November 2009
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"Crystal Rain" by Tobias S. Buckell
“Crystal Rain” by Tobias S. Buckell
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0765350904
Number of Pages: 384
Long ago the old-fathers came to Nanagada through a worms hole in the sky, looking for a new world to call their own. But that was many generations ago, and what was once known has long been lost. Steamboats and gas-filled blimps now traverse [...]
A Year Long GLBT Reading Challenge
Amanda of The Zen Leaf has created a year long GLBT reading challenge for 2010. I’ll be helping her out with the challenge as well as participating.
The basic idea of this challenge is to read books about GLBT topics and/or by GLBT authors.
The challenge runs year-round, and there will be three levels of participation:
Lambda Level: [...]
TSS: End of NaBloPoMo & Dealing with Stargate
After two weeks of trying to post something every day I think I’ve burned myself out. I want to go back to posting when I actually have something to post about – and when I have the time to think about it more. There were a couple rants I posted that I think would have [...]
Fringe [2x07 - Of Human Action]
Putting this under a cut for spoilers for this week’s episode of Fringe and also things that are revealed in the preview for next weeks episode. Also be sure to check out the previous post – “Why You Should Be Watching Fringe“, co-written with Lisa.
Why You Should Be Watching Fringe
Tonight is Fringe night and Lisa (Imzadi1 on Twitter) and I want you to know why you should watch Fringe. Check out the list below, and then check out Fringe tonight at 9pm eastern on FOX!
Two positive black main characters which is not seen often on TV:
Special Agent Phillip Boyles is a strong black male [...]
Random…
This is my 100th post on this blog and it’s been 9 months since I started it. I’ve read and reviewed 17 books so far this year – which is not nearly enough! I’m currently reading “Crystal Rain” by Tobias Buckell.
I’m no longer watching NCIS and NCIS:LA as I’m tired of the BS with Tony [...]
New TV Show – Castle
Nathan Fillion stars as Richard Castle, a famous mystery novelist who is initially called in to help the NYPD solve a copy-cat murder based on his novels. Stana Katic stars opposite as the young detective Kate Beckett. Following his encounter with Beckett, Castle decides to use her as the model for his next book series. [...]
Stargate producer thinks he can tell viewers not to criticize his show
Chicago Tribune columnist Maureen Ryan, woe a review for the new science fiction show “V” – and in it criticized Stargate Universe (SGU). For what ever reason one of the producers of SGU, Brad Wright, decided he had to call her to task for daring to criticize his show in the comments. Maureen responded by [...]
TSS: NaBloPoMo Week One and Disability Challenge Idea
Looking back over the 7 NaBloPoMo post I’m not sure I’m doing a good job of posting interesting things. Lots of rambling posts that probably make more sense to me than anyone else. And a I’m not sure well my “when Characters act inappropriately” post was received because no one commented on it. Did people [...]
Writing Original Fiction
I don’t want to give too much away on a open blog but I thought I’d talk a bit about the story idea I have. It’s essentially a growing up story about two boys who meet while attending a boarding school/private school. Both have their share of challenges to face and the focus of the [...]
