I’m talking about John Scalzi’s reboot of H. Beam Piper’s classic SF novel, Little Fuzzy. For context, I haven’t read Old Man’s War, his Hugo nominee, or anything else by Scalzi and I love H. Beam Piper. So I was… Continue Reading
Not to get all dualistic or anything but there are people who are cat people… and there are people who are not. In this instance, I am proud to affirm rather than play the nihilist and say “I am not.”… Continue Reading
This week’s Free Thursdays offering is kind of not. The Machine of Death web site, wherein you can download a Creative Commons copy of the short story collection for free. A second edition is in the works. You can buy… Continue Reading
Slate recently wrote a story titled “In Defense of Rap Rock” that, for some reason, never mentioned Faith No More, or Korn, or Body Count, or The Beastie Boys. Sigh. Now, it’s certainly nowhere near my favorite genre of music but,… Continue Reading
I have spent some time with DC’s New 52… specifically, Action Comics, Detective Comics, Green Lantern, and Suicide Squad. I am impressed. I’ll go in order of impressedness. Suicide Squad is a reboot of one of my favorite books from… Continue Reading
Tonight is the “Night of Champions” PPV. (I’ve gotta say: I prefer the over-the-top eschatological PPV names than the bland meritocratic ones… this PPV used to be called “Vengeance” and, prior to that, it was called “Armageddon”. If you’re going… Continue Reading
So… what are you reading and/or watching? I’m still reading/watching the same stuff as last week (well, I *HAVE* picked up more than a few titles from DC’s new 52 line which probably deserve a post in the coming days)… Continue Reading
So… what are you playing? I picked up The Gunstringer and, as Maribou is writing a paper this weekend, I hope I will be banished to the basement to play it.
Jack spent about a half an hour last night chatting with someone who teaches robotics and rocketry to middle school students at a local school district event. At one point (reported via Kitty, I was cleaning the pool at the… Continue Reading
So I’m musing on about four different ideas for Friday’s post, and I’m wondering if there’s any interest in these parts for sharing old characters. For those of us who are RPGers, there are certainly old pieces of paper with… Continue Reading