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Tag Archives: Skiffy
Planets ending with ‘is’
Time to talk about some books I’ve read recently. :: Somehow, in my life as a science fiction reader, I’d never read Dune until just a few weeks ago. Now, that’s nothing really abnormal; there are lots of SF classics … Continue reading
Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part 1)
I’ve been meaning to get to this for a while, but various things have distracted me and kept it pushed down the priority list for several months. But now, it really is time to start the final edition of Fixing … Continue reading
Crap on toast.
This morning I had one of those “Ohhhh!” moments of writerly epiphany, when I realized why I’ve been finding the last three or four chapters of the Work-In-Progress something of a struggle, where the run up to that point had … Continue reading
Two of Three
_DSC8763-1, originally uploaded by preloc and kanar. Last week saw the birthdays of William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) and Leonard Nimoy (born March 26, 1931). Best to both! It’s too bad DeForest Kelley is no longer with us; way … Continue reading
Off to Arrakis!
Off to Arrakis!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. OK, Cal. Now we shall see what is up with this favorite book of yours. Oh yes, we shall see.
No. Please oh please, No.
Sequels and prequels to Blade Runner. Come on. What are we gonna do now? See Deckard and Rachel on the run? Or go back in time so we can see what attack ships on fire off Orion’s shoulder look like? … Continue reading
I’ll be in my bunk
Nathan Fillion says that he would play Captain Malcolm Reynolds again. Not that I think he’ll get the chance, unless they somehow do a few one-off teevee movies set in the Firefly/Serenity universe, but still, there’s got to be a … Continue reading
Trust your feelings!
I’ve been enjoying AICN’s “Behind the Scenes Picture of the Day” series, and for obvious reasons, I really dug this one: I also see that the official release date for the Star Wars films on Blu-ray has been announced. I … Continue reading
The Lucas Itch
I love me some John Scalzi, but that creates problems for me because as much as I loves me some John Scalzi, I loves me some George Lucas way more. And John Scalzi most certainly does not love him some … Continue reading
Boom de ya da!
Yeah…I’m trippin’ on the classic Discovery Channel commercial again. This time I’m discovering cool parodies! The original, for reminder’s sake: But I didn’t know that the Discovery Channel did a newer version: And a few take-offs…. I could listen to … Continue reading