It seemed like forever, but Arlys and I finally got through both seasons of the Frankenstein Chronicles on Netflix. Re-imagining the Frankenstein mythos in 1820’s Britain sounded like a wonderful idea. The series also featured historical characters such as Ada Lovelace, William Blake, Sir Robert Peel, and Mary Shelley herself. This fictionalization of history plus […]
In 2016, after the surprise victory of the Orange Interloper, I was invited to participate in a Donald Trump sci-fi anthology by fellow writer George Donnelly. I had fun writing my contribution, though the majority of the stories therein were unmistakably anti-Trump in tone. MAGA 2020 & Beyond, published in 2017 by Superversive Press, is […]
I found this book in the manga section of Bookmans’ used bookstore. The gears on the cover screamed “steampunk” so I had to buy it. This volume is a compendium of the entire series, was published in 2009 by Seven Seas Entertainment. It’s not “authentic” manga in the sense that the creator, Madeleine Rosca, is […]
Recently I wrote a review of Volume 2 of Jerry Pournelle’s “There Will Be War.” The series began in the 1980’s and came to an end in 1990 when the Soviet Union fell. After 9/11/2001, however, it was apparent that Fukuyama was quite wrong about “The End of History.” Notwithstanding the continuance (and increase) in […]
C. J. Hopkins, an American playwright residing in Berlin, writes a column of political commentary which appears in various places on the Internet. I encountered his work on unz.com, a rogue site which publishes writers from all over the spectrum, many of whom have been banned and censored elsewhere. I enjoy Hopkins’ maverick viewpoint and […]
I approached this Netflix streaming movie with trepidation. Recently this network funded a live-action adaptation of the classic manga/anime Death Note that drew the ire of fans, myself included. I sincerely hoped this wouldn’t be another proverbial train wreck. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn’t. The Fullmetal Alchemist movie (see my review […]
Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, is one of those people who can get the public’s attention simply by announcing a new project. His Futurama quickly became a cult classic and as for The Simpsons, there’s hardly a place on the planet where they haven’t heard of Homer and Bart. So Disenchantment, his new medieval […]
