THE EMPIRE OF AMERICA

Capitalism is sooooooooooo like, not cool anymore.

I hope to god people start seriously thinking about what a living under a socialist government would be like. I'd write more, but I haven't the time. Another day perhaps.

Yesterday I attended a short talk given by the University Mathematics department. The speaker was Dr. Michael Hvidsten from Gustavus Adolphus College, and he presented his exceptional Geometry Explorer program ( Read more... )

We've Created a Monster!

How three programming geeks turned the Sci-Fi Channel into the best little horror house in the movie business.

Mansquito, huh? You know, maybe if there was a market for this stuff, it wouldn't have to appear "exclusively" on television. I mean, this is the same channel who hosts SciFiction! For some reason, I expected a ( Read more... )

Since time isn't something I've got lots of right now, I'm going to try something a little different. I've got a lot of books that I've read and want to review, but I can't see myself being able to type up detailed reviews in the near future. So, I'm going to review each book in twenty words or less. Here we go:

Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson ( Read more... )

I've been too busy recently to post any updates, but in the meantime, here are some interesting things I've found in my research into religion and SF.

On Religion in SF and Fantasy: An Interview with Orson Scott Card

"Most of the time, in and out of speculative fiction, religion simply doesn't exist. Characters don't believe in God or even think ( Read more... )

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Why Science Fiction Hasn’t Been Taken Seriously

or "All of my Literati friends look down at me when I say I read SF, so why doesn't SF come together as a collective whole and change it's image?"This article pretty much confirms my suspicions that Basilieres is a bona-fide snob. His previous article on Philip K. ( Read more... )

I know for sure now that at least one person is reading this, (thanks, by the way), so I'll throw out a few links, just in case anyone else is out there.

Locus Online - More than any other site I've seen, Locus Online has it's finger planted firmly on the pulse of the genre. They regularly post SF-oriented news, and have several extensive ( Read more... )

This is what I’ve been up to for the past month or so presented in [relatively] tiny capsule review form for optimal efficiency:

Humans by Robert J. SawyerI really don’t know what possessed me to read this book, other than the fact that my previously mentioned ritual of reading all the Hugo nominees every year. Despite having read several of ( Read more... )

M. John Harrison's Light is very high on my must-read-soon list. However, not having immediate access to a copy, I was happy to find this little gem hosted on amazon.com:

tourism

It's a nice little story that left me wanting more. The overall feel of the story reminds me a lot of Harrison's The Centauri Device, which I loved. A bunch of whiners ( Read more... )

I'm currently working my way through this year's Hugo nominees for best novel. Even though the awards are all said and done with, and I know the results, I'm still plugging dutifully through the latter half of the list. Why? I'm really not sure. I've done this every year since I started seriously reading SF, but yet I've been consistently ( Read more... )