Posted on August 31, 2015
Heinlein The Liberal
Ever since that terrible movie came out in 1997, people who’ve never read Heinlein found it fashionable to talk about what a fascist he was. This came from the misinterpretation of a single concept in the book Starship… Read More
Posted on August 23, 2015
American Ultra
@Genrist Bottom Line: Go see this movie. There are a lot of people working in Hollywood right now but there are only a few who are having any fun. They’re the ones who remember what it was like to… Read More
Posted on August 20, 2015
The Obsolete Man
Work. In its simplest case, you hunt or you gather and you eat. The tribe works together to make sure everyone is fed and clothed and protected. That’s one of those self-reinforcing unwritten laws that works fine until… Read More
Posted on August 14, 2015
Seminal Works
Things change. Sometimes so subtly that you only notice when you look back after a period of time, but other times you can feel a seismic shift when something happens, a feeling that things will never be the… Read More
Posted on August 9, 2015
Traveling
Traveling this week. Content will be spotty but please continue to buy books!
Posted on August 1, 2015
Remakes Redux
I talked previously about how much better the remake of Dredd was than the original Judge Dredd so I thought I’d swing back around and point out how that’s not normally the case. Let me just drop some… Read More