What to Read Next (April 2012 edition)
It is a good problem to have. What to read next?? Indulge in some recent SF/Fantasy? Read an old classic? Venture into my other fetish, historical non-fiction? Like most, I have a stack of...
Monthly Archive: April 2012
In Honor of the last day to see “John Carter” in the movies
Once more, my John Carter video primer! Not long until the DVD is available! To help push for a sequel, visit the BackToBarsoom website. Related posts: John Carter primer on SFSignal John Carter...
Red Sun: The Invasion of Hawai’i After Pearl Harbor. A Fictional History by Richard Ziegler and Patrick M. Patterson
Red Sun is a fictional World War II history that assumes different outcomes of several events in the Pacific Theater of World War II: The carrier USS Enterprise was in Pearl Harbor during the...
Review of Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale – on SFSignal
My review of Edge of Dark Water by fellow Texan and martial artist Joe R. Lansdale is up on SFSignal. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY: Utilizing the East Texas setting he knows so well, Lansdale...
A Tale of Two Depressing Movies – Notes on “The Descendants” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”
We rarely watch depressing movies in our house, as we find reality harsh enough. But in a recent week we viewed two Oscar Best Picture nominees: The Descendants starring my wife’s favorite (and everybody’s...
Shameless Plug: Vote SFSignal for Hugo Award (Best Fanzine)
First, the plug: surf quickly, don’t walk, and vote in the Hugo Awards for SFSignal as Best Fanzine and SFSignal Podcast as Best Fancast. Information on how to vote can be found at the...