Tag: Cold War
MOVIE REVIEW: THE CREATURE FROM THE… SHAPE OF WATER
This week, Steve holds his breath and dives into movies about amphibious guys, which is a thing, now. Not Navy Seals, but Gill-Men (and Guillermo!). Put on your dive mask and check it out!
Scide Splitters: Brooklyn Project by William Tenn
"Brooklyn Project," William Tenn’s outstanding political satire, highlights the folly of disregarding civil liberties for the sake of security.
BOOK and MOVIE REVIEWS: 11/22/63 and Whalen’s THE BIG SHUTDOWN!
This week, Steve travels into the future with John Whalen's "Space Western," and into the past with Stephen King's novel about events surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Both future and past hold our interest!
Asni’s Art Blog: Sputnik
Let's see if we can throw a ball into space so it stays in orbit, and attach some radio antennae!
“CLASSIC” Movie Reviews, OUR MAN FLINT and IN LIKE FLINT
Steve revisits a favourite--classic--"spy spoof" from the '60s. Many people loved these James Coburn films!
Scide Splitters: The Hogben Chronicles by Henry Kuttner
In the latest Scide Spitters series, David Kilman takes a look at the new collection, The Hogben Chronicles, with stories from Henry Kuttner and an introduction by Neil Gaimon.
ABSOLUTE ZERO: Cool Websites, Very Cool
Take a trip down cold war nuclear armageddon paranoia lane with a visit to the Atomic Annihilation website.
Review: 1945 by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
Without Hitler, Nazi Germany doesn't declare war on the United States; instead, saner men take the helm and use more rational policies to bring the USSR to its knees
…And We’re Not Spending Billions to Defend Ourselves?
Yesterday the Huffington Post published a map prepared by Javier de la Torre from CartoDB that illustrated every single known meteorite impact on the...
Lost In Space! Reviews of Unknown or Underappreciated Books: #2 Emergence...
Hello again, and welcome back!
So – what, exactly, do I mean by 'unknown or underappreciated'?
To put it simply – not everyone is a Kevin...