I have to share this. This is taken from a debate among seven real Republican presidential candidates in Arizona. During the debate, the question of whether zombies should have the right to vote was asked. Three of the seven raise their hands. I post this because a zombie’s right to vote—and if they might still […]
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The new full-length trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man is now online on YouTube. At first glance, I am not as excited by this as I thought I would be. The first and obvious reason is why go back to Peter Parker’s origin as Spidey? Sam Raimi did that brilliantly in his Spider-Man (2002). I know, I […]
I stumbled across the above this morning. Is Ottawa getting a ComicCon? They have a Facebook page and Twitter feed, so it sounds like the answer is yes! How cool is this?
Update March 19, 2011: I’ve posted a review of the second half of Season 2 AMC’s The Walking Dead wrapped up the first half of its second season, leaving me wanting more. Not just more episodes, but more oomph. When did the air go out of this show? [Minor spoilers follow, but nothing major.] Hershel’s […]
In the first part of this three-part series on first person narrative, I talked about why you should use first person narrative and how it’s different than third person point of view. Part two covered how the words you choose for the narrator develops them as a character, and how who is telling the story […]
In the first part of this three-part series on first person narrative, I talked about why one should use the first person narration and why it is different than third person point of view. This post continues these differences and addresses the first of three questions to ask yourself when writing in the first person: […]
This post is the first of a three-part series on first person narrative. This first post will cover an overview of first person narration and why it is different than third person point of view. A big challenge of writing in the first person is your narrator is also a character. As well, you need a reason […]
SUMMARY JUDGEMENT: Red State is a horror movie in the vein of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) and The Devil’s Rejects—a grueling, non-supernatural tale of the horrors people can inflict on one another. And like them, it deserves to be a cult classic. (This review is spoiler free.) Ironically, on election day in Ontario […]
I have an article up on Adam Shaftoe’s Page of Reviews about the divisions and definitions in genre literature, and why it might be time for us to start thinking about what makes a good story rather than fighting over whether it is or isn’t sci-fi. It begins: In August, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction review published […]
An article I wrote for AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review entitled “Not in Utopia Anymore: The Rise of Dark SF” is now available. It covers what I think “dark sf” means: rather than idealism, a realism in science fiction that reflects the cynical, postmodern world we live in. If you enjoy the post, let […]