Category Archives: Daily Rants

Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari

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

Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari is a good read, just not quite as good as I wanted it to be. It’s a typical post-apocalyptic story:  After massive flooding and a major virus wipe out most of the world’s  population, those who made it through are struggling to survive while mysterious “sweepers” try  to kidnap them. […]

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Filling in the “Foundation” Series–The Second Foundation Trilogy

August 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

In a recent podcast guest Bill Walko commented he was looking for people interested in taking his characters and incorporating them into their own writing, a mindset unusual enough that it generated considerable discussion. That comment reminded me of a similar successful effort related to one of the all time great science fiction group of […]

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Synchronicity is a Bitch

August 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, TV

How does one explain the current state of programming among the television networks? Is it an issue with current quality of programming? Yes. Is it an issue with pandering to a sub-genre they know little about? Yes. Is it money hunger and pandering to the lowest common denominator? Of course, but I am coming to […]

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Movies I Wish You Had Seen – Earth Girls Are Easy

August 19th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

It’s a hot Saturday night and you are in the mood for mindless entertainment. You could  go for a Jim Carey movie. You could go for one of the early Geena Davis/Jeff Goldblum  rom-coms. A Wayans Brothers slapstick might fill the bill. What the hell,mix all of the above with musical number or two and […]

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Super Women

August 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

Longtime readers and listeners will know that we here at SFSN love to see women involved in geeky things. This is partially because many of us *are* women involved in geeky things. That’s why we’re very excited to tell you about the Womanthology Kickstarter project: The purpose of the book is to show support for […]

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Movies I Wish You Had Seen – Silent Running

July 28th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

The earth is overpopulated. Vast ecologies are being decimated by the influx of humans. How can we save earth? What must we do? Thus begins the parable of Freeman Lowell, space ecologist. Silent Running (1972) is a diatribe against the human condition, the lack of political will and the ultimate one man can make a […]

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Wil Wheaton’s Just A Geek Review

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

If there’s one type of story I love, it’s the type of story where the author is brutally honest with themselves, and is unafraid to speak their mind and to show their emotions whether they are good or bad. Wil Wheaton’s autobiography, Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and […]

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Surface

July 11th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, TV

Next on the summer viewing list: Surface: The Complete Series. This short lived TV show from 2005 about sea monsters was an enjoyable re-watch. Only fifteen episodes long, very few of the questions set forth in the show are answered, yet the ending makes you okay with that.

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Movies I Wish You Had Seen – A Boy and His Dog

July 8th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

  So, what happens when a boy and his dog are among the myriad of victims of the apocalypse? In 1975, Harlan Ellison and L.Q. Jones adapted Ellison’s novella A Boy and His Dog for the screen.  Starring Don Johnson as the boy, Vic, and Tim McIntire as the voice of his dog, Blood, this […]

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Writing Science Fiction–Human and Non-human Universes

July 7th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

Good fiction takes the reader into worlds that can differ either a little or a lot from our own, but in ways that allow for a seamless transition. Creating fictional backdrops that don’t jar the reader’s sense of credulity is far harder than it might seem, however. For that reason writers tend to stick with […]

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