Shaun’s Rambles 002: The Value of Book Reviews and Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman

…in which I continue a podcast of random thoughts had while driving home from work. In this edition: http://media.blubrry.com/shaunsrambles/ia801505.us.archive.org/17/items/ShaunsRambles002TheValueOfBookReviewsAndDarkOrbit/ShaunsRambles002–TheValueOfBookReviewsAndDarkOrbit.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Shaun’s Rambles 001: The Gallo Conspiracy and Trial By Fire

…in which I begin a podcast of random thoughts had while driving home from work. In this edition: Some thoughts on the controversy over Irene Gallo’s statements about the Sad / Rabid Puppies Some thoughts on Trial By Fire by Charles Gannon and the absence of sf/f awards for adventure fiction Enjoy the rambles. You […]

5 Lesser Known SF/F Cold War Films

It seems Ian Sales and I are playing a list challenge game, and this list is sure to disappoint him this round.  Why?  Because I’m pretty sure two of the options on my list don’t actually qualify except in my head.  But we do what we can, no? This time around, I was challenged to […]

The 10 Best Science Fiction Movies Since 2000

I recently challenged Ian Sales* to name 10 films since 2000 that were better than Interstellar (2014).  OK, that’s not entirely true.  I challenged him to create a top 10 list of the best SF flicks since 2000; for Ian, they’re basically the same thing. He’s already released his list here.  It contains some interesting choices, […]

Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Anime Movies

I’ve been sitting on this list for months because I didn’t think I’d seen enough anime movies to warrant the creation of a list.  Turns out I was wrong.  When I did a bit of searching, I discovered I’d seen quite a lot of anime films, many of them viewed at 1 AM on some […]

Star Trek: a Worf TV Show? (Some Thoughts)

A few weeks ago, the Huffington Post released an interview with Wil Wheaton and Michael Dorn, who played Wesley Crusher and Worf (respectively) on Star Trek:  the Next Generation.  I recommend reading the whole thing, but for now, I’m only concerned with one quote from Dorn: Business things got in the way in terms of […]