The Top 11 Genre Media ...

This is Part 2. You can find Part 1 (and the introduction) HERE. 5. Twilight The runaway success of what is essentially a non-ironic vampire soap opera is vexing for fans of more traditional genre media. It also seems to come without the usual focus on deep story and “realism” that...

The Future Tastes Like ...

When people ask “Where do your ideas come from?” it’s easy to say “everywhere”, but sometimes it’s here, specifically. Wrapping a science fiction story around something like this is a no-brainer: Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can...

Science Fiction and The...

Whether it turns out to be a blockbuster or a bomb (I’m betting on it hitting big), there’s no doubt that next week’s release of Avatar is the last major Science Fiction event of the year in a year that has already had an amazing number of “important” genre films, whether...

The Kindle: Godwin in t...

Even as I was talking about how people have trouble with change as they grow older, The Huffington Post published an article a few days before that proved my point beautifully. It also manages to highlight a technique that’s often used to cover up a lack of a cohesive argument:...

Change is the Only Cons...

As proud member of GenX, I see our generation’s most enduring cultural trait being our ability to deconstruct and reconstruct almost everything we touch. From media, to science, to politics, it seems that our creative leaders can pull the engines of thought apart and recreate them as...