Happy Beltane (belated as the reply is)!
Heather
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- Wed May 02, 2007 3:43 pm
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Happy Beltane!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 48772
- Wed May 02, 2007 3:41 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: The Curse of the Golden Flower
- Replies: 11
- Views: 88760
- Wed May 02, 2007 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: A bit of flash fiction* to mark May Day - Beltane Flame
- Replies: 7
- Views: 69886
Arresting, beautiful work! From beginning to end, the vivid overtones of the story draw the reader directly into the tapestry of the world in which Bran lives, and the primal tones and setting emphasize the sense of the ancient and the otherworldly. Though there are minimal hints of the history that...
- Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:56 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: The Curse of the Golden Flower
- Replies: 11
- Views: 88760
Spectacular film! :D After seeing it in its entirety, I also loved Curse of the Golden Flower. Aside from the aforementioned race-against-time element that overshadows the Empress and her second son as her time runs out, I found other aspects of the plot just as riveting, particularly the plight suf...
- Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Preserving the Artifacts and History of Our Past for All
- Replies: 6
- Views: 64277
- Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Doomsday Seed Vault
- Replies: 15
- Views: 131127
- Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:42 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: The Curse of the Golden Flower
- Replies: 11
- Views: 88760
- Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:37 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Recent additions to the Gallery
- Replies: 7
- Views: 68482
Stunning, captivating images! :D (Though it took me long enough to view these) The first perfectly captures the atmosphere of benign majesty and clearly conveys the tone of a routine mission. More than that, the components of the ship combine in such a way that they establish convincing symmetry and...
- Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:54 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Frozen and freezing seas: Mars, Europa, Titan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 51009
- Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:42 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Book review - The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 34614
I may have to add this one to the list, as well. :) In particular, the intertwining fates of the Dwellers and the human Seers strikes me as reminiscent of the necessary co-existence between humans and mers in Joan D. Vinge's The Summer Queen . In any instance, the incorporation of intrigue, politica...
- Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:20 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Book review - Mainspring by Jay Lake
- Replies: 2
- Views: 37544
Excellent stuff, here! The concept of Earth and the other planets moving on celestial tracks is a wholly arresting one, as is the notion of God (or Tetragrammaton) as the great clockmaker. I also like the concept of a young, seemingly ordinary and unassuming protagonist drawn into a staggering set o...
- Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:14 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Book recommendations: Minoan Crete in fiction
- Replies: 3
- Views: 44935
You're quite welcome; I'm happy that you enjoyed the book. :) The monochromatic portrayal of the leading antagonist was also among my foremost complaints, as were some of Leesandra's decisions and the smaller inaccuracies that arose here and there. That aside, the environment did indeed strike me as...
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:46 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Tea house Google theme
- Replies: 10
- Views: 127813
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:38 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Frozen and freezing seas: Mars, Europa, Titan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 51009
Windwalker wrote: All these are exciting in themselves -- but they also highlight the possibility of past or present extraterrestrial life, the critical, still elusive second data point that might change our ideas even more than the Copernican shift. No truer words--and they inspire threads of thou...
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:31 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Why no serious sci fi movies?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 121342
I also second a good many of the recommendations offered here, particularly Serenity ( a favorite), the 2002 remake of The Time Machine , The Fifth Element and the Sci-Fi channel's version of Dune . I especially found the latter two films to be visually arresting, even as they manage to effectively ...