Looking around the review blogosphere, I often get ideas for other books to read. One of the books (and authors) that I hadn’t heard of before and sounded interesting was Grey
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After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
As you may have noticed, if you’ve been following this blog, I have a weakness for superheros. The problem is that, for the most part, they don’t translate well to books. Without the pictures, superheros just don’t have the same oomph in books as they do in comics. And one of my favorite scenarios is the innocent bystander who is affected by those with powers, but who don’t have it themselves. This is the basic storyline that Carrie Vaughn’s After the Golden Age
NBC’s new sci-fi/fantasy shows
NBC’ has two new science-fiction/fantasy shows coming on in the fall. Grimm will be on Fridays, right after Chuck and Awake will be a mid-season replacement. Head over to IO9.com to see some previews:
The magical police procedural Grimm is about a detective who finds out he’s part of the mystical family of monster hunters called the Grimms.
The next genre drama really has us excited. It stars Jason Issacs, whose life becomes fractured after he and his family are in a car accident. From that tragic day on, his character Detective Michael Britten begins living in two different realities. In one, his wife died and son survived the crash; in the other, his son died and his wife survived
Firefly DVD set on sale
If you haven’t bought it yet, Amazon is having a sale of the Firefly Box Set today (5/13/2011). Firefly on Blu-Ray
Neil Gaiman on Gene Wolfe
In today’s Guardian, Neil Gaiman talks about Gene Wolfe:
I was a young journalist, and I asked for and was given an interview with Wolfe. I do not know what I expected, but whatever I imagined the author of those glittering, dangerous stories to have been, I was not expecting the genial gentleman I met. He was a former potato crisp engineer and magazine editor, and he reminded me of a sweeter-natured, rotunder Sergeant Bilko. Oddly, perhaps, given the difference in our ages and temperaments, we became friends. And now, almost 30 years later, we are still friends and I am still a fan.
WWW: Wonder by Robert Sawyer
In the third (and hopefully final) book in his WWW trilogy, Robert Sawyer brings us the tale of an artificial intelligence who is now out in the open and recovering from an attack. With WWW: Wonder
Wizard’s Tale by Kurt Busiek and David Wenzel
David Wenzel had finished his illustrated adaptation of The Hobbit
A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
In preparation for the Game of Thrones TV show and the summer release of A Dance with Dragons
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Is Dr. Who too scary?
The Guardian offers opposing viewpoints on whether or not the new Dr. Who is too scary:
Yes:
The new Doctor Who is too dark and convoluted. I’m a lifelong Whovian, but in the Matt Smith era there’s been too much doctorin’ of the Tardis by Steven Moffat and his writers.
No:
My seven-year-old son fancies himself as fearless. All it has taken to disprove his belief in his own bravery these past couple of weeks has been to turn on BBC1 on Saturday tea-time. He’ll crouch down at one end of the sofa, curling himself into a ball, until I ask if he wants a cuddle. He’ll scuttle over, and squeeze himself into me, without ever daring to take his eyes off the screen.
Big Trouble movie review
There are some movies that aren’t appreciated when they come out. Maybe they didn’t catch the public’s fancy or they were up against a movie that was better advertised. Or, in some cases, it’s dumped after events out of everyone’s control make it impossible to release at a better time. That’s the situation that the movie Big Trouble