Romero is at it again.
Novel Review: Player Piano
I’ve been rereading some of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s best novels, starting with The Sirens of Titan and Slaughterhouse Five. This time, I go back to his first ever published novel, the darkly funny dystopia, Player Piano. The novel asks if human creations (technology and social institutions, say) inevitably become more important than the people they are intended to serve.
Unconfirmed Rumour of Interest
y42 writes, Word on the cortex is that the Universal people are starting to realise that they underestimated Firefly’s appeal, and are considering moving the release before the sept30 date!
Unconfirmed, but shiny!
Weekly Comics Discussion – June 22, 2005
This week’s shipping
lists include Dream Police, a one-shot by
JMS, New Avengers #6, which wraps up the
first story arc, Supreme Power #17, which is
the second last issue in the MAX imprint before next
year’s Marvel Knights relaunch, and Ultimate
Fantastic Four #20, which completes the
pre-Millar fill-in material.
Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways
Rose is being held hostage by the Daleks, and Earth is facing a full-scale
Dalek invasion. Does the sonic screwdriver have a setting for this
situation?
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Charlie Jade: Thicker Than Water
Jade, Gemma Gaetano, and Karl Lubinksy examine the mystery of the disappearing reservoir, and learn that Vexcor’s secrets may be even darker than they imagined. Meanwhile, O1 returns to the Betaverse and his old, twisted self.
Weekly DVD Picks – Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Another week, another batch of releases. The genre
releases seem to be in high proportion this time
around.
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Century City Review – “Without A Tracer”
Another episode originally unaired by CBS has been run
in Canada. The show is maintaining its quality.
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Summer Double Features
Now that our Big Screen Batman week has come to a
close, we’re going to fill everyone in on our next
batch of pre-planned reviews. Starting in July, we’ll
have Summer Double Features every Sunday, with reviews
of pairs of related titles. For the complete
schedule, click on the “Read More” bit below.
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Shuttle Discovery Returned to Launchpad
Yahoo! News has the details. A launch could come as early as July 13th.