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- Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:45 am
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Fantasy universes and worlds
- Replies: 40
- Views: 259170
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:15 am
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: Better late than never!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 38063
Battlestar Galactica: Better late than never!
I saw the miniseries that launched the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica in 2003 and I loved the changes from the cheesy original: the grittiness, the elliptical style, the ambiguity in both situations and individuals, the portrayal of Cylons as near-human, the strength (and high number) of the femal...
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:01 pm
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Large Hadron Collider
- Replies: 1
- Views: 29027
- Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:02 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: New Gallery
- Replies: 18
- Views: 158934
Dear Heather -- I'm in the throes of packing for my lab move, and won't have time to comment adequately for a couple of weeks. But they are lovely... Edwardian and Gothic at the same time! For some reason, the two male figures remind me of Brontë's Mr. Rochester, via Beardsley. More later, when I've...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:24 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Science fiction/fantasy film recommendations
- Replies: 21
- Views: 182725
Hobbits and Dwarves
I saw Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II this weekend. The film is cartoony, its plot is silly (to put it mildly) and del Toro, like Peter Jackson when he's self-indulgent, let his liking for macabre grotesquerie run away with him. The other thing that I became very aware of while I was watching this f...
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:00 am
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Witness a Parade of Fireworks and Planets
- Replies: 1
- Views: 29581
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:02 am
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: New Gallery
- Replies: 18
- Views: 158934
Postscript: I just realized that you created a whole sub-album. My mistake for being absent-minded! All the images are marvelous. The motifs and patterns (both thematic and stylistic) give them visual richness and mythic depth. They resemble Major Arcana cards of a Tarot deck: the fusion of animate ...
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:53 am
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: New Gallery
- Replies: 18
- Views: 158934
Dear Heather, Tattoo Blooming is wonderful -- and to me it looks distinctly Koredhani -- or Minoan, which is Koredhan's past! Her slightly hieratic stance (she could be holding a sacred serpent), her barely contained hair, the mirroring of the tattoo onto the live flower, the combination of austerit...
- Sun May 18, 2008 4:21 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Science fiction/fantasy film recommendations
- Replies: 21
- Views: 182725
YouTube to the rescue of the impatient!
In an earlier post, I complained about the unavailability of Miyazaki's studio Ghibli version of Earthsea in the US, due to intellectual property issues. Well, emboldened by the availability of every anime episode on YouTube, I typed the Japanese title of the film (Gedo Senki, loose translation: Ged...
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:38 am
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Icarus Beach: a teaser
- Replies: 16
- Views: 138131
Re: Another near miss
Space Opera, yet! I have read some of the other pieces and you are indeed in very good company. I don't know if either the Stross or the Scalzi qualify as opera, but both are absolutely hilarious!caliban wrote:Well, at least I'm in excellent company
- Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution
- Replies: 33
- Views: 239053
- Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:11 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Cyberpunk, the new generation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 141360
Actually, the prequel is out in hardback. I looked at the jacket -- not surprisingly, Shigeru is the main character. I really liked him in the first book, a pity he had to go. I agree with you about the subtle use of magic. I am halfway through two books that also create a totally believable world w...
- Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:13 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Physics of the Impossible
- Replies: 3
- Views: 46966
- Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:01 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Cyberpunk, the new generation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 141360
Hearn's books
I just finished reading the four tales of the Otori. I liked the style, very "Japanese" without being forced (the descriptions of nature, the ono no aware ). I found the mix of realism and fantasy a bit uneasy, but I managed to suspend the disbelief enough to enjoy the story. I liked most ...
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution
- Replies: 33
- Views: 239053
Since Myers' expulsion -- with its Biblical overtones -- a storm shook parts of the scientific community, after Matt Nisbet (supported by Chris Mooney) suggested that Myers and Dawkins should shut up and let others present science to the public in a way that is palatable to believers. Neither Nisbet...