Sci Fi Wire has spot-lit Weird Tales magazine’s 85th anniversary (via SFsignal.com). To celebrate, Weird Tales has posted the results of a poll to establish a list of the 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years. I’ve previously expressed my admiration for Weird Tales, and I encourage everyone to join in the celebrations—at least [...]
Author Chris Roberson posted an interesting item on his blog at the end of March: Bob Clampett’s John Carter of Mars (via: SFsignal.com) Bob Clampett was the legendary creator of Porky Pig and was a key figure in the development of that wonderfully anarchic “Looney Tunes” style of animation. If I was asked to name [...]
Like many, I read George Orwell’s 1984 as a school assignment when I was a teenager—coincidentally, sometime around 1984. I remember being very impressed with the book. By high school I had a strong affinity for science fiction and instantly recognized 1984 as a classic within that genre; and something more as well, that I wouldn’t [...]
