Upstream Color: Art-House Science Fiction
If you prefer your science fiction (or film watching experience in general) spoon-fed to you, this film isn't for you. It's not even that surreal, certainly not in the same way as a Luis Buñuel or David Lynch film is surreal, but it is challenging.
Gateway or: A Science Fiction Classic Invaded My Dreams
Gateway transported me from my life to a future earth, which I must admit, seemed bleak, but fascinated me. Other classic science fiction novels had socked me in the nose with sense of wonder, but Frederik Pohl's Gateway invaded my dreams.
In A Lonely Place
In A Lonely Place is one of the few films that nearly equals the novel upon which it was based. The novel of the same name, by Dorothy B. Hughes, is a masterpiece and quite daring for the time, the 1940s. Hughes compares quite favorably with James M. Cain (author of Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice) and in many ways surpasses him as a writer of noir. Her character development exceeds Cain's, in my opinion.
The Endless River On The Dark Side Of The Moon
With the upcoming release of Pink Floyd's The Endless River, I've been thinking a lot lately about The Dark Side Of The Moon and what the album has meant to me throughout my life.
Fine Books Are Not An Endangered Species
Specialty publishers, like Subterranean Press, take mass produced books and create new editions, turning them into something truly special, works of art.