Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Tag: review

  • Fahrenheit 451

    This was an excellent book—I especially loved the way Ray Bradbury ended it with the Afterward and Coda.

  • Oh, Heroes, What Have You Become?

    I just finished watching the season finale of Heroes, and it seems like they’ve managed to botch things up once again. They continue to rely on the standby plot devices of “kill a main character” and “bring back an old bad guy” in lieu of truely creative writing. They also feel compelled to set up…

  • The Religion of Science Fiction

    Good science fiction authors are at the same time remarkably prophetic in their thinking and humorously influenced by their own time. I remember laughing aloud when one of the characters in Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land began darning a sock. To me, it was hilarious that in a futuristic world with space travel, characters would…

  • Fire Study by Maria V. Synder

    This is a decent conclusion to an enjoyable series.

  • World of Goo

    I just beat World of Goo, an excellent, award-winning independent game from 2D Boy, a studio that from the credits consists of about four people. I’ve only more recently gotten into puzzle games after being introduced to Auditorium. I paid $10 for that game (which I still haven’t beaten), so when World of Goo went…

  • Watchmen, and Other Updates

    It has been a little while since I’ve posted here. The main reason is that I’ve been spending my online time working on my secret site redesign. I’m extremely close to finishing and after the work I did this afternoon, I think I’m in pretty good shape to launch in the next couple of days.…

  • Brisingr

    I really wish that Paolini would do the world a favor and just stop writing.

  • Inheritance Book 2: The Plagiarism Continues

    Once again, Paolini rips off the work of other talented storytellers while adding nothing new. The result is a predictable, flat story that, like its predecessor, reads like Tolkien fan fiction.