Born September 16, 1952—Lisa Tuttle, 67. Tuttle won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, received a Nebula Award for Best Short Story for “The Bone Flute”, which she refused, and a BSFA Award for Short Fiction for “In Translation”. My favorite works by her includeCatwi...
My biggest shift here (and this is the closest thing to a New Year’s Resolution I am making), is I want to focus on gaming with my kids more often. The oldest is definitely of the right age and my youngest has interest and would happily play. So if a blog post has to slip, an...
Not all the books in either line were great reads. I tend to enjoy the story and setting ones a lot more than the rule oriented books. I do really enjoy the monsters revisited line of books. That was one of the more brilliant ideas for a series of simple books I have come across. ...
Characters: J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark (Iron Man), Tony’s bots (DUM-E and U). Mentioned: Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, James “Rhodey” Rhodes. Summary: Tony’s sick and refuses to call for help. Luckily he has his bots and AI to look after him. Complete. Part of “Genius,...
The central character inThe Iron Clawis Kevin Von Erich, and that makes sense from a storytelling perspective. Kevin was the one survivor of this tragic story, and so centering the film around him allows you to frame a tragedy as the story of a man persevering in the face of grief, and...
From ghosts with the most to creepy little kids, there’s a ghost story for everybody. Channel the spirits and summon these 5 ghost movies for spooky season. Read More Leave a comment POLL: Pick Your Favorite Cult Classic Halloween Movie October 30, 2024 It’s almost Halloween, which ...
want their kids to get a good education and to be able to live without worry they’ll won’t become involved with or victims of drugs, gangs, and crime. Everybody is also aware that “good schools” and “safe neighbourhoods” are politically-correct codes words for schools and neighbourho...
Read the blog post for more info, but the long story short? The longest train in the world runs through Mauritania, through the depths of the Sahara desert. It goes to the iron ore mines in the centre of the Sahara, then returns, full of Iron Ore and runs all the way to the ...
So we’ll say increasing taxes probably aren’t particularly responsible for kids costing too much. *** Vehicles Among average people, vehicles are second largest major fixed expense after housing, and they have generally gotten more expensive over time, primarily as more families have moved to ...
A Texas man who spent decades using an iron lung after contracting polio as a child has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander’s longtime friend Daniel Spinks says he died Monday at a Dallas hospital. 2 of 4 | FILE - In this Friday, April 27, 2018 photo, attorney Paul Alexander ...