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Tag Archives: Space Opera
Blasters and spaceships, oh my!
I don’t know what it is, but for some reason, in the warmer months my reading tastes gravitate strongly toward science fiction (and the occasional horror book). I associate fantasy with the cooler months. Why this is, I’ve never really … Continue reading
Brightest day, darkest night, yada yada yada….
I saw Green Lantern a while back, and I’ve been struggling since then to figure out how to write about it. I liked the movie, quite a bit. I grant some of its flaws, but for the life of me, … Continue reading
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
Meg and Miles
Post corrected below. Regarding a bit of recent reading: :: Some years ago — I don’t recall how long — I read the first few volumes in Lois McMaster Bujold’s series of books on the adventures of a man named … Continue reading
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“These deadly rays will be YOUR death!”
A while back I posted about an old SF B-movie I saw when I was a kid, Battle Beyond the Stars. I saw Battle in this old, somewhat beat-up theater in Hillsboro, OR that often showed double features – which … Continue reading
Lovin’ the Lantern
I just saw this article about the Green Lantern movie that is currently in production. It’s sounding like a pretty nifty production: See, here’s the the thing – I can’t tell you how Green Lantern will be as a movie, … Continue reading
Readin’
A couple of book notes: :: A while back, Michael May recommended a book called Napoleon’s Pyramids, which sounded right up my alley: I had high hopes for Napoleon’s Pyramids. It promised a lot: a swashbuckling hero, a mysterious medallion, … Continue reading
Jaran
A while back I bought a copy of Kate Elliott’s novel Jaran on the assumption that it was, at least kinda-sorta, a space opera. It turns out to not really be a space opera at all; it’s more of a … Continue reading
Stars, ships, and ferrets in pants
Time to catch up on some recent reading! :: Sports From Hell: My Search for the World’s Dumbest Competition by Rick Reilly is a fun piece of sportswriting in which Reilly travels the world in search of really bizarre sports. … Continue reading