Every so often, I still enjoy sitting down to a book with pictures. One such story that I would suggest is Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Let me offer a bit of an explanation as to why this…
Recommended Reading: The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- January 24, 2012
- Tagged as: Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes isn’t a science fiction or fantasy character. Except when he is. As I’ve mentioned before in this forum, fans of literature’s first and most famous private consulting detective very often turn out to…
Recently I finished the “Hunger Games” series. The series follows a young woman by the name of Katniss Everdeen as she struggles to survive deadly games in which people set out to kill their opponents. The…
Epiphany on the Enterprise (The Feast of the Epiphany, January 6)
- January 6, 2012
- Tagged as: Christian Year, Star Trek
Today, Christians of many traditions observe the Feast of the Epiphany: the manifestation of Jesus, the baby born in Bethlehem, as the Savior for not only Israel but also the world. The visit of the…
Sci-Fi Christian Log, stardate 1201.05 (that’s January 5, 2012 in old-school Trek fandom speak, for the uninitated): Two pieces of casting news from director J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek sequel see science fiction and fantasy…
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. I…
Recommended Reading: “Inn” by Connie Willis (Feast of the Holy Family)
- December 30, 2011
- Tagged as: Christian Year, Christmas, Connie Willis
By her own admission, multiple Hugo- and Nebula-winning author Connie Willis loves Christmas, especially Christmas stories. She’s been writing them for Asimov’s Science Fiction and other markets since the 1990s (and she recently posted a…
So have you heard about “Alien Nativity” yet? Portland, Oregon artist Matt Henderson installed an illuminated, out-of-this-world-themed manger scene in a former church building this December. Not-so-little green wise men stand guard at the crèche, bearing…
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. Tis…
Ask a Batman fan why the Dark Knight is his or her favorite superhero, and you’re likely to hear some variation on this theme: if we wanted to, we could be Batman. Given enough time,…
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