Throughout this week’s podcast episode, Allyson references the term “young adult” as a genre. But is that really what it is? The term “genre” means “A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.” So, since young adult fiction always features a young adult as […]
A trend I’ve noticed growing lately is the overlap of the belly dance and science fiction communities. When I was an active belly dancer in the early 1990s, many of my belly dance friends were also avid science fiction buffs. In fact, we used to meet at one our houses to watch Star Trek: The […]
I just finished reading the first book in the Twilight series … not bad, not great either, but that’s another post. Anyway, at the end, the first chapter of the second book, New Moon, was included and it ended with the following sentence: “… into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.” And […]
The other night I finished reading Michael Crichton’s novel, Next. And it got me to thinking. 1. Is this book truly a novel? Although interesting, entertaining and all the other things a good read should be, it felt more like a collection of interconnected short stories. There really was no primary story or plot to […]
What is it about sharks that fascinates us so? Is it the empty stare? The robotic efficiency with which they kill? Is it some ancient memory of fear? I don’t know, but they sure are popular. The first week of August is Shark Week and Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga is celebrating the Discovery Channel event […]
When I was in Las Vegas the other week, my husband and I went to The Original Pancake House in Henderson and tried out their German Apple Pancake. Trust me on this — that pancake is too much for one person in one sitting. It absolutely delicious and will satisfy two people quite nicely. Anyway, […]
Check this out: A Tower To Change Its Shape Every Hour. Apparently, an Italian-Israeli architect, David Fisher is planning to create a tower in Dubai that will have rotating floors. Makes me think of that series of horror films about a people trapped inside of a Rubix cube like cage that would change and move […]
What would happen if a photographer put on genre-colored glasses and headed out to American wastelands to take some pictures. Most likely, you’d get photos like those found in Lost America. Using time exposures and colored strobe lights, Troy Paiva created a collection of eerily compelling images of found objects. Some are sorrowful, others are […]
I just got these road trip sanity tips in my email today and since they compliment the cover story of the July 2007 issue of The Genre Traveler, I thought I’d pass the information along. Of course I’ve added my two bits to their tips, and edited out the blatant commercial they were pitching. Keep […]
I just read a story about how the Moscow Circus will be performing at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from July 8 to August 16, and it brought back memories. I got my Bachelor’s degree at U.C. Santa Cruz and lived in Santa Cruz for about 5 years. In fact, it was while I lived […]