The Chambers of Guillermo del Toro
The New Yorker tours Guillermo del Toro’s Los Angeles mansion and gets a look at Smaug and The Mountains of Madness. (via @Propnomicon)
The Galactic Forecast Calls for Some Sweet, Sweet Lovin’
The most fertile opening-book-in-a-series is not necessarily the most tight, coherent book, writing-wise. Doing any one thing well is difficult, and takes up tons of narrative energy – a series needs interesting places to go next, and some loose ends to follow later. Primary Inversion, Catherine Asaro’s first […]
Happy Birthday, Sonny Chiba!
Today’s JJ Sonny Chiba’s birthday and so it might be a good time to see what our friends at Teleport City have been writing about him.
“Tomorrow Never Say Never” Starring George Lazenby
The Random James Bond Movie generator gives you a title, a plot and a particular Bond. (Also provides book titles).
Night of the Coens
“A dull but perhaps original thought,” came to dccairns that, “boy, the Coens have been pilfering Night of the Hunter for years.”
Batmobile, Examined
Do you have all the information you require regarding the Batmobile’s physical evolution and its history? Probably not. Fortunately, these two sites have made a start. (Thanks, Humash!)
The Cultural Gutter 