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Sometimes, creators in the horror genre come under fire from Christians. Stephen King is no exception. Over the years, he’s been the target of some believers’ wrath; one website, for example, lumps his tales of terror…
A Young Charlotte Brontë’s Alternate World (Literary News)
- November 9, 2011
- Tagged as: Bronte, children's literature, Victorian literature, women
Great authors of fiction set in alternate worlds: Murray Leinster… Harry Turtledove… and Charlotte Brontë. Next month, Sotheby’s London will put on the auction block a manuscript the future author of Jane Eyre (1847) penned while…
What is Geek Grab Bag? It’s a collection of odds and ends found throughout the week from the Internet. Send in your submissions to be featured in future issues of the column to max.pfeffer@yahoo.com. The…
“Where’s Waldo” in the Kingdom of Heaven? (Movie News)
- November 8, 2011
- Tagged as: Robert A. Heinlein, Where's Waldo
Attention, all Waldo-watchers! Keep your eyes peeled in the direction of your local movie theater! MGM has purchased film rights to the iconic, bespectacled, candy-striped wanderer created by British illustrator Martin Handford in 1987. The…
If you really enjoy reading, every day is Book Lovers’ Day; but tomorrow, the first Saturday in November, is, at least by someone’s reckoning, a day set aside to celebrate the joys of reading for pleasure. To…
On a couple of recent editions of the podcast, Matt and I have debated the role of subjectivity and objectivity in judging greatness in art. Matt holds that it’s impossible to determine greatness objectively, while…
Top 5 “Communions of the Saints” in Science Fiction and Fantasy
- November 1, 2011
- Tagged as: All Saints, Harry Potter, Neil Gaiman, star wars, Superman, The Sixth Sense
Halloween is over, but, on the Christian calendar, today is special, too. Since the ninth century, western Christians have observed November 1 as All Saints’ Day (or “All Hallows’ Day,” making October 31 “All Hallows’…
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