One of the many things that I love about the end of the year is reading the “best of” and “favorites” lists of professional, semi-professional and amateur writers. Frankly of anyone willi...
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(Christopher Lee and Andrew Lesnie, Photo Credit) “PIPPIN: I didn’t think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all ...
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I am one who enjoys a good groan-worthy pun, but though I appreciate the pun-ish fun of the annual May the 4th Be With You celebration of Star Wars Day, I’ve never done anything to join in the ...
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(Image Credit) In less than a week two men who had an early, and lasting, influence over my love of science fiction have garnered recognition, one because of his sudden passing and the other for ...
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It has been a busy few days, with Peter Jackson and company tantalizing fans with first a teaser poster and now a teaser trailer for the upcoming middle film in the Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation...
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/the-dangers-of-teasing-a-dragon
I recently came across an article that io9 posted late last year entitled “10 Science Fiction Novels That Will Definitely Never Be Movies”. One of the novels cited was the Hugo and Nebula awa...
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/this-book-cant-be-filmed-oh-but-why
(Image Credit) As December rolls around every year the annual Best Of lists start cropping up all over the internet, and I for one love them. Inevitably they mean adding books and movies and tele...