The Worlds - lite

What is the most boring popular movie you've ever seen? This is an easy question for me to answer: Star Wars. I have never been so bo...

Jeez, it's already December. Christmas is rushing toward us at 300 mph. If you haven't read "Xmas Carol", you may miss o...

What if you were duplicated right this instant? Suppose another you appeared at your side. The duplicate is a perfect copy of you -- so pe...

We used to dream of a fantastic future for the human race. From the Jules Verne era forward, it seemed people couldn't stop fantasizin...

I watched Sunshine last night. It's a classy movie from 2007 that could have rated a 9, but they mucked it up so bad that I have to g...

Until baseball comes back, I won't be watching much TV in the evenings. There's nothing on, as you know. It's too bad because a...

Were there any recent, stand-out horror or sci-fi movies? I think there were, but let's extend "recent" a ways back. More lik...

A very long time ago, I read a short story that haunted me. I think I was 16 at the time so it must have been about 1964. I think it ...

As readers know, I've written two sci-fi books (and haven't yet submitted them to a publisher; more on that in a future post).  One ...

For me, this is the iconic image for our era.  It says it all. (Removed photo of the "morans" guy.) For the most part, this blog...