Happy Yuri’s Night! Celebrate human spaceflight on Earth… Or Mars.
NASA’s 2017 Mars Rocket is on schedule and budget.
The latest person claiming to have invented time travel hails from Iran.
In Sarnia April 13? I’ll be paneling at GenreCon 2013, a free, one-day event.
Some months ago, we reviewed the genre-spanning movie adaptation of Cloud Atlas. The film features some excellent moments, strong performances, and brilliant editing but, like many, I found it flawed—especially the two SF segments.
To use that oft-delivered phrase, the book is better.
On April 7, 1987, Gary Ridgeway, who a few years earlier had fallen under suspicion of killing some young women in the Seattle area, once again fell under suspicion, and police took DNA samples. While police continued to pursue other leads, these samples would, more than a decade later, lead them back to Ridgeway. The Green River Killer is the most prolific identified serial killer in human history (excluding some who have held office), and his crimes have been the basis of two suspense-film adaptations.
The first one isn’t worth your time. The second, a two-part, made-for-tv film which since 2008 has made frequent appearances on cable TV, holds interest for a certain audience.
It also features a key cameo by genre-TV regular James Marsters.
The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has named its new director, and they’ve found someone the average Bureau reader should recognize.
More at this link.
It’s The Walking Dead season finale, so expect death, deception, and graphic violence.
From our Arrow expert, Jethro:
This week Oliver has to contend with another vigilante who goes after, among other people, Thea’s new boyfriend, while Moira ends up with blunt symbolism. Dinah’s search for Sarah comes to a conclusion.
Last year saw two films about Alfred Hitchcock. While many who knew Hitch reviled BBC’s The Girl, the more successful Hitchcock seems almost too clean and admiring. Never mind. This film has a dream cast, and it provides a look into the life of one of history’s great directors, and the making of the most influential thriller of the twentieth century.
New crew have been safely delivered to the International Space Station in record time.
We’ve got a Sound cloak that shields objects from sound waves. We could soon have a defense against sonar and excessive noise pollution. And, as on Get Smart, it’s made from inexpensive plastic.
Will online shopping destroy your community and cause retailers to act like buttheads?
For the penultimate episode of Season Three, The Walking Dead gives us a flawed but compelling tale.
Spring has finally arrived in the northern hemisphere, even if the weather in my specific locale still looks and feels like winter. Never mind. Spring it is and, with the season’s arrival, we’re finally reviewing that most seasonal of horror classics, the original Wicker Man.1