The moment you’ve been waiting for: the top four greatest actors (for geeks) of all time. My unimpeachable, scientifically accurate criteria for this decision (and rankings 5 – 11) are here in Part 1 of the article.
4: Sigourney Weaver…
Let me pose the scenario: you’re a geek (shut up, you are). You’re marooned on Mars (shut up, just go with this). You’ve got enough food and water to last until the resupply mission arrives in three years. You may …
If you want to look at galleries of gorgeous science fiction and fantasy art, then look no further. The dozen young artists (and they are all very young) who were the winners of this year’s Writers and Illustrators of the …
I just came back from a week in LA for the Writers and Illustrators of the Future workshop and awards ceremony. I’ll write a detailed report on the trip at a later point. For now, I’d simply note that one …
Fascinating failures are products of passion, ambition and originality, where the lofty goal has exceeded the reach of the creator. Fascinating failures take risks.
There are fewer and fewer of these at the movies and in books. The Hollywood formula …
After a quiet start to the year I’ve had two acceptances in quick succession. The first is a novelette to the excellent Interzone magazine, my third sale there.
The story – A Shout is a Prayer / For the Waiting …
While possessing very left-wing views on most matters, when it comes to writing I’m a downright fascist.
500 words a day. No exceptions. Ok – when I’m editing a long work, maybe that day is an exception. But otherwise, whether …
The Lego Movie has a heart of darkness.
Beneath its glossy façade and messages of friendship, individuality, and freedom, lies the abyss of moral hazard and societal decay. The Lego Movie is, at its core, a capitulation to the venal …
The perpetual outrage machine of twitter has been running hard against American Sniper. Now, while outrage on twitter is its default position, and therefore unsurprising, I found it curious that that a filmmaker as sophisticated as Clint Eastwood was …
Well, not that new, I guess. One of the stories – The Line – was the second I’d ever written. But I reworked and rewrote the damn thing over a year as I felt the central idea was worth pursuing …
