Ever since I saw that endless spiraling library in Beauty and the Beast, I have wanted my own spacious storehouse for books, oddities, and pretty, curving staircases. While that fantasy remains a distant dream for most of us, Priceline.com founder Jay Walker has turned it into a reality with his very own 3,600-square-foot, multi-leveled library-labyrinth.
Walker’s [...]
The Library Of Babble
Fashion Show Or Science Fiction?
Forget for a moment that the two people pictured here are fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and the bobble-head formerly known as actress Kate Bosworth. Now imagine this image as a scene from a sci-fi movie.
Leave a description of what you think is happening in the comments section.
One Question For Neil Gaiman
If you could ask Neil Gaiman one question, what would it be?
I was faced with this particular challenge last month when I joined a gaggle of other over-eager fans (er, journalists) at the National Book Festival in Washington DC. As we waited on the muddied grass of the National Mall, it became increasingly clear that [...]
The Best Of “Best Of”s
While I typically object to anything bearing the phrase “Best Of,” Subterranean Press’ Michael Swanwick anthology is a rare exception. The 58-year-old Swanwick may have won five Hugos in six years, but he is also one of those science fiction writers to whom the genre label barely applies.
Swanwick’s stories surpass all adulatory adjectives—they demand the [...]
TV Fantasy Full Of Cliches, Still Entertaining
Legend of the Seeker starts out like every fantasy story ever: a FARM BOY with no knowledge of his TRUE HERITAGE and MESSIANIC PURPOSE is aided by a WIZARD (formerly thought to be the village loon) on a quest to stop a DARK LORD who wants nothing more than to ENSLAVE ALL OF MANKIND. Also [...]
Dorkscape
With this blog I’m adding a female voice to the cacophony of fanboy dorkdom. Nothing new, just my musings on pop culture, comic books, sci-fi, fantasy, monsters, nostalgia, and uniponies.
