From the Archives: Return of the Tripods
I was, in my day, particularly fond of John Christopher’s Tripods trilogy, which combined “boy’s own adventure” with post-apocalyptic science fiction.
The Illustrated Voyages Extraordinaires of Jules Verne
Open Culture has a bit on the 4,000 illustrations in Jules Verne’s works, including a link to all of them. “Verne and his editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel commissioned these illustrations from no fewer than eight artists, a group including Edouard Riou, Alphonse de Neuville, Emile-Antoine Bayard, and Léon Benett […]
“SyFy Wire Fangrrls’ Favorite Comics of 2019”
SyFy Wire Fangrrls–including friend of the Gutter Sara Century–share their favorite comics of 2019! “There are many reasons that comics will always be a defining part of our nerdverse, but as we look back on the past year, we’re recognizing some of the creators — writers, artists, letterers, […]
“The Rise of Skywalker: Memorabilia without Memory, a Misunderstanding of Hope”
Jeannette Ng thinks about The Rise of Skywalker, The Last Jedi and “memorabilia without memory.” “The central plot of Rise concerns Rey’s parentage which was very satisfyingly resolved in The Last Jedi. They were no one in particular, not great heroes nor villains. Along with the rest of […]
“Some Thoughts on The Last Jedi”
Friend of the Gutter Jessica Ritchey has a lovely piece on The Last Jedi. “The mythic cliffhanger of The Force Awakens is what I needed in 2015 at the end of a brutal year. The grumpy, startling conclusion of that cliffhanger is what I needed in 2017. Stories, […]
Wayne Barlowe’s Aliens
The Internet Archive has Barlowe’s Guide To Extraterrestrials, and you can look at it here!
The Cultural Gutter 