Peter Cawdron Publisher : Independently published (October 9, 2023) 354 pp For sheer awe and wonder, it’s hard to top Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama. I read it when it first came out, fifty years ago, I was utterly mesmerized. It’s the sort of world-building that Clarke excelled at, and the mystery …
Month: October 2023
Based on The Swarm by Frank Schätzing Written by Frank Schätzing, Steven Lally, Marissa Lestrade, Michael A. Walker, Chris Lunt Screenplay by Steven Lally, Marissa Lestrade, Chris Lunt, Michael A. Walker Directed by Barbara Eder, Luke Watson, Philipp Stölzl Starring Cécile de France as Dr. Cécile Roche Alexander Karim as Dr. Sigur Johanson Leonie Benesch …
Directed by Nick Bruno & Troy Quane Screenplay by Robert L. Baird & Lloyd Taylor Story by Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor, Pamela Ribon, Marc Haimes, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Keith Bunin Based on Nimona by ND Stevenson Produced by Karen Ryan, Julie Zackary, Roy Lee Starring Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona, a shapeshifter who …
Holly by Stephen King, 2023, Scribner, 449pp. Available in ebook and audiobook formats. Nearly any writer who has written fiction more than about ten pages in length has encountered what I call “character creep.” You start out with a “throwaway” character, a red-shirt whose only real purpose is to die in chapter three and alert …