Monthly Archives: December 2011

TalkCast 114 – Rob Watts

December 31st, 2011 | Posted in Podcast

This week’s  SFSN Facebook Poll reveals Patrick Stewart should play The Dome in his biopic! The Top 5 Hard Science Retractions of 2011. Ghost Rider creator loses lawsuit. Buy a Batman print and help a talented artist with her medical bills. Pirates of Penzance meets Firefly. The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe hits record […]

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TalkCast 113 – Kasey Shoemaker

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Podcast

Last Minute Geek Gifts: Dead RedHead – Plush Cthulhu Illustrator X – Creations from Mike Brown  Lance Henriksen Near Dark print AwakeByJava – The Olloclip Dome – Ben Bova’s Power Play Nancy Drew Vampire Slayer Doctor Who updates for Amy and Rory, Matt Smith, and a hint about a new Doctor. STOS solar powered mailbox 3-D movies, […]

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Fiction Friday – “Private Beach” by Stacey Longo

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Fiction Friday

Stacey Longo writes horror fiction of a particularly diabolical nature. Her themes prey upon the most primal of fears and her craft is clean and precise, stark, sharp edged terror. She grew up on a dairy farm in Glastonbury, CT  and lived on Block Island, RI for ten years, which is where she began her […]

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Happy Holidays!

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants
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Feed by Mira Grant

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

I was a little leery about getting into this book, but I am so glad that I did. What a great zombie book! Instead of dealing with what happens when the zombie outbreak happens, its dealing with how people go on living when the outbreak is controlled but not gone, and it does it very, […]

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Science Fiction Classic–A Canticle for Leibowitz (Part 2–Analysis)

December 21st, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

In part one of my review of A Canticle for Leibowitz I provided a plot summary and pointed out how the story focused on the cyclical nature of history. Within that broad theme Miller looked at two more specific recurring conflicts–that of science and religion, and of Church and State, and did so in a […]

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Science Fiction Classic–A Canticle for Leibowitz (Part 1–Summary)

December 20th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

In the process of writing my last article my mind wandered, as it is wont to do, down a myriad of paths suggested by what I was writing. One of those paths was the cyclical nature of end-of-world prophesies, which in turn reminded me of a classic genre piece that revolves around the cyclical nature […]

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TalkCast 112 – Kristi Petersen Schoonover

December 17th, 2011 | Posted in Podcast

This week’s SFSN FaceBook Poll result: The ultimate Joker was Mark Hamill. This week’s Holiday Geeky Gift Ideas: Dead RedHead – The Walking Dead graphic novels. AwakeByJava – Glitch, the snarky fun (free) MMORPG. Dome – Smallville: The Complete Series on DVD. Kriana – Soft Kitty Singing Plush. Illustrator X – Classic Shogun Warriors. Zombrarian […]

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Fiction Friday – Bob Bois

December 16th, 2011 | Posted in Fiction Friday

Bob Bois is a horror writer living in the mysterious hills of Central Massachusetts. Many of the flash fiction pieces he posts on his blog, Sitting in Darkness, have grown into larger, more detailed stories that are being sent out for publication. Born and raised in Salem, MA, Bob is currently at work on a collection of short […]

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Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole by Kristi Peterson Schoonover

December 13th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

The subtitle of this book says it all: Tales from Haunted Disney World. Each of the the short stories ties into this theme. This book is hypnotic and in many ways it’s not what I expected (to be completely honest, I am not sure what I did expect given the title and concept). The stories […]

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