@Insomnia Bob: I think they have already committed to a second season, from what I've read.

@Tvini: The movie was very disappointing. It shouldn't have suffered from the limited budget constraints of the BBC mini-series, and presumably had the means to afford good writing and direction. However, I have to agree with you on it being worse in the end.

@keviemetal: I have to agree. At the time it was pretty amazing that network TV put it out there. I had read the book, and knew it wasn't really a strict adaptation, but the book is a loosely structured collection of stories itself, so I was willing to suspend my criticism of that aspect. After all, they did try to…

@Witherbucket: I've never watched the Dune miniseries. So the first one is decent? I may have to give it a try if it is at least true to the source material. The movie was awful in my opinion (but not in Frank Herbert's), because it tried to shoehorn far too much content into a single movie. The darned thing began…

@trotskysghost: The special effects were horrible at best, and the production budget couldn't afford a shoestring. However, I do remember it at least being somewhat true to the source material. That's about all I can say in favor of it.

@kitsuneconundrum: Civilization and technology are recent additions to the human condition. Agriculture is slightly older. Hunter-gathering is the default. If civilization crumbles, we would revert to a previous lower state. Not having read the books (yet), I can't say if Ms. Sargent makes any value judgements about…

@TheFirstBardo: OK, you have a point except for the fact that this leads to two words that are inconceivable together: Canadian Terrorist .

@brickbear95: That's a very cool Dalek-O-Lantern! Quite a creative piece of pumpkin carving.

@laylaholic: Don't forget those of us who keep looking worriedly at the mannequins as we walk by the window displays of retail stores.

@papahuaha: Punny!

@Jonas: I'd like to suggest a novel that might be something like what you are looking for. It's "The Iron Dragon's Daughter" by Michael Swainwick which is set in more or less the present time in an industrialized society that grew out of a world of fantasy and magic. The rules are different, but in spite of elven…

@Logan5: I believe the classic book(s) you are trying to remember is "Empire of the East" by Fred Saberhagen. I read it a long time ago as well. In addition to the AI Dijinni's, there were also Demons that were created somehow (as I remember) from nuclear weapons that were being used when the change in reality…

@MissBuckyC: The aptly named Colossal Squid is larger than the Giant Squid. Here's a link to a fact sheet on the two species:

Looks like they are setting up the scene for Jack's particular type of pansexual philandering. I'm so glad they are keeping with those aspects of his character, he needs to be true to form!

@pigsdofly: Probably indirectly, but their "one child" policy was designed to save their population from starvation. Seems to be working for the most part.

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Very well said good Doctor!

@Shamatta: Thanks! That's a pretty good price for iTunes.

@swenson: I'm scratching my head over that one too, I can't remember too many orange dragons on book covers. Other commenters are surprised by the scarcity of red dragons. I wonder if the folks at orbit are classifying some reddish dragons as orange for some reason? Maybe if it's not all ruby red all over, it gets…

@FrankN.Stein: Isn't it Europe, where they generally have universal health care for their citizens? This is a bad thing?

@corpore-metal: I agree, the Chinese are already engaged in huge alternative energy projects nationwide. Maybe they could put in a wind turbine farm in this area as well?