Monday, September 30, 2013

Where Angels Fear To Tread . . . Or, My Top Five Fantasy Novel List

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Not quite a novel, but I love it anyway Lists are inherently exclusive.  The five books below represent what I think of as emblematic of...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Political Animals . . . Or, A House Divided

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US Capitol I've been spending some time recently grappling over the apparently schismatic divide in the Congress.  Bipartisanship se...
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Thursday, September 5, 2013

The End of the World . . . Or, What Do Cabin in the Woods and The World's End Have To Do With Syria?

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Before we begin, if you haven't seen them already, go watch Cabin in the Woods and The World's End .  They're both fantastic ...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

The Magic of Science . . . Or, Elysium Review

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I saw Elysium last week.  It's taken me a while to comment on Neil Blomkamp's newest sci-fi effort for the simple reason that almo...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Lucy In The Sky With F-14s . . . Or, Top Gun Reboot

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Recently, I got to thinking about what would make an interesting film.  Ideally, it would be engaging, decently plotted, fast paced and fu...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Dust In Your Eye . . . Or, A Few Thoughts On Dust 514

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Dust 514 is the Playstation  3 side of Eve Online's massive cross-platform push.  Eve Online is the wonderfully addictive space opera ...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Undaunted Fraud . . . Or, What Is History? Pt 3

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Stephen E. Ambrose This isn't news.  When Stephen Ambrose was accused of citing numerous works nearly verbatim without proper attrib...