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Wastelands: A Post-Apocalyptic Anthology Done Right

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

My wife recently got me Wastelands, an Anthology edited by John Joseph Adams for an Easter gift.  I am only a few stories into the book but I wanted to share some initial thoughts and what it has done right so far.  One of the strongest parts of the anthology thus far is the decision [...]

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Who Will Lead the Sci Fi Movie Revolution?

January 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Mark Harris of Entertainment Weekly wrote a great (IMHO) article about the State of Science Fiction movies as a genre. He lambasted the genre for being too wrapped up in nostalgia and not taking chances.
Ideally, sci-fi’s next rescuer should be someone whose ideas about the future derive from somewhere — anywhere — other than [...]

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Tags: Movies