Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology, Theology & SFF on Jul 19th, 2006
[Continued from Part Aleph. You can find the podcast thriller 7th Son, read by author J. C. Hutchins, at www.jchutchins.net and Podiobooks.com — and I can assure you that it moves a heckuva lot faster than what you'll read below. But don't stop now …]
he first question is obvious: What is a soul, anyway? We [...]
Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology & SFF on Jun 22nd, 2006
ow entertainment doth mirror society!
Or, The future isn’t what it used to be.
Or, It’s amazing how the aliens we’ve never met have changed over the last half-century.
This past Sunday, The Sci Phi Show featured an interview with Matthew Wayne Selznick, author of the novel Brave Men Run (available in print, e-book, podcast, and MP3 CD). [...]
Posted in Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Jun 14th, 2006
nybody here remember radio?”
That was the question satirist Stan Freberg asked the audience in an auditorium one night in 1966.
Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology & SFF on Jun 7th, 2006
f you want to see a good example of an SFF novel that slips in philosophical issues without whacking you upside the head with them, check out 7th Son, by J.C. Hutchins.
Posted in SFF: Writings on Mar 28th, 2006
ne Drink Before You Go” just received a Fictionwise Recommendation:
Michael Spence’s “One Drink Before You Go” is an ancient tale as current in appeal as it is age-old. Another gem from Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Worlds.”
— Eugen Bacon, Fictionwise Recommender
Meanwhile, check out another response to President Tilghman’s anti–Intelligent Design speech.
Posted in SFF: Writings on Nov 9th, 2005
here was, for a while, a nicely-done television series on Friday nights in the USA entitled Threshold, about a quasi-invasion strategy being implemented by extraterrestrials, and the “homeworld security” task force that was working to foil it. The extraterrestrials’ tool was an audible signal that altered listeners’ DNA — and the structure of organic life [...]
Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology & SFF on Nov 7th, 2005
There’s power in the ’verse — and the verse is Revelation 3:15
(Note: Fear not — I hate spoilers as much as you do, and if I’ve done this right there aren’t any here.)
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.
— John Stuart Mill
t arrived, and it delivered [...]
Posted in SFF: Writings, Writing: The process on Aug 12th, 2005
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
— Salvador Dali
ould that I knew the context of this line, found in many quotation lists. In isolation it’s a good thought, enough so that I’m willing to risk ripping it out of context thus:
I happen to be (gasp!) over fifty. That in itself is no [...]
Posted in SFF: Writings on Apr 22nd, 2005
What you care about is the ships — and mine’s the nicest.— Kaywinnit Lee “Kaylee” Frye
nd it was to have hit the screen today at A Theater Near You. But ’twas not to be, alas; the current release date is now 30 September, when we will have forgotten the assault of advertising for Star Wars [...]
Posted in SFF: People, SFF: Writings on Mar 4th, 2005
Foreword, February 2006: Whoever said it was right — be patient and eventually the old news will be fresh again. Joan will be at Shore Leave 28, 7–9 July 2006, same hotel. Peter David will be there too, and this time you can also have the pleasure of meeting Susan Shwartz. Get acquainted with these [...]
