I’m kinda really into this Franklin expedition, and I would like to totally vouch for this weird and awesome book and all the amazing work Simmons put into it. Heads up it’s horror fiction, not factual or based on a real theory of what happened, but the amount of research is amazing, and the book is beautifullying…

Big time. Stylistically, William Gibson sounds like Alfred Bester with a mohawk, but of course my generation read Gibson first because he was the hot new thing (deservedly, I must add, and I still greatly admire the person and the work.) So my experience was more like I ran into William Gibson’ss literary granddad.

Fritz Lang! Metropolis came out 5 years before Huxley wrote Brave New World. It defined the fusion of the utopia/dystopia narrative and the emerging genre of science fiction, and went on to influence the visual style of sci-fi through Blade Runner and beyond.

You speak the truth, sir. The Stars my Destination (or Tiger! Tiger! the original title) is even better in my opinion. Both are fantastic though.

Alfred Bester. I came to his work after Babylon 5 gave him a measure of recognition, naming a character and using much of The Demolished Man as the basis of the show’s telepaths and their regulators, Psi Corps. I was surprised at how bold and thoughtful the stuff was, and how far from pulp it seemed. He won the first…

Also, this. Very reminiscent of classic Brunner, though more hopeful.

If they’re thinking about Xena then we’re one step closer to the return of Cleopatra 2525!

I would love to have seen Jeunet et Caro do the remake of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. It would have had that dark Tim Burton-y feel, but it would also feel old, European, analog, warm... can you imagine the crazy machines that would have filled a factory that they designed?

All I wanted was to eat the chicken that was smarter than all the other chickens to absorb its power. And to make a nice Kiev.

Dune. Dune is a science fiction series that reads like epic fantasy. Sparring royal families, chosen ones, telepathic abilities that might as well be magic wielded by what is essentially an order of witches. Even the story structure has a very “grand quest-y” sort of feel to it.

For some reason I can’t post pictures but...

The Venture Brothers has got it all.

I have so many books that bookends won’t fit anywhere, but I would have bought these anyhow.

Thank you i09 for introducing me to the “How it’s Made” Channel on YouTube... I needed something awesome to watch while I got high today.

It’s worth seeing on the biggest screen you can find it on. Whether in 3D or not: it’s a truly epic-looking film, no hyperbole or exaggeration. It looks spectacular. It sounds spectacular. The gushing reviews are not hype.

I don’t think they Laika it.

Anybody else spend like...a full minute staring at the opening animation?

I feel much better about my closely-guarded, life-long secret belief that lobster tastes like bland shrimp crossed with peas that have been boiled way too long.

Just finished “The Magician” and “The Magician King” Quentin and Holden Caulfield have a lot in common