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• Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned

  

  Writer: Brian K. Vaughn Penciller: Pia Guerra Inker: Jose Marzan, Jr. Collects issues 1-5 Title: Unmanned In the summer of 2002, a plague of unknown origin... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• The Beginnings of Amber (a Roger Zelazny Tale)

  

  Once upon a time, Roger Zelazny came up with an idea for a new short story. In it a being had the ability to create parallel worlds. When he did this he could... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle

  

  From Goodreads...Conversing in a mausoleum with the dead, an eccentric recluse is tugged back into the world by a pair of ghostly lovers bearing an extraordinar... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• Classic Doctor Who: Season 1: Episode 1: An Unearthly Child Part 1

  

  As readers of this blog can see, I am a big fan of Doctor Who. I have watched, and will be reviewing, all of the "new" series. My interest in the classic... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

  

  The first Transformers movie was a commercial success. At the same time it was not as well received by the critics.Since it did well at the box office, a... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny

  

  The Guns of Avalon is the second book in the Amber Chronicles. My review of the first book, Nine Princes in Amber, can be found by clicking here. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2011 BOOKS

• On Other Sites....

  

  New latest contribution to Grasping for the Wind appeared today. It is called "Larry Niven and the History of Green Lantern". In addition to Larry Niven's... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2011 BOOKS

• New Space Opera?

  Since the first rumblings came out of the British science fiction magazine Interzone, I have been curious about the New Space Opera movement. The phrase “space... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• "Devil Car" by Roger Zelazny

  

  In 1965, Galaxy was under the editorship of Frederik Pohl. Pohl would be remembered as one of the best magazine editors of all time. At this time, Roger... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• WE3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

  

  Many things have been said about Grant Morrison's writing. He is known as a genius who is so in love with all the crazy ideas in his head that he forgets to mak... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• "Scales" by Alastair Reynolds

  It is hard to believe that Reynolds started having his stories published in 1990. I still think of him as a newer writer. "Scales" first appeared in 2009 as par... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2011 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• "Auto-da-Fe" by Roger Zelazny

  

  1. Auto-da-Fe by Roger Zelazny Dangerous Visions, 1967From Wikipedia: An auto-da-fe was the ritual of public penance of comdemned heretics by the Spanish... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2011 BOOKS

• The Roger Zelazny Project

  It is no secret that Roger Zelazny is one of my favorite writers. "Nine Princes in Amber" is one of the most read books in my collection. So I began an... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2011 BOOKS

• Doctor Who Season 6 Episode 3: The Curse of the Black Spot

  

  The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship and the Doctor is soon being forced to walk the plank at gunpoint. But things are about to get much,... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2011 BOOKS

• Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba

  

  I kept hearing great things about this series published by Vertigo. Since I missed the first few issues, I decided to wait for the paperback collection to... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2011 BOOKS

• Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson

  

  Earlier in the year I reviewed "Act of Creation" (one of the short stories in the Childe Cycle). Now it's time for the first novel I read in the series many... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2011 BOOKS

• Doctor Who Season 6 Episode 2: Day of the Moon

  

  The Doctor is locked in the perfect prison. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted across America by the FBI. Terrifyingly powerful aliens have invaded Earth... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 BOOKS

• Doctor Who Season 6 Episode 1: The Impossible Astronaut

  

  The Doctor is back in the biggest, most mind-blowing series opener ever. Amy, Rory and River also return for an adventure that combines humour, shocks for our... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2011 BOOKS

• Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

  

  New Space Opera has been an exciting development for me. Although many quality science fiction books have appeared in recent years, the field went through a tim... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2011 BOOKS

• Short Story Sunday - April 10, 2011

  

  "A Fish Story" by Gene WolfeFirst Printing: Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October/November 1999One thing I can say is that Gene Wolfe's short... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2011 BOOKS