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Product Placement: the Next Generation
So what happens when authors start having to account for these new revenue strategies? My best guess: multiple versions of the story — B&N gets copies of my book where Andrea uses a Nook; on Amazon, she has a Kindle; … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, apple, boingboing, holly lisle, ibooks, ibookstore, kindle, product placement, tandy 1000
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Movie Review: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
I honestly don’t think Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a bad film… but then, I’m biased, because I’m a huge fan of the TV show. If I wasn’t a fan of the show, I think I’d rate the movie much … Continue reading
Posted in escape pod, movie, nonfiction, review, superhero, supernatural, writing
Tagged ben affleck, buffy the vampire slayer, david arquette, donald sutherland, film, fran rubel kuzui, joss whedon, kristy swanson, luke perry, menstrual cramps, merrick, paul reubens, review, rutger hauer, zorag
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Web Series Review: “Harry Potter and the Ten Years Later”
The Harry Potter phenomenon has spawned countless fan-created works of written fiction, musical awesomeness, and re-cut music videos. It has inspired thousands of people to be more awesome than they might otherwise have been. And that’s good. But now it’s … Continue reading
Book Review: “Death’s Daughter” by Amber Benson
I have a thing about Death stories. My favorite is, of course, the Death of the Discworld (black cloak, scythe, TALKS LIKE THIS), followed by Neil Gaiman’s perky goth-girl Death of the Endless. Somewhere on the continuum is Piers Anthony’s … Continue reading
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Tagged amber benson, calliope reaper-jones, chick lit, death, deaths daughter, deus ex machina, indra, kali, neil gaiman, piers anthony, review, susan sto helit
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Book Review: “Kiss the Dead” by Laurell K. Hamilton
Hmm… okay, so, we start with police procedural, and our hero shows up on the scene. She’s got a crap-ton of weapons and abilities, and she uses them to be a monster and save the day, sort of, except that … Continue reading
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Tagged anita blake, kiss the dead, laurell k. hamilton, polyamory, urban fantasy, vampire, werewolf
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Movie Review: “Ted”
Sometimes movie trailers try to be too cute. That is to say, they hide the entire story from the viewer, or try to create mystery where there is none. And sometimes movie trailers tell you exactly what the movie is … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, escape pod, fantasy, movie, nonfiction, review, writing
Tagged boston, cgi, enterprise, family guy, farts, flash gordon, mark wahlberg, mila kunis, movie, review, romantic comedy, seth mcfarlane, ted, thunder buddies, trailer
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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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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 