DOOMSDAY BOOK
One of the most inexplicably overrated science fiction novels of the nineties, and possibly of all time
REPLAY
Never underestimate the power of baby boomer nostalgia. It was that which gave us BACK TO THE FUTURE and the similarly oriented novel REPLAY by the late Ken Grimwood
2018: Bedlam in Print
The books of 2018? There’s really not much to say, outside my usual observation that the really good stuff often lurks outside the mainstream
Nicolas Roeg: 1928-2018
On November 23, 2018 we lost one of the world’s greatest filmmakers
BLADE RUNNER: Novel, Treatment, and Movie(s)
Clarification: this article is not actually about BLADE RUNNER (1982). It refers, in fact, to a key line in its end credits sequence: “WITH THANKS TO WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS AND ALAN E. NOURSE FOR THE USE OF THE TITLE BLADE RUNNER.”
ROBOT
A prime example of Kollywood, or Tamil, movie madness that plays like some unholy combination of THE TERMINATOR, ROBOCOP and I, ROBOT
1996: The Year in Bedlam
From a cinematic standpoint 1996 can be viewed as the beginning of the end on two counts
Kid Movies in the Summer of 1985
Looking back at the summer movie season of 1985, it becomes immediately apparent that kid movies were all the rage
THE ORCHID CAGE
A novel that reads like a Philip K. Dick potboiler with a hard science overlay
WIR
The future: civilization has become a sterile and mechanized drudge whose residents are identified by numbers and prize collectivity above all else