In a new land speed record, Mark Kelly had our review up at Locus Online about thirty minutes after I mailed it to him.
And anything that pushes The Hasslehoff Recursion further down the page is a blessing for the sanity of others…
Posts Tagged ‘Locus Online’
Howard Waldrop and I Review The Avengers
Sunday, May 6th, 2012My April 1st Piece for 2012 is Up at Locus Online
Sunday, April 1st, 2012My April 1st piece, detailing Margaret Atwood’s new science fiction magazine, is up over at Locus Online.
My many previous April 1 offerings include:
Hugo and Georges Méliès
Monday, November 28th, 2011Howard Waldrop and I reviewed Hugo over at Locus Online, which we liked an awful lot.
The film involves (slight spoiler) the work of French film pioneer Georges Méliès, who produced, directed, wrote, and starred in over 500 silent short films, many of which no longer exists. But several of the ones that do are up on YouTube, and I thought I would gather them here. Méliès, a former stage magician, was the first to create a number of optical effects.
His most famous film, A Trip to the Moon, with the classic image of the shell embedded in the man-in-the-moon’s eye.
Interestingly, this was not his first film featuring the moon, as shown by The Astronomer’s Dream:
Another interplanetary voyage, this time by train, to the sun (in hand-tinted color, no less):
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea:
The Haunted Castle:
Mélies himself is front and center as each of The Four Troublesome Heads:
Likewise as the Man With the Rubber Head:
My Locus Piece for April 1 is Up
Friday, April 1st, 2011This time it was Peter Watts and Paolo Bacigalupi’s turn in the barrel. Link Updated
My many previous April 1 offerings include:
Howard Waldrop and I Review Battle: Los Angeles
Monday, March 14th, 2011Short description: Better than Skyline, but no great shakes in the SF department…