The High Crusade is a delightful book, one of my all-time favorites. I've often thought of officially reviewing it myself but I've never gotten around to it. The closest I've come is recommend it among others in my Galactic Christendom: A Short History post a couple of months back. No worries. I recently came across a … Continue reading The High Crusade – A Book Recomendation
Donning Armor
Ever wonder how plated armor is put on? I have ever since beginning the second novel in The Holy Terran Empire space opera series. Below is one of the succinct videos on the subject. https://youtu.be/sEuhKRhrvRM
On The Nose Dialogue
SCRIPT SHADOW offers some advice on making dialogue lively and interesting. It is offered to writers of scripts but I believe it equally useful to all of us.
Deep Fakes for the Deep State
https://youtu.be/lrla4PzOEuE When I saw the movie Forrest Gump years ago and first watched those scenes where the actor Tom Hanks' titular character was spliced into historic footage I thought, "Aww hell, it won't be too long before this technology is put into the service of propaganda." People being scrubbed from official records, erased … Continue reading Deep Fakes for the Deep State
Phillip K Dick’s ‘The Pre-Persons’
Phillip K Dick has to have the distinction of being the science fiction writer with the most movies made from his works. Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall are probably the best known of the lot. The Pre-Persons, the short story you can read by clicking the link below, has never been adapted … Continue reading Phillip K Dick’s ‘The Pre-Persons’
Shag Dancing at the Church Picnic
Click the BitChute link below to see a short video of yours truly shaking a leg at our parish picnic. My partner, and better dancer, is my lovely editor and dearest friend, Georgette Suskie. https://www.bitchute.com/video/jzf0k98To7Q4/
Breaking Fast
I hope everyone had a Happy Easter. I did until the heart-breaking news out of Sri-Lanka broke. At present there is no comment that I could make about the incident that would not be outright hateful, so I'll hold my tongue and offer up my sorrow-laden prayers until my usual Catholic stoicism re-asserts itself. In … Continue reading Breaking Fast
Werewolves and Our Fallen Human Nature
An interesting read about Werewolf lore from The Orthosphere... via With a Werewolf by My Side
The Summit of Hypocrisy and the Depths of Apathy
Without Archbishop Vigano's participation, I knew the recent Vatican summit on sexual abuse by the clergy was going to be a farce. Without Vigano in attendance, the gathered bishops could, with little resistance, pretend with the world at large that the Roman Catholic Church has a pedophilia problem when, in fact, the evidence suggests that … Continue reading The Summit of Hypocrisy and the Depths of Apathy
Galactic Christendom: A Short History
There is a prejudice in modern SF so nearly ubiquitous that it can be considered a trope. I’m talking about the assumption that the more technologically advanced a civilization becomes, the less religious it will be. While this prejudice is normally implicit in a lot of science fiction, the assumption was stated explicitly not too … Continue reading Galactic Christendom: A Short History
