Die Hard gets me charged up for Indy
What could possibly increase the hype in anticipation of a 65-year old Harrison Ford reprising his role as Indiana Jones? Some critics are saying he is too old to play the Indiana Jones roll...
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Guest Review of “Sands of Oblivion” at SFSignal.com
Those wonderful boys at SFSignal.com had a contest to giveaway a movie called Sands of Oblivion, with Serenity stars Adam Baldwin and Morena Baccarin and somehow I won a copy. They posted a guest...
movrev: Stargate – The Ark of Truth
My son and I have watched every single Stargate episode (and have all the season except the last one) and my wife is not far behind. We are LARGE fans. But, lately, the show...
book notes: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Blade Itself is the first novel of Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law Trilogy. If I would have had the second book, I would have dove right into it, and that would have made...
bookrev: Triangle by R.J. Archer
Take a little of Graham Hancock’s theories on Earth’s ancient civilizations, mix in some Clive Cussler-type adventure and action, put on your scuba gear and grab your archaeological text books. Let me see…that’s one...
bookrev: The Silent Blade by R.A. Salvatore
Book XI in the Legend of Drizzt There are eighteen books in this series, and with that many pages a reader would expect to encounter two aspects: deeper characterizations and repetition. Both are on...
bookrev: Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos by Seth Lloyd
I’ve been reading this book for a while. Non-fiction books (except history books) always take me longer, as I like to check the facts, absorb the ideas…yeah, I know, it reminds some of you...
bookrev: Embryonic Breathing (Qigong Meditation) by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming
Qi (or chi) is viewed with skepticism by some, as reality by others or as mysticism. This series of books (starting with Embryonic Breathing and continuing with Small Circulation) presents data and perspectives from...
SF Signal Mind Meld, me but no vulcans
SFSignal is running their Tuesday Mind Meld feature with the question: are we headed for a Technological Panopticon? My response is there, along with the august company of Vernor Vinge, Charles Stross and David...
bookrev: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Winner of the 1991 Hugo Award When I did my list of the science fiction / fantasy authors with the most number of Hugos and Nebulas in the novel category, I was somewhat surprised...