by ObiwanSpock | Jun 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
From Mark Hemingway, via Verily Magazine: …If the LOTR movies were the cinematic event of the last decade, Game of Thrones has become a global phenomenon in the defining cultural medium of this decade—premium cable television. However, not all fantasy is created...
by ObiwanSpock | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
From Deadline.com: 20th Century Fox has set Bryan Cogman, a producer, story editor and writer on [Game of Thrones], to script a potential franchise movie out of the fantasy card game Magic The Gathering… This should be interesting…
by ObiwanSpock | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Per CRACKED, that supreme depository of wisdom and ignorance (often one and the same…) If you’ve been in any bookstore in your lifetime, you’re probably familiar with that most peculiar of book retail locales: the Fantasy & Science Fiction...
by ObiwanSpock | Jun 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Geek obsession: Michael Moorcock Why it’s daunting: Some authors have recurring characters and ongoing series that they’re known for, and usually that’s a hook. But in the case of Michael Moorcock, his sprawl is staggering. Over the past 50 years, the British writer...
by ObiwanSpock | May 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
I just saw the new Godzilla movie. Three thoughts come to mind. Elizabeth Olson has beautiful eyes. The plot is completely bonkers…as it bloody well should be. Elizabeth Olson has beautiful eyes. Elizabeth Olson has beautiful eyes. (Sorry, couldn’t help...
by ObiwanSpock | Feb 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
It was supposed to be an easy job. Steal a magical amulet and receive a bag of gold. For Fenn Aquila, a thief with debts to pay, it’s an offer he can’t refuse. But nothing is that simple in Galadorn, where gangs battle one another for control of the back...