Endhiran — Bollywood at its finest

Wednesday night my friends Nicky Drayden and Dave Chang and I went to see Endhiran, a 3-hour Bollywood extravaganza (well, there really is no other kind of Bollywood movie). What’s so great about it is that it was a no-holds-barred bad robot movie, with singing and dancing and things blowing up, and the Indian army getting whupped up on by an evil robot with an evil laugh, who of course redeems himself at the end.The Read more…

Bad company: science fiction, the “evil” corporation…and the day job converge

Mostly my work blog and my personal blog don’t converge, but this time they did. I wrote this today after seeing “Moon” a few nights ago. The conversation is also continuing on my Facebook page (not the Gordath Wood page, but my personal Facebook page). Please feel free to join in here or friend me on Facebook (just mention this blog). Why do evil corporations make such great science fiction villains? Bad company: science fiction Read more…

The Miss Bennet copy edits have arrived

An email you don’t want to get from your editor (paraphrased): Umm, where are those copy edits we sent you a month ago? Apparently, what with the weather in England, the Royal Mail has been having trouble delivering the mail. (I guess it’s because they don’t have the slogan. Pssst, Royal Mail! You need the slogan!*) Anyway, the copy edits arrived today so I know what I’ll be doing for the weekend. I’ve skimmed them Read more…