Author: JRVogt

If you haven’t heard, the Sci Fi channel has decided to rebrand itself as the Syfy channel. … Ok. Really? The Syfy channel? I mean…really? Their reasoning, you ask? “The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff…

The film appears to touch on a lot of topics that could be taken straight out of an array of sci-fi classics: artificial intelligence, cyborgs, medical immortality…even, resurrection? While I’m fascinated by the concepts, I do have to wonder if he’s got some workable ideas to go off of or…

Many thanks to Nathan Bransford for posting this video, which is a wickedly imaginative and strangely affecting short film called World Builder. He says it communicates some of what it’s like to be a writer, and I whole-heartedly agree. Give it a watch. You won’t regret it. World Builder from…

Running the wife to the airport this morning, so let me direct you to this thoughtful and fun link. Hat tips to both Colleen Lindsay and Nathan Bransford for bringing this article to my attention. Confident or Delusional? And yes, this does have to do with your writing style and…

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Here are the results of Colleen Lindsay‘s query haiku contest! The Winning Query: Cross-dressing rent boy wants man to love and girl’s voice in head to shut up. (tcastleb) Honorable Mentions: Geek boy, surfer girl Cosmic Freaky Friday tale Nightmares turn to dreams (laura) Girl turns into frog Must kiss…

Pandorum looks like a nice, freaky sci-fi movie with a bunch of twisted personalities and mind games thrown into the mix.     Whatcha think? Worth a bowl of popcorn or two? I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Dean Koontz has another project coming out through the Dabel Brothers. And it sounds like fun. Here’s the official description: Nevermore’s hero is 35-year-old multibillionaire Robert Godric. In a desperate attempt to bring back his wife, Nora, who died at 33 of an aggressive brain cancer, Godric invents cross-time travel…

I know some might not think it a huge deal, what with online readership these days. Heck, even I don’t subscribe to a newspaper anymore. But this article about the Rocky Mountain News closing its doors still poked at me. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/27/rocky.mountain/index.html Not sure why. Maybe it’s because this was my…

A couple of articles on the recently deceased science fiction author, Philip Jose Farmer. He died at 91, wrote over 75 novels, and won 3 Hugo awards. http://www.pjstar.com/entertainment/x1749108393/Philip-Jose-Farmer-dead-at-91 http://io9.com/5160340/rip-philip-jos-farmer  Subscribe in a reader