by Jim Stitzel | Sep 25, 2007 | General
From the sounds of “this review”:http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/005682.html (Warning! Spoilers!) of the _Heroes_ season premier, I’m not at all sorry I’m ignoring the show this year. Sounds as though Kring is still writing flimsy plotlines,...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 11, 2007 | Asides
I haven’t read Arthur C. Clarke’s _Rama_ series yet (even though it’s on my list), but “this student-created video”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2Yt1ATm4c makes me want to run out and grab the books I’m missing and give them a...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 28, 2007 | General
I’m not a fan of the zombie sub-genre of horror/sci-fi/post-apocalyptic fiction, as I’m “mentioned before”:http://shamuswrites.com/2007/06/06/zombies/. I don’t really see what’s so interesting about mindless undead whose only goal...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 24, 2007 | General
Brandon Sanderson has read the final Harry Potter installment. He had, in part, this to say about it: bq. Initial thoughts: I liked it, as I’ve liked all of the other HP books. However, it lacked the charm of the books that occurred inside of Hogwarts. (Source:...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 13, 2007 | Asides
Quote of the Day: “…and a hootenanny – a whole lot of hoot, and just a _little_ bit of nanny.”
