Category Archives: Literature

Farewell Jeanne

June 1st, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Events, Literature

In all the time I have written here, this is perhaps the most difficult post I have ever done. This afternoon Jeanne Robinson, gifted author, dancer and wife of Spider Robinson died. We here at SFSN had a chance to speak with Spider and Jeanne last month and were deeply affected by the love and […]

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Artists! Get your name out there!

May 11th, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

Author and friend of the show Andrew S. Leiter has a special announcement for all our artistic listeners who are looking for a new project or a chance to break into the industry: Artists!  Get your name out there! One of the hardest parts of being a creator is getting your name out into the […]

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Heinlein

April 21st, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

For the next few weeks, I will be posting about some of the works of Robert Anson Heinlein, as a run up to our special podcast on May 8th. This podcast will be the Second in our series of Authors Retrospectives, in which we will try to bring a cohesive sense to the body of […]

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Review: The Orffyreus Wheel

March 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Literature

Title: The Orffyreus Wheel Author: David Niall Wilson Format: E-book (epub format) Summary: The Orffyreus Wheel is written around the historical figure Johann Bessler (1680-1745), or as he called himself, Orffyreus. Bessler was known for allegedly creating a perpetual motion machine in the form of a wheel. The story intersperses glimpses of Bessler’s life with the […]

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Douglas Clegg Boils Frogs, or, This is How Rumors Start

March 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Literature

You know that “fun fact” about the frog in boiling water? The one where if you drop the frog into water that’s already boiling it will freak out because it hurts; but if you put the frog in cool water, then turn on the heat, the frog will calmly sit there and boil to death […]

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If Kurt Vonnegut was a Romantic, or, Billy Pilgrim “with benefits”

February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature, Movies

No, it’s not a new movie but The Time Travelers Wife is really quite something…and therein lies the paradox. What is it? Is it truly science fiction, is it a romance or is it a horror story? I’m thinking the answer is yes; and here is why (and parenthetically why I adore this movie). First […]

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Is Realistic Fantasy an Oxymoron?

February 7th, 2010 | Posted in Literature

Not in Finnikin of the Rock by award-winning author Melina Marchetta, which is set to be released this month (February 2010).

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But Don’t Take My Word For It…

January 16th, 2010 | Posted in Literature

Now that the holiday frenzy has died down, and you’ve started deciding which unfulfilled book/movie wishes you want to spend your gift cards on, your neighborhood Zombrarian would like to point out two things: 1. You can probably get that book/movie you’re eyeing for free at the library. (Note: If the library doesn’t have it, […]

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V & November Sweeps

November 4th, 2009 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature, TV, Websites

What can I say? If you were a fan of the original series, you were waiting for this reboot. With no World Series game on last night, and very light competition, the ratings were “good”, BUT you have only 4 episodes and then you wait until March or April to see the rest.  On the […]

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ComiCon Boston 2009 or Lets Set The Wayback Machine For 1972, Sherman.

October 26th, 2009 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants, Events, Literature, Sitely News

ComiCon Boston was this past weekend and I was blown away by some of the things that went on. We had a great booth there, made some wonderful new friends, got some great interviews and had such a moment of Déjà vu. In 1972, I was unemployed, and would spend the mornings looking for work […]

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