by mike | Sep 25, 2012 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction |
The last post addressed two cross-genre, sci-fi/horror classics, Alien and Aliens. Trust me, the praise will not be as effusive for Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection. Still, they’re part of the quadrilogy and deserve some thoughts, so here goes. Keep in mind that the...
by mike | Sep 19, 2012 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction |
The four-film Alien series—the ones with Sigourney Weaver—easily merits a couple of posts. And yes, I know that there were scads of later movies—Alien vs. Predator; Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem; Alien vs. Care Bears, etc.—but those don’t count. (Okay, I’m pulling your...
by mike | Aug 2, 2012 | Books, California, Native Americans, Research, Science Fiction, Writing |
Those of us who write novels have a great platform for saying pretty much anything we want. The characters we create often reflect our likes, our dislikes, our politics, our worldviews, and many other things. And there is nothing wrong with venting our spleens through...
by mike | Jun 18, 2012 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Writing |
Okay, if you read this blog you must know how I feel about Edgar Rice Burroughs—my muse, the author whose works inspired me to start writing back at the dawn of time. So do I have an opinion about John Carter, the 2012 overhyped movie named for ERB’s second most...
by mike | Jun 7, 2012 | Books, California, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Writing |
For many years now, Ray Bradbury was often referred to as “the world’s greatest living science fiction writer.” Not many people would dispute that statement. Sadly, this giant of science fiction and fantasy passed away earlier in the week at the age of ninety-one. But...
by mike | Jun 4, 2012 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
Since I’ve spent the last two posts on my favorite and most inspirational writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, I decided to continue that theme with a story about a less famous author, Otis Adelbert Kline. What does one have to do with the other? Readers of the science...
