Archive for December, 2009
4 Books, 3 (and a half?) days (2783 pages)
Infected
by Scott Sigler
I have to say, this book is extremely graphic and not for the squeamish. But, if you like Invasion of the Body Snatcher type books and if you either (a) make sure you don’t eat while you read this, or (b) have an ironclad stomach, this book is a rollercoasterworth riding. The essential [...]
Avatar, week 2
Avatar raked in another successful box office weekend (Christmas weekend), bringing in $75.6 million (source: Box Office Mojo),”down only 2% from it’s opening weekend.” It was responsible for the most succesful Christmas weekend on record (same article). According to the Box Office Mojo summary page for Avatar, it sold $77 million in tickets during it’s opening weekend. [...]
The Peace War /and/ Across Realtime
My friend wrote a review of this book, and I thought I’d write some comments.
I own this book and occasionally re-read it myself. I found the world as it existed during the Peace War to be an interesting exposition on how sciences would adapt to the loss of electricity. First with some scientists advancing technology [...]
Avatar the addendums
Avatar is not an MMO as I previously believed. And, good thing, because as an MMO I’m not sure what material there was left to do a game. In fact from what I’ve read, the game isn’t that great (it got a 65 on metacritic with a 7.4 reader rating, subpar to most of the [...]
Avatar
Steven Spielberg was quoted as saying that this “the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star Wars,” and while I have to be honest and say it isn’t in my top 3 all-time favorite movies, it does make the top 5 as #4 (after I get it on DVD and watch it at home, [...]
