Have we lost our sense of adventure and wonder?

Spent the evening watching episodes 1 and 2 of the 5th season of the new Doctor Who. Shh, don’t tell anyone - episode 1 hasn’t even aired in my country yet. But it has aired, and in a flat world - that means it’s fair game to watch. At least, that’s what I tell myself.
Anyway. […]

Reasons I Am Excited About Anathem Before Reading It

So I just bought Anathem today. I can’t wait to read it, here’s some reasons why:

Hooray, Neal Stephenson!
Short - under 1000 pages! (If you read Baroque Cycle, you’ll realize I’m not kidding)
It has an analemma on the cover!
It’s not set in the past.
It sounds a little like A Canticle for Leibowitz - a classic story.

More […]

32 Sci-Fi Novels I Should Read

At least, according to a list I came across today. It’s not the worst list in the world - but of course I do have a couple complaints.
1) Foundation (Foundation Novels) - Isaac Asimov
Haven’t read it. Heard of it of course. Is on my “read before I die” list. That’s a long list - way […]

Book Review: Glasshouse

Read the review here.

Finally, We Get to See Smaug!

Finally, the feud between Peter Jackson and MGM over The Hobbit has been solved. Jackson will be the executive producing the two Hobbit movies (thank god for 2 - fewer story cuts!) which will be filmed simultaneously. I’d prefer Jackson direct, for continuity, but this will have to do. I just hope they pick a […]

Top 50 Dystopian Movies Meme

Via SFSignal. As usual, bold the ones you’ve seen.

Metropolis (1927)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Brazil (1985)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Blade Runner (1982)
Children of Men (2006)
The Matrix (1999)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Minority Report (2002)
Delicatessen (1991)
Sleeper (1973)
The Trial (1962)
Alphaville (1965)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Serenity (2005)
Pleasantville (1998)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Battle Royale (2000)
RoboCop (1987)
Akira (1988)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Planet of […]

The Book Meme

From Book-A-Rama:

Here are the rules.
Go to the advanced book search on Amazon, type your first name into the Title field, and post the most interesting/amusing cover that shows up.

Book Review: Thirteen

You can read it here.

Quick Hits for Wednesday

Just some minor thoughts I guess:

CNN recently covered “The Secret” - they got some skeptics opinions, and they make a whole lot of sense.  Cancer survivors? Sexual assault victims? Holocaust prisoners? It’s your fault - your negative thoughts attracted bad things!
Yahoo finally does something to get a bit of a leg-up on google. They’ve integrated […]

Thanks for all the fish, Douglas

Tomorrow is Towel Day. Do the right thing, people.