Yearly Archives: 2010
Podcast Episode 3: The History of SF/F Amusement Parks
First, I apologize for not getting this out on October 1 as promised. I simply spaced it. In Episode 3 of The Genre Traveler Podcast, I chat with Jim Futrell, historian for the National Amusement Park Historical Association and author of several books about amusement parks. He takes us from the birth of the modern […]
Podcast Dilemma – Please Help!
I have an interesting dilemma. I’ve suddenly gotten such a long queue of folks wanting to be a guest on The Genre Traveler Podcast that even though I’m going to be moving it from bimonthly to weekly in November, I still have enough content to get us through to June! So, I’m opening this up […]
Halloween Entertaining Tips from Authors of Plan to Party
If you’re anything like me, you love to throw a good Halloween party. Well, Elizabeth Mascali and Dawn Sandomeno, authors of the forthcoming book Plan to Party: Simple & Special Entertaining In Your Home, have a few tips for making your next Halloween party fun, easy and inexpensive. Hold a Candy Co-Op Get a few […]
Travel Reads: The Call of Prophecy
I have to tell ya, I’m torn about whether or not to recommend this book. It’s got some good points and it’s got its draw backs. So I guess I’ll just share my experience with it and let you judge for yourself. Summary The land of Caliyon is at a crossroads. The Seed of Corruption […]
Robot Art found In Tempe, Ariz.
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Trash Becomes Art with a Genre Twist
About two weeks ago, I increased the length of my morning walk by adding another block. There was this one house along the way that kind of caught my eye because the fence along the sidewalk was lined by unusual cacti and strange faces coming out of the ground. Kind of creepy. And then, a […]
The Zombies Are Coming! The Zombies Are Coming!
O.K. I think it is clear now that zombies are staging a coup to take over the spot of ranking ghoulie. For me, it started with a slow trickle of books to review. First it was The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Zombies, then it was The Art of Zombie Warfare, then Night of the Living […]
Scene Around: Shades of Videodrome
This morning as I was taking a walk, I saw this on the sidewalk. Looking at this gutted and abandoned large screen TV made me feel like I had suddenly walked onto the set of David Cronenberg’s 1983 film Videodrome. I snapped this picture and quickly walked on by … I wouldn’t want Deborah Harry […]