Video Found: Oedipe (Short Film)
I was actually quite surprised by this little eight minute animation. It has the cute hilarity of a Pixar short and a strong animation style that reminds me of what Disney’s Hercules would look like if it had been CG instead of standard animation. I found myself laughing while watching it. Make sure to watch […]
Excerpt of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Released (New Series)
Brandon Sanderson, the author who took over Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, has a new series in the works called The Stormlight Archive, the first book of which, The Way of Kings, will hit your shelves on August 31st, 2010! The best part, however, is that you can read the first three chapters for […]
European Science Fiction: More Serious Than American SF?
I’ve been mulling over a quote I found over at io9 some months back from Franz Rottensteiner, a European editor of science fiction. When I first read it, I found myself disagreeing almost immediately, and only recently have I managed to disentangle that incredibly nationalistic “but America is awesome” reaction from the things I actually […]