth”
Imagine that, a year or so ago, you saw a trailer for a film in which humanity discovered another planet Earth growing slowly closer. Humanity made contact with Earth Two, as they called it, and realized that each and every … Continue reading
Posted in escape pod, indie (or indie-style), movie, nonfiction, review, sci-fi, writing
Tagged another earth, brit marling, fall on your sword, review, richard berendzen, rot13, william mapother
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Book Review: “Railsea” by China Mieville
When I first downloaded the book, I thought there was something wrong with my copy, so I went over to Amazon & checked the first chapter. Nope, it was that way on purpose. In fact, one of the shorter chapters … Continue reading
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Tagged ampersand, china mieville, moby-dick, mocker-jack, rails, railsea, review, trains
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“Smile Time”, or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust in Whedon”
“Oh crap… it’s the puppet episode.” Indeed. Read about how I changed my tune by clicking here. “Smile Time”, or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust in Whedon”
Book Review: “Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion”, edited by Mary Alice Money
My review of Joss Whedon: the Complete Companion, a compendium of articles and essays on all of Whedon’s creations (and I mean all), is now on Escape Pod. Read it here. Book Review: “Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion”
Soundproof Digest 1
Several of my articles from January, February, and March are reprinted in Soundproof Digest #1. If you want to read them on your e-reading device, you can download ePub, PDF, or Mobi versions here. Oh, and there’s a bunch of … Continue reading
How Bad Technobabble Hurt A Good Episode: “Our Man Bashir”
My “review” of the Deep Space Nine episode “Our Man Bashir” is now up on Escape Pod. Read it here. How Bad Technobabble Hurt A Good Episode: “Our Man Bashir”
Posted in escape pod, nonfiction, review, sci-fi, television, writing
Tagged deep space nine, holosuite, our man bashir, pseudoscience, star trek, technobabble, transporter, wil wheaton
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Movie Review: “Highlander III: The Sorcerer”
My review of Highlander 3 is up at Escape Pod. Film Review: Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Posted in action, escape pod, fantasy, movie, nonfiction, review, writing
Tagged christopher lambert, deborah unger, french revolution, highlander, immortal, kane, kurgan, macleod, mario van peebles, review, snoopy come home, the final dimension, the prize, the quickening, the sorcerer, there can be only one
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Movie Review: “The Hunger Games”
As of this writing, Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games series has made her the best-selling Kindle author of all time. That’s quite an accomplishment. But even before that happened, it was inevitable that the Hunger Games phenomenon would become a film. … Continue reading
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Tagged district 12, gary ross, jennifer lawrence, josh hutcherson, katniss, lenny kravitz, pg-13, review, suzanne collins, the girl on fire, the hunger games
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The Speed of Sci-Fi, Revisited
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post about how fast data storage technology is expanding. My example was my USB drive, which holds eight hundred times as much data in something the size of my finger … Continue reading
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Tagged android, blackberry, cellphone, iphone, sci-fi, technology
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Movie Review: “Return to Oz”
I vaguely remember seeing Return to Oz in theaters as a child and deciding that the movie was good, but scary. As an adult, I’m quite surprised at how creepy and disturbing the film’s imagery was. In Oz alone, we … Continue reading
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Tagged fairuza balk, gregory maguire, judy garland, l frank baum, oz, return to oz, review, the wiz, wizard of oz
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Portrait of a Slayer at Fifteen: the 15th Anniversary Buffy Retrospective (part 2 of 3)
No retrospective of a beloved television show would be complete without a countdown, so here’s the first part of my top 25 episodes. Portrait of a Slayer at Fifteen: the 15th Anniversary Buffy Retrospective (part 2 of 3)
Album Review: “Once More, With Feeling”
I really liked the Buffy series, and “Once More, With Feeling” was a really good episode — on Facebook, my friend Dave said, “to this day I consider this to be the greatest single episode of a series I’ve ever … Continue reading
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Tagged buffy the vampire slayer, musical, once more with feeling, review, soundtrack
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Portrait of a Slayer at Fifteen: the 15th Anniversary Buffy Retrospective (part 1 of 3)
March 10, 1997: the day that changed television for a lot of people. And continues to draw in new viewers all the time. The fashions may not hold up; the slang and pop-culture references might be dated; the effects in … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, buffy the vampire slayer, joss whedon, sunnydale, television, vampire
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Movie Review: “The Secret World of Arrietty”
Overall, I found The Secret World of Arrietty to be a good film for kids. It’s not too violent, there’s no on-screen death, the subject matter is age-appropriate, and the good guys win (mostly because there really aren’t any bad … Continue reading
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Tagged amy poehler, carol burnett, cecile corbel, film, miyazaki, review, studio ghibli, the borrowers, the secret world of arrietty, will arnett
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My Problem with Graphic Novels
I’ve written a two-part treatise on graphic novels and why I don’t really care too much for them, mostly as an excuse to talk about Buffy Season 8. (Hey, I’m a simple guy, I have simple needs.) Part One | … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, batman, buffy season 8, canon, comic, death of superman, death of the endless, Ferrett Steinmetz, graphic novels, grey's anatomy, i am a leaf on the wind, idjits, laurell k. hamilton, ozy and millie, sandman, sean mcmullen, something positive, star trek, supernatural, the wake, v for vendetta, watchmen
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Soundproof #16
My review of Gregory Maguire’s Out of Oz has been reprinted in this month’s Soundproof, from Escape Pod. There’s also three great stories in there, so, you know, worth your time. Soundproof #16
Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 