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[Movie] 400 Days 1

Jan

14

2016

400 Days is the first theatrical release film from a company (SyFy) that’s been cranking mediocre to howlingly (we hope intentionally) funny terribad movies out onto its cable station for years. Getting in to movie theaters is a big deal, a major investment, but doesn’t necessarily guarantee a movie’s actually good, right? Let me tell you, ...

Hey you. Yes you. I want you to write a story for my anthology. 4

Aug

13

2015

What fresh hell is this? Only the freshest of hells, my darlings: No Shit, There I Was. And yes, that sure is my name as the editor. See, this one time at this one con, I was sitting in the bar with other writers, and we were doing what writers do, which is drink and ...

[Movie] Snowpiercer 13

Jul

5

2014

There is a basic level of surreality you have to accept when you approach this movie, similar to when you watch a Terry Gilliam or Jean-Pierre Jeunet film. (I can’t believe it’s coincidence that one of the characters is named Gilliam.) There are things that happen that don’t necessarily make sense outside of a sort of ...

I am sorry you were held captive in a windowless basement in 2013 4

Jun

8

2014

I was going to rant about this on Twitter, but bleh. Quick blog post is easier: The Sad State of Modern Sci-fi Short summary: They do not make amazing scifi movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey any more. CGI is ruining everything. There hasn’t been a good (in this case defined as thoughtful and intelligent) scifi ...

So then the squee happened. 2

May

30

2014

I literally had just gotten in the door from work, was rushing to try to get my computer set up so I could say mean things about Godzilla (2014) on the Skiffy and Fanty show (which is a whole other bit squee right there) when my phone rang. Scaring the crap out of me in the ...

Yes, I am trying to destroy science fiction, thank you for noticing. 12

Dec

20

2013

God, what does a woman have to do around the internet to get her heathen liberal-fascist* feminazi reverse racist anarcho homosexual agenda aimed at the complete destruction of a literary genre noticed? I was about to start setting shit on fire, I fucking swear. But it’s okay, guys! Senpai noticed me! (Okay, and a lot ...

Embassytown

Jun

23

2012

I’ve finally found a way to love China Miéville. Which I feel really guilty about. Not loving him before, that is. I’ve tried to read The City and the City and Kraken and I ended up giving up on both books. I couldn’t get into them. The prose was beautiful and simultaneously felt entirely opaque ...

Boy Fiction Versus Girl Fiction

Apr

18

2011

A quote: The true perversion, though, is the sense you get that all of this illicitness has been tossed in as a little something for the ladies, out of a justifiable fear, perhaps, that no woman alive would watch otherwise. While I do not doubt that there are women in the world who read books ...

The Mid-vacation Post

Dec

28

2010

So far, it’s been a nice visit to the UK, which is really no surprise to anyone. Christmas and Boxing Day were big family get togethers, which I enjoyed and only got a little drunk for. My jet lag problem is still present this year, though I think not nearly as obnoxious as it’s been ...

Leave My Elves Out of This 3

Jul

21

2010

NOTE: This is a time travel entry – it comes from the past! I just got around to posting it today. I am at TAM still as I write this, though it won’t be posted until I get home since I am, you could say, highly skeptical of the South Point Hotel’s claim that a ...