Let me preface this with the caveat that I have read only the first book (I know, I know) out of the series of five. But you can bet I’ll be reading them all now! (Um… as soon as I finish researching the three term papers that are due in…
Are you an earnest young actor? I ask only because so many of the actors my own age that I see onstage seem to be of the impression that eyes-wide, gulping-down-air, semi-innocence is the only way to go. I know Oscar Wilde was all about the importance of being earnest,…
In light of this recent unfortunate news story , it’s important that we root out and record all instances of twins raised apart. I therefore put to you the case of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore and Willy Wonka.
Am I a bad person for loving these LJ communities? Probably, but when did that ever stop me before? So, remember a while back I was talking about Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint? Well, you should definitely run out and get a copy of it. Because, if you don’t, you won’t…
So, first of all, I highly recommend The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, an anthology of short stories voted on by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America and edited by Robert Silverberg. The book was originally published in the 1970s, but new hardcover and paperback…
You know why I’d make an awful evil villain? Because, when I get really angry, I start to cry and shake. What an awful climactic confrontation scene that would be: imagine, Harry Potter flings off his Invisibility Cloak – Indiana Jones swings down from above and lands between me and…
I don’t care if this book came out twenty years ago. I’m reviewing it now. So there.
Happy New Year, everyone! No matter what your religion, ethnicity, or creed, I think we can all agree that, according to the Gregorian calendar used by the majority of the world, the arbitrary time at which one year segues into another is rapidly approaching. So enjoy it! Because this is…
To those who celebrate Christmas: merry Christmas! To those who celebrate another holiday: hope you get whatever you want to get out of your observance! To those who celebrate nothing: want to come to the movies with me? So what is fanfiction, anyway?
Don’t Jeff Lindsay’s “Dexter” titles remind you of those adult-movie-style titles like “Debbie Does Dallas”? No? Anyhow, I finally got my hands on a copy of the third book in the Dexter series, Dexter in the Dark. I read it all in one afternoon; coincidentally, I had my very first…