Sunday, December 27, 2020

NUKE ME SLOWLY—Stealth Science Fiction Films: If it’s a realistic depiction of the End of the World, it’s probably science fiction [PART THREE of THREE]

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As we end this three-part series (Part One HERE ; Part Two HERE ), we also look at the end of the world. Kind of timely with the end of the ...
Monday, December 21, 2020

The LENTIL SOUP RECIPE: Actually Lentil-Cabbage Soup, with Kielbasa on the Side (Although it could all really be about cabbage…)

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My delicious lentil cabbage kielbasa soup! During the Spanish Civil War, the members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who were taken prisoner ...
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Sunday, December 6, 2020

Fave Sci-Fi Mass-Market Paperback Covers

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  My love of mass-market paperbacks is strong, and they are my preferred delivery system for literature. I love the books' size, and the...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Stealth Science Fiction Movies Two: Electric Boogaloo (Will That Joke Ever Get Old? Never!): SF Movies That People Don’t Think of Immediately as SF Movies Because There Aren’t Any Kilbots or Xenomorphs or Wormholes or… [PART TWO of THREE]

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Ivan in the Infinity Room: science fiction has taken over real life.   This concept of mine was covered more in-depth last time , but in a...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Stealth Science Fiction Movies: SF Movies That People Don’t Think of Immediately as SF Movies Because There Aren’t Aliens or Flying Saucers or Robots or…[PART ONE of THREE]

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  Covering: — Earthquake (1974) — Dr. No (1962) — The President’s Analyst (1967) — The China Syndrome (1979) — Seconds (1966) ...
Monday, October 19, 2020

These Aren’t the Droids You Are Looking for: a review of “Raised by Wolves” (2020)

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Raised by Wolves: Season One (2020; ten episodes; created by Aaron Guzikowski; co-executive producer and occasional director: Ridley Scott)...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Kolchak’s Flying Saucer: In Praise of an Oft-Maligned Episode of "The Night Stalker"

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“Kolchak is why I got into journalism,” –Peter L., journalist/writer/bon vivant Back in the autumn of 1974, the American Broadcasting Comp...