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The Right Stuff Blu-Ray

Recently we celebrated the 66th anniversary of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier. I was surprised to learn that my wife had never seen the movie The Right Stuff. And I was delighted to learn that...

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Review: Soylent Green

Soylent Green is a long time favorite film of mine, and am glad I had the opportunity to watch it again over the weekend. Based loosely, and I do mean loosely, on the 1966 harry Harrison novel, Make...

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The Movie THEM!

Recently on one of the very few groups on Facebook that I participate in, there was a discussion about the movie THEM!, mostly because a very young Leonard Nimoy had a small, uncredited role in the...

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Gilligan’s Island Season 1 DVD

One of the great things about parenthood is introducing a new generation to the things I loved as a kid, and in many cases, I still love these same things. Gilligan’s Island is one of these things, and...

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The Search for Sergeant Rock

I have a search going on, or, rather a quest. You see, when I was a young kid, about my daughter’s age now, I wrote the only fan letter I have ever written. It was to Joe Kubert and the DC Comics...

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A Brief History of Klingon Fandom Part 1

Introduction Earlier this year I was on a panel on Klingon Fandom at MarsCon (the one in Minnesota) with several of my fellow KAG members. I was the proverbial dinosaur on the panel. No, not the oldest...

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Fury, One of the Best WW2 Films in a Long Time

Last night I went to see the movie Fury with a couple of my friends (Mike and Linda). Fury is the latest film starring Brad Pitt, set in the last days of World War 2. It is the story of a tank crew of...

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SF Writers Who Served

This year for Veteran’s Day, I thought I would take the time to recognize some of SF’s writers who served in the Armed Forces. Although mainly looking at U.S. writers, I’ll also be recognizing some of...

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Review: Interstellar Migration and the Human Experience

I’ve been meaning to read this book for a long time. I can tell how long as the receipt from when I bought it (dated 1998) was still stuck in the book. Interstellar Migration and the Human Experience,...

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Happy Veterans Day

For all who served, thank you for doing a difficult job, frequently in hostile conditions, in times of great need. Thank you for serving.

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The Rolling Stones

I recently read The Rolling Stones, one of Robert A. Heinlein’s young adult novels. I am going to say it is a lot of fun to read. Following the misadventures of the twins, Castor and Pollux, as the...

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Future Quest #1

When DC announced a few months back that is releasing a new line of Hanna-Barbera comics, re-envisioned for the 21st Century, I was rather skeptical of what they would be like. Future Quest #1, written...

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Scooby Apocalypse #1

As mentioned previously, DC Comics is doing reboots of a number of Hanna-Barbera properties, and one of them is Scooby-Doo and Gang. Based on the cover art, I was a bit skeptical, more so of this one...

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The Flash – Season 3, Episode 21

“Cause and Effect”, Season 3, Episode 21, needs a real scientist to check their facts. First off, this was not much more than a throw-away fluff episode. “Let’s erase Barry’s memory and see what...

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Review – The Greatest Showman

I took the family to see The Greatest Showman over New Year’s weekend. To start off with, we all enjoyed the film very much. This is the story, fairly well fictionalized (Barnum was not orphaned,...

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Review – The Last Jedi

Spoilers abound Okay, I admit it, I am a bit disappointed with The Last Jedi. Question – am I the only person around who thought they were watching a bad remake of The Empire Strikes Back? The...

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American Vampire

Last night we watched American Vampire. Mid-90s film involving beaches, vampires, and a darn, bloody ghoul. Released in 1997, it is a bit of a cult classic, especially with fans of the Beach movies...

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Comic Book Inventory Software

Not so much a review as an adventure For several years I had been using CBI – Comic Book Inventory – on iOS. It was pretty nice and did everything I needed it to do for inventory management. Well,...

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Review: Fool Moon

A few years back I read Stormfront, the first book in Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files. Although I liked the story, I didn’t like the main character harry Dresden, nor did I like the number one...

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The Mighty Thor and Beta Ray Bill

One of the things I like about Marvel Unlimited is being able to read old comics, not just ones I have in my collection, but also comics I’ve never read. But this article is not about Marvel Unlimited,...

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