“They caught the kid doing something disgusting out under the bleachers at the high school stadium…”
This freakish first novel by Theodore Sturgeon first appeared in 1950. While it may not be his best work, it holds up, decades later.
Huge Meteorite Breaks Up Over Denver
At about 6:15 am (local time), a huge fireball sprayed across the sky here in Denver. One of local station’s traffic copter caught it live. Don’t bother with the sound, the commentary is truly inane.
Weekly Comics Discussion – January 3, 2007
Once again, the complete list is here, and once again, the holidays have delayed this week’s shipments by a week in many markets. Marvel fans will want to watch for four Civil War related titles, including Civil War #6. I’ll try to get that reviewed before I leave town on Sunday; the other Civil War titles are only a part of their respective story arcs, so those reviews will wait a bit longer.
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Charlie Jade on DVD
fsphil writes, About a year later than expected, the under-rated (read: completely ignored) sci-fi series Charlie Jade has finally found it’s way to DVD. In Japan.
It features English and Japanese audio tracks, and Japanese subtitles. The box set is out on the 2nd Feburary and goes for a fairly hefty ￥18,000. Amazon.co.jp have it for ￥14,175.
This may be the only release this series ever gets, so I thought it might be worth a mention. Who knows, if it sells well…
Civil War Comic Review – “Winter Soldier: Winter Kills”
The Civil War reviews are now caught up. Until tomorrow, anyway.
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Civil War Comic Review – “Iron Man / Captain America: Casualties of War”
The recent one shot is reviewed today. Tomorrow there will be a review of the Winter Soldier issue from last week.
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Book Review – “Chain Mail: Addicted To You”
This is the next TokyoPop PopFiction series to launch, and it should be hitting store shelves tomorrow.
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Civil War Comic Review – “Iron Man #13-14”
Another Civil War tie-in gets reviewed today. Expect reviews of “Iron Man / Captain America: Casualties of War” and “Winter Soldier: Winter Kills” before Wednesday. (I’ll continue to do one a day until I’m caught up on the Civil War reviews.)
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Weekly DVD Picks – January 2, 2007
Christmas is over, as are the Boxing Week sales. There are a number of reprint releases I’m not listing here (including special edition of Audrey Hepburn and John Hughes movies), to keep things down to the new stuff. It’s a really, really short list.
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Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
2006’s Christmas Special to whet our appetites for the third series which the BBC will start showing in the spring. Just how special was it?
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