A recent Harris Poll sought to uncover if Americans are reading, what they are reading and who they are reading. The results show that genre fiction is a favorite among American readers. Among those who say they read at least one book in an average year, 79% have read a fiction book in the past […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Last month, Michael Dougherty and Heather Fagan, two of the people behind the fan-driven sequel to Joss Whedon‘s film Serenity, took the time to chat with me about how the movie came into being and how it is raising money for five charities connected to the Firefly universe. The film premiered at Dragon*Con on Sept. […]
The producers of Browncoats: Redemption have announced that Ustream has sponsored the film’s premier today at 7pm Eastern. You can watch the film online at Ustream or the film’s Facebook page as it screens live at Dragon*Con. Producer Steven Fisher approached Ustream in April looking for an innovative partner in online media to join the […]
A three-day conference, The Emergent Adult – Adolescent Literature and Culture, at Cambridge University is going to explore the effect on the teenage brain of books like Twilight and the Harry Potter series. Scientists, authors and education experts will all gather to discuss whether there are ‘Twilight zones’ in the teenage mind; areas of the […]
If you are a fan of the legendary Ray Bradbury and will be in the Los Angeles area on Sept. 19, you’ll want to take advantage of the opportunity to meet the man himself. Bradbury will be appearing at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention from 12pm to 2pm to sign copies […]
For the first episode of The Genre Traveler Podcast, I chat with Dreamhouse Kings author Robert Liparulo. Whether you’ve read this series of young adult novels (which I haven’t) or not, I think you’ll enjoy hearing how Robert researches his books. He was a lot of fun to chat with (we actually chatted for about […]