Category Archives: TV
The Return of Blake’s 7!
Well, I’m all kinds of excited. One of my favorite TV shows ever, Blake’s 7, has garnered interest in a remake for years, but now it’s starting to look like the ScyFy channel has made a firm commitment to Freemantle Media International to produce “a revolutionary reinvention of the long-running BBC series.” The show will […]
Can’t Stop the Serenity 2013
This month, seven authors from Contact-Infinite Futures joined Dark Horse Comics, Felicia Day, Think Geek, Joss Whedon and many others in sponsoring Can’t Stop the Serenity 2013. In support of charity fundraiser screenings of Serenity, we’ve donated some of our favorite titles in a special ebook collection to be awarded in raffles, drawings or door […]
Space Age Clothing
It’s blog day again! I’m in trouble! Between trying to finish my manuscript (supposed to be 40K, is now 57K and NOT DONE YET) and dealing with… ugh, so many problems related to the sale of our house, I’m slowly losing my mind. Just when I was starting to panic, though, I saw this link […]
Shawna Thomas: For The Love of Spock!
I’ve been a Star Trek fan since I can remember. I am one of those fans that literally cried when the Enterprise was destroyed in Search for Spock. I read every book I could get my hands on and although I loved Kirk (My son’s lizard’s name is Tiberius James) and his love affair with […]
Continuum and Time Travel
Anyone watching this? It’s a new SyFy series where incarcerated terrorists and a cop from the year 2077 mistakenly travel back to 2012 when the terrorists stage an escape just prior to their execution. And in 2012, the tech the law enforcement uses is only in it’s infancy, because the guy who invented it is […]
Alienation in Science Fiction
Let’s face it, the final frontier is pretty lonely. The closer we get to the stars, the father we get from home. The more “plugged in” to our technology we become, the more isolated we feel. The more answers we find, the more questions we raise. It’s the ultimate alienation, which is one of the […]
My First Con
October 26 – 28 I will be attending my very first sci-fi/fantasy/comic con! It’s pretty exciting, I’ve read about these cons and watched them on TV and now I am going to the Atlantic Canada Hal-Con! Of course I am a little concerned about my writing and how it will fit in – I write […]
Guess That Movie!
I’m not sure who is responsible for this, but the descriptions my cable company uses to describe movies are not only make the movies sound INCREDIBLY boring, but makes them well-nigh unrecognizable if you’re not familiar with the movie. Do they want us to go out and enjoy the fresh air or are they perhaps […]
Dances with tropes
I have to avoid the site TV TROPES at all costs, unless I’m willing to lose two or three hours of my day. For me, it’s worse than Wikipedia, Dictionary.com and The Onion all put together. Once I land there, I just can’t tear myself away. For the uninitiated, here’s a description from the site’s main […]
The Planned Blake’s 7 Reboot: Let the Fangirls Speak!
Okay, ladies – settle down. Settle down, I say! Jaleta – how many Gargle Blasters have you had? Pippa – put away your teleport bracelet that was actually used in the show before someone steals it. Ahem. We are gathered here in the sight of the dearly departed Terry Nation to discuss issues of the […]
