by Jim Stitzel | Feb 27, 2007 | General
Peter F. Hamilton’s _Night’s Dawn_ trilogy has been likened in epic scope to fictional universes like Frank Herbert’s Dune and Dan Simmons’ Hyperion. And in terms of size, the universe that Hamilton has built in this series is huge....
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 27, 2007 | General
Tim Kring is really starting to stretch even _my_ suspension of disbelief. I’m perfectly willing to assume that certain things are true within a specific speculative fiction universe for the sake of enjoyment. I’m not one of those people who like to...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 22, 2007 | General
Of course I drag my feet long enough in responding to this that the original source article is no longer available. But Tobias Buckell “recently referred”:http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2007/01/11/25-of-americans-believe-world-will-end-this-year/ to an AP...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 21, 2007 | General
How do you greatly amplify your daily hit count? Create and release a WordPress theme and then tell Weblog Tools Collection about it. Already at this point in the day, my numbers are up four times higher than normal. It’s pretty cool. And I have to admit that it...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 21, 2007 | General
Peter Petrelli has been my favorite _Heroes_ characters since the very beginning. Hiro seems to have risen to the top as everyone else’s favorite, and there _is_ something to that. This happy, optimistic Japanese fellow is hard to dislike. Of all these folks...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 20, 2007 | General
If you could assign three colors to represent science fiction, what would they be? If you could assign three colors to represent fantasy, what would they be? If you could assign three colors to represent horror, what would they be? And yes, there is a point to...
