Clearly Philip Jose Farmer wasn’t thinking about a series of books when he named this one To Your Scattered Bodies Go. It’s a title I’ve heard from time to time and it’s made a few best Sci Fi Books lists here and there. It’s one I recently got around to reading. To Your Scattered Bodies Go is the first of the Riverworld novels. These are stories about a world that has been terraformed into an unending river and populated with everyone who ever lived on Earth. It’s a concept that has some appeal, as a writer can plop down any…
Tag: 1960s
Contagion
Contagion was not what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be more 28 Days Later and less PBS Special on Diseases and how they are spread. So instead of a tense story about the end of the world, we had a rather dry and boring story about the spread a virus and how it brings out the worst in people. Contagion was not a good movie. None of the characters were likeable, starting with the first person we see who is screwing around on her too good to be true husband. This moves the story from…
The Illusionist (2010)
A French cartoon about a magician nearing the end of his career. We follow him around as he performs his tricks for disinterested audiences, or practically no audience at all. He is an old school sort of act, who can’t compete with things like rock n roll. For company he has a slightly ill tempered rabbit-and a young woman who follows him from one of his few successful gigs. The animation is in the style of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, the original version with it’s hip and cool 1961 feel to it. The Illusionist is a stunningly beautiful film. London and Edinburgh have starring…