1. Rename you network and insult your core audience. “The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular,†said TV historian Tim Brooks, who helped launch Sci Fi Channel [...]
Also tagged tvSo you are an intelligent, peaceful race of aliens that wants to make contact with the humans on earth. Unfortunately, you smell bad, and in your natural state you are essentially an intelligent blob of jello. What do you do? You hire an agent, of course! The Yherajk, highly intelligent, and mostly hip to earth [...]
Also tagged BooksToday was Parelli Play Day at the farm. That meant I had about 4 hours out in the fresh air while Delaney was horsing around. I used the time to read Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi. Actually, I had about 15 pages left when we left for home, but I’m going to round up and [...]
Also tagged BooksI haven’t actually read the book yet, but I’m ordering it for Breck. One of my favorite authors, Cory Doctorow, has written his first young adult sci-fi book. With praise like this, I’m betting Little Brother is awesome. “A wonderful, important book…I’d recommend Little Brother over pretty much any book I’ve read this year, and [...]
Also tagged BooksA detailed time line of what’s happened in Futurama.
Also tagged tvAnvil of Stars is the sequel to The Forge of God. In Anvil, a group of 80 teenagers have been plucked from the survivors of earth’s destruction and tasked with hunting down and eliminating the creators of the robots that destroyed earth. They are guided by robot overlords who train them for the task but [...]
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