Posted in Film, Hayao Miyazaki, Writers on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
I saw Miyazaki’s latest the night before last—and the trailer above about sums up the film (even though the current theatrical release has an English dub, with the usual big-name stars, including Liam Neeson). If you’ve seen any other Miyazaki film, you’ll know what to [...]
Posted in Books, Michael Dummett, Nonfiction, Ronald Decker, Thierry Depaulis, Writers on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Wicked Pack of Cards: The Origins of the Occult Tarot, by Ronald Decker, Thierry Depaulis, and Michael Dummett, 1996, 308 p.
For years, I’ve been curious about tarot cards; from the perspective of a child of vaguely Protestant upbringing, they had an air of taboo about them—of being bad and wrong—but they also had detailed, [...]
Posted in David Gerrold, Star Trek: The Original Series, Television, Writers on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watch the episode on YouTube.
Having watched “The Omega Glory,” I decided I had to do right by my pop cultural education and familiarize myself with the origins of tribbles. Doing so has confirmed that I will be watching the rest of The Original Series. Also, that I wish I had been whoever was [...]
Posted in Biography, Books, John Buescher, Nonfiction, Writers on August 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Remarkable Life of John Murray Spear, John Buescher, 2006, 368 p.
A month or so ago, at my workplace (the Center for History and New Media, at George Mason University, where I work on the National History Education Clearinghouse project), I said something to my officemate, John Buescher, about science fiction. John’s an older [...]
Posted in Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek: The Original Series, Television, Uncategorized on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having just seen the film, I decided to watch an episode of The Original Series—the first episode of TOS I’ve ever watched. This comes right after me sitting down and watching through TNG’s “Aquiel,” which is the first full Star Trek episode I’ve deliberately watched and not just fled from when I saw my [...]
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