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Movies I Wish You Had Seen – Repo Man

November 7th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

Once upon a time there was an old man named Bud who repossessed cars with his young protégé, Otto. This movie is an all time lost classic smokescreen of a science fiction movie. It is an absolute chameleon movie, part coming of age, part moral tome on the society of 1984, part car chase, part […]

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Blood Feud by Steven Roman – A Book Review

November 1st, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Everything you know is wrong. Thus is the life of Pandora, a delusional goth teen with severe antisocial tendencies and a history of  paranoid visions. She is exiled to upstate New York with her mother and estranged from her father,  the curator of Renfield’s House of Horrors, a NYC Paranormal Museum. Pan […]

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Fiction Friday – Robert Sheckley, Tell me something funny.

October 29th, 2011 | Posted in Fiction Friday

Robert Sheckley was one of the few science fiction writers to have a true sense of humor that translated into his work. A multiple Hugo and Nebula nominee, he was best known for his absurdist outlook and his stories were uniformly wry with a futuristic bent. His fan peers included Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, and […]

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The Dragonslayer’s Sword by Resa Nelson – A Review

October 14th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

 In The Dragonslayer’s Sword, Resa Nelson has imagined a mysterious world full of fantasy and terror. She brings the reader in by abruptly dropping them into this world with  a frightened, disfigured, monster-child, Astrid, who is given away to a child seller  by her unknown parents to be disposed of. Astrid is the reader’s guide through […]

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Fiction Friday – The Space Opera

October 7th, 2011 | Posted in Fiction Friday

    James Schmitz was best known for writing the “Space Opera”. This genre was known for its strong female roles. His life was one of service to his country and prolific writing, his two passions. Well over 100 novels and short stories were penned between 1940 and 1981 and his writing remained in print late […]

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Fiction Friday – The Dragonslayer’s Sword

September 30th, 2011 | Posted in Fiction Friday

I met Resa Nelson at the Great New England Steampunk Exhibition a few weeks back. Tucked in among the costumed artists and participants were a few writers, some looking apprehensively at the throngs in their various costumes. Sitting at one table was Resa, smiling at people, engaging in casual conversation with ones who stopped. I […]

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Nuance – The Art of Subtle Censorship in American Culture

September 26th, 2011 | Posted in Events

I spent the day of 9-3-11 in Exeter, New Hampshire at their 3rd. Annual UFO Festival along with Illustrator X and The Dead Redhead. Yes, I know, kooks and octogenarians with tin foil hats, right? Well, yes and no. There were copious numbers of the usual suspects:  aged men in suits telling of The Coming […]

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Changes are Coming

September 26th, 2011 | Posted in Sitely News

For the next several weeks our TalkCasts will no longer be live on Saturdays, but actually on Thursdays. We will still have a live chat room on USTREAM on to interact with our guests and the ‘Cast will be posted on Saturday for your listening pleasure. Remember, this is only a test. In case of […]

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Fiction Friday – RIP Michael S. Hart

September 16th, 2011 | Posted in Fiction Friday

As well you may ask, “Who was Michael Hart and of what importance was he to Fiction Friday?” Mike was the inventor of e-books, founder of Project Gutenberg and a self-professed “Copyfighter”. I have extolled Project Gutenberg many times. It has far reaching implications for electronic publishing and is an invaluable repository of what would […]

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What Can The Networks Do For You?

September 12th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, TV

So, it’s about that time. Let’s be surprised and/or disappointed by the genre shows the Big 5 (seriously, 5?) Networks have to offer us for the upcoming Fall Season. As Doctor Who, Torchwood and True Blood come to their seasons’ amazing conclusions, lets take a rapid-fire look at what the networks have in store. Monday […]

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