Just a quick note to apologize to anyone who may have visited scifi-guy.com over the last couple days; turns out I accidentally allowed my hosting to lapse there. Sorry! In other news, I’m busy jump-starting a new company in to existence. While our new website isn’t fully up and running, I welcome any of ya [...]
Continue Reading...On rare occasions a book shows up in the mail from a publisher or publicist. I am always grateful when they do, because at least I know someone came to the website! But I also like to make sure that you the reader understands when something has been provided to me so that you can [...]
Continue Reading...If you’re in the mood to view some really innovative and inspirational artwork related to science fiction, I’d strongly suggest you take a visit to CoolVibe.com, a site I just recently discovered while stumbling around the internet. The website features artwork from various artists across a range of styles; from mecha designs, character pieces, cityscapes, [...]
Continue Reading...So, it’s been a long time since I updated the Scifi-Guy.com blog. I know. I’ve been busy. Turns out the last update was April of last year. Since then, lots has changed, but my love of science fiction hasn’t waned. To be fair, I wish I had more time to read the various books that [...]
Continue Reading...The Day the Earth Stood Still. An exciting title for a movie created a half-century ago about our penchant for violence and a sinister love affair with Miley Cyrus headlines [wait, what?]… Moral of the story: Let’s all be good or the interstellar space consortium won’t let us in to the club. Enter Keanu Reeves. [...]
Continue Reading...I don’t review a lot of video games on this blog. In point of fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever reviewed a video game on the site here. However, Battle Forge came across my desk the other day, and I felt it deserved a quick note. I used to be a big fan of Magic: [...]
Continue Reading...I’ve enjoyed Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child as authors in the past. The movie adaptation of Relic was probably their most notable mainstream success, but this author pairing has managed to punch out hit after hit of science-fiction meets ancient relics. They premise Indiana Jones-like stories with an FBI agent. Think Mulder meets Indy. The [...]
Continue Reading...If you haven’t noticed by now, I take my jolly time getting around to seeing movies. This year I’ve actually visited the movie theater more than once! Imagine that. Anyways, yes, I finally got around to seeing Iron Man and decided I’d share some of my thoughts on the film. First off, I’ll admit it… [...]
Continue Reading...I struggled with the title of this post … It was a tossup between the shortened version of the official movie title (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), “George Lucas has lost his mind”, or “Indiana Jones has jumped the shark“. Truthfully, Indy 4 was a let down, on several levels. I [...]
Continue Reading...Well, thanks to a break in my schedule, I’m taking a little vacation this week. Of course no vacation would be okay without some reading – so I’m going to bring with me the Solaris Short Fiction Volume 2 that I’m still working on. My Volume 1 arrived a couple days ago, so hopefully I [...]
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