Month: October, 2007

The Ninth Gate

Posted by sfreader on Monday, 29 October, 2007 (12:56am) | Movies & TV

Just been watching this movie on TV. It’s a supernatural thriller starring Johnny Depp and Emmanuelle Seigner. Frank Langella and Lena Olin are quite good as the bad guys. The movie, overall, is quite interesting and watchable, but what the hell was that ending all about? Beats me. Must watch it again sometime, to see [...]

Some New Books

Posted by sfreader on Saturday, 27 October, 2007 (11:54pm) | SF Literature

I’ve built up a new stash of recently acquired books to add to my ever-growing “To Read” pile. If I can acquire a couple of extra lifetimes, I might even get to read a few of them.
First up is a large hardback anthology, Machines That Think, edited by Isaac Asimov, Patricia S. Warwick and Martin [...]

Back from Hiatus

Posted by sfreader on Monday, 22 October, 2007 (11:42pm) | General

As you may have noticed, there hasn’t been much activity on this blog recently. My last posting was about three weeks ago, after a five month period of regular posting, which averaged 2-3 posts per week. I reached 40 posts, and hit the proverbial brick wall, so I’ve been taking a breather, recharging the [...]

         

 

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