Peter Damien is a busy writer who lives in Minnesota because he just really likes frigid temperatures and mosquitoes. He lives in the crawl-spaces between heaps of books and can be seen scurrying out at dusk to search for food and ALL the TEA. His wife and two boys haven't figured out how to get him out of the house, so they put up with him. He as astonishing hair.
REVIEW SUMMARY: A fun way to learn more about both superheroes and science. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Building off of his acclaimed university science course, James Kakaios [...]
It’s really remarkable and exciting to learn about the research that’s happening on robots and artificial intelligence these days. It doesn’t get as much [...]
MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Sixteen stories about subversion and acts of rebellion, both large and political or small and personal. MY REVIEW: PROS: In some places, a very [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Brilliantly written fantasy in the tradition of Madeline L’Engle, to be read by young adults of all ages. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Henry York goes to [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY:A dense, elaborate, amazing novel that begs for re-reading. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: This is the story of Rachel Nolander, the child of a demon, and Jona [...]
My wife and I went to see Avatar the week that it came out, and we both enjoyed it tremendously. It was big and beautiful and exciting and fun. And if the plot was a little [...]
I don’t know how many of you have G-mail, or spend any particular amount of time following technology related news. I don’t follow with any tremendous devotion, [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A very scattered, disjointed Discworld novel, which has some bright spots making it worth a look. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Football finally arrives on the [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: One of Stephen King’s most interesting novels. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: With his life, and mind, in shambles after an industrial accident, Edgar [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A highly polished game in every aspect, putting it on the top of the heap of Batman stories, not to mention video games this year. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: [...]
About a week ago, someone sent me an article which pointed out that, surprisingly, Disney had bought Marvel Comics for something like four billion dollars. This deal outraged [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Lovely images and faithful panel translations, but with no emotional significance, or grounding. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: The film is set in an alternate 1985, in [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Really brilliant, except when it’s really not. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: All across the world, all of the children are freezing and chanting. Over and [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A movie that is stunning not only in its visual imagery, but also in its storytelling and emotional power. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A movie built around [...]
Unless you’ve been living under a very large rock, on the side of some mountain somewhere, you are probably aware that there’s a new Ghostbusters movie [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A stellar collection, containing some of Zelazny’s finest stories, some of which were later expanded into major, influential novels. MY RATING: BRIEF [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Contains a couple of must-read stories, and then just other stuff. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A collection of short stories from all different points through [...]
I assume that if you have any connection with the internet world and its culture (and I have not entirely decided if this is “culture” like a group of people and [...]
[NOTE: This is the seventh essay in Pete Tzinski’s 7-part series leading up to the premiere of the new Star Trek film. See also: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, [...]
[NOTE: This is the sixth essay in Pete Tzinski’s 7-part series leading up to the premiere of the new Star Trek film. See also: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part [...]