by mike | Mar 13, 2017 | Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
So how did the producers of the first two highly successful Apes films manage to get three more sequels out of the series—especially after the Earth was blown to space debris in the fortieth century at the end of the second movie? Easy; go way back in time and show...
by mike | Mar 5, 2017 | Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
It began in 1963 as a slim novel, La Planète des Singes, written by Pierre Boulle, a Frenchman. Alternately translated as Monkey Planet or Planet of the Apes, it told the futuristic story of a world turned upside down, a place where apes were the dominant species,...
by mike | Feb 20, 2017 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The 1998 sci-fi/disaster flick, Armageddon, grossed well over half a billion dollars—so why is it a Guilty Pleasure? Doubtless because its reviews were uniformly awful. I mean, here is what Roger Ebert had to say: “The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the...
by mike | Feb 13, 2017 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Guest Posts, Non-Fiction, Publishing, Read & Critique, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Author David Lemmo and I go way back to the early nineties, when he became one of the first writers to join a read & critique workshop that I facilitated in my home. David enjoyed reading—and writing—the same genres as I did and, given both his writing abilities...
by mike | Dec 26, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
It is hard to imagine a story written by the great Ray Bradbury NOT translating well to the big screen. But such was the case with the 2005 sci-fi thriller, A Sound of Thunder. Bradbury published the story in Collier’s magazine (1952) and he later included it in his...
by mike | Dec 22, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
This past year has been a challenging one, to say the least. And the upcoming year looms with uncertainty. I think you know why. We need our sense of humor now more than ever, and to that end I offer my latest book, The Wizard From Harrmel. Writing this Sword &...
