The 2015 Hugo Award nominees were announced yesterday, and the list of nominees is reportedly rife with controversy. I wouldn't know. I look at the list of finalists for Best Novel, do a quick mental check to see if I've read any of them, and then generally move on with my Internet browsing. The ... Continue Reading
Science Fiction
Leonard Nimoy 1931 – 2015
Leonard Nimoy, the actor and director famous by his portrayal of Mister Spock on the original Star Trek television show, died yesterday. He was 83. Star Trek was such a big part of my childhood. It was on TV then everyday in syndication and I watched each episode numerous times. I was Trekkie ... Continue Reading
I didn't know Tatooine even had a beach
Princess Leia Organa, played by Carrie Fisher, dressed up his her famous slave girl costume, finds out first-hand just how cold the Pacific Ocean is on the coast of California. The photo appeared in a special summer issue of Rolling Stone magazine in 1983. ... Continue Reading
SF Signal flagged by Google as malware site [Update]
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SF Signal, a popular science fiction and fantasy blog and winner of of the 2013 Hugo Award for best fanzine, has been identified by Google as a suspicious site. According to Google, visiting the site may harm your computer. Here's a screenshot of the Google diagnostic page. I used to listen to ... Continue Reading
DragonCon founder Ed Kramer pleads guilty to child molestation, gets house arrest
DragonCon founder Ed Kramer's child molestation trial was supposed to begin yesterday, instead, he reached a deal with the prosecutor that will allow him to avoid prison. Kramer plead guilty to three of the six counts he was charged with and will serve five years under house arrest. He also has to ... Continue Reading
Japanese movie poster for 'The Black Hole'
The Black Hole, Walt Disney's answer to Star Wars, was the second movie I saw in a real-life movie theater. The theater was at the Eagle Rock mall in Los Angeles. If the theater was in Japan, this poster probably would have been displayed out front. I wish I had this. It incorporates two things I ... Continue Reading
