Fathers are just as capable as mothers at rearing a child. As a stay-at-home father, this seems like a statement of the obvious to me. Rhetorically, it is something we are hearing more and more. 
Yet, culturally, deep prejudice persists …
Snowpiercer is one of the most visually stunning, violent, and at turns bizarre science fiction films of the past few years. It is rich with ideas, originality and intelligence, and as such, is the rarest of flowers in an otherwise …
If my reviews don’t seem timely it’s partly because my cinematic viewing schedule is determined by the availability of DVDs from my friendly local Ha Noi street vendor. He, I am sure, is a licenced proprietor of aforementioned DVDs
I’ve …
I’ve been struck by a bolt of literary lightning flung from the gods of science fiction. My injuries are unbridled joy, creeping paranoia, and a sudden case of stage fright.
So as I mentioned two or three weeks back, I’d …
The Left Hand of Darkness
I came to Ursula Le Guin in my early 30s. Voracious readers and lovers of science fiction would consider this sacrilege: she is after all, one of the giants of the genre.
But I’m very …
Well, I’ve finished the first draft of my novel. The natural corollary of this is telling you what you should learn from my experience.
There’s a paradox with writing advice. The people who most need it, and those that seek …
I’ve never been the subject of a press release before and certainly never expected to be called a potential writing ‘new talent’ in one.
No, not at all.
Now – a press release from the police saying: “Canberra man arrested …
Review of Starve Better: Surviving the Endless Horror of the Writing Life, by Nick Mamatas
Starve Better by Nick Mamatas is an entertaining, engaging, occasionally caustic introduction to the writing life. If you’re a writer looking for some sage advice, …
Lone Survivor
This was way better than expected. Admittedly, I didn’t expect much. Action movies these days have become a wasteland of reboots, sequels, and old, old men with puffy faces echoing catch phrases that lost their freshness three decades …
Paul Verhoeven is one of the great misunderstood satirists of modern cinema.
His work is often dismissed as mindless ultra-violence. Though most critics understand that Robocop and Total Recall were, at their core, satires of corporate culture and greed, he’s …
