Sep 11, 2012 | Forbes
Game of Thrones. The Vampire Diaries. True Blood. They’re not just successful television shows, they’re television shows based on successful book series’. And it looks as if Terry Brooks’ Shannara series may join their ranks. According to...
Sep 10, 2012 | Forbes
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is arguably the first science fiction book ever written (if you exclude the less scientific writings of Lucian or elements from One Thousand and One Nights), and it has inspired a multitude of movies,...
Sep 9, 2012 | Forbes
Forget the drama of Doctor Who‘s first episode of season 7. Episode 2 of Doctor Who is pure screwball comedy. Unfortunately, although the episode had its charms, for the most part it was too, well, screwy. It’s as if the plot were lost in the fluffy fun of...
Sep 2, 2012 | Forbes
When last we left the Doctor (Matt Smith) at the end of Doctor Who‘s season 6, he had faked his death in a spectacular way. At the start of season 7, that, as well as his marriage to River Song, isn’t important. What’s important is, 1) The Doctor is...
Aug 31, 2012 | Forbes
On August 19, Congressman Todd Akin, the Republican representative from Missouri’s 2nd congressional district, told St. Louis television station KTVI-TV that women rarely become pregnant from rape. Akin said, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has...
