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Book – ***** Snow Crash (2007)

rmann June 7, 2017 March 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Neal Stephenson masterpiece of sci.fi./fantasy where corporations are more powerful than countries, and ancient programming is controlling mass behavior.

Movie ***+ Gifted (2017)

rmann May 10, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fun “hidden genius” movie where Mckenna Grace plays a 7-year-old super mathematician, but slightly too super to be believable. Even Bobby Fisher didn’t beat Boris Spassky when he was seven.

Book – ****+ Amped (2014)

rmann May 1, 2017 March 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Terrific Daniel H. Wilson sci.fi. mutant story. Will the world destroy or embrace the next evolutionary step?

Movie ****+ Colossal (2016)

rmann April 14, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Oddball masterpiece of fantasy/sci.fi. with Ann Hathaway returning to her hometown after disaster in N.Y. to unfinished business with Oscar, a childhood boyfriend. Unexpectedly a world-threatening battle between giant monsters in Seoul, Korea, is controlled by them from a sandlot in a hometown playground.

Movie **** Ghost in the Shell (2017)

rmann April 3, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Well-made sci.fi. of cyber-enhanced Major, Scarlett Johansson, a created weapon. Despite controversy about the casting of Johansson in the original comic books Asian main role, she does an excellent acting job. I bought her conflict over her uncertain origins.

Movie – ***** Galaxy Quest (1999)

rmann April 2, 2017 August 29, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Classic sci-fi comedy with Tim Allen and Sigorney Weaver. Every scene and bit part is played to perfection. Worth watching and re-watching.

Emerald City Comicon 2017 Seattle

rmann March 6, 2017 March 23, 2017Mystery, Romance, Shows, The Words, Writing 0

Emerald City cosplay at its finest!

Movie – ***+ The Great Wall (2016)

rmann March 1, 2017 March 24, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Historical alien invasion featuring Matt Damon delivering an unusual twist to the search for the secret of gunpowder in China. Nice action and CGI.

Movie – ***+ Passengers (2016)

rmann February 7, 2017 March 24, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Enjoyable interstellar adventure if you focus on the story, characters, and visuals and not on the science. Space is like the Pacific Ocean only bigger—you just don’t run into big things out there, but if you did you’d see them coming from a long way off and scoot around them.…

Book – Ancillary Justice (2013)

rmann January 11, 2017 January 9, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Book – **** Ann Lecke’s Hugo and Nebula award winner that explores a universe ruled by a woman whose mind is linked tthrough a thousand ancillary bodies, and the AI of a Ship composed of similar linked segments opposing the ruler. Fascinatingly complex.

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Book – ***** Snow Crash (2007)

Movie ***+ Gifted (2017)

Book – ****+ Amped (2014)

Movie ****+ Colossal (2016)

Movie **** Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Movie – ***** Galaxy Quest (1999)

Emerald City Comicon 2017 Seattle

Movie – ***+ The Great Wall (2016)

Movie – ***+ Passengers (2016)

Book – Ancillary Justice (2013)

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