I’ve been trawling through stock art sites in hopes of finding something suitable for the ebook release of Aristoi, and I’m finding that there are certain images that appear over and over again. Bald heads, for one.  If there’s a person without a helmet or something covering his or her hair, ten to one that […]

I actually went to see a movie on its opening weekend! This almost never happens.  I should probably get a check-up. Hunger Games was, miraculously, a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the book.  (Is it possible that Hollywood has learned that if you adapt a book with millions of rabid followers, and you actually make a […]

As a co-author of the bull-leaping story “Tauromachia,” I’ve retained an interest in feats of gymnastics performed on and about our Taurid cousins. Here we find some Cretan bull-leapers— well actually they’re Spanish recontadores, aided I suspect by some enthusiastic local amateurs— introducing their sport to Canada.  Which may cause a certain conceptual disconnect when […]

Honestly, I have no idea why this movie didn’t do better at the box office.  It’s not perfect, but in the category of action SF movies that make no sense, this one is head and shoulders above the rest. And it’s got a reason why it doesn’t make any sense.  The book it was based […]