I recently saw the movie Shin Godzilla. http://www.funimationfilms.com/movie/shingodzilla/ (Warning possible spoiler alerts) This was less of a monster movie then an exploration of how a bureaucracy copes with a crisis. For me, interested in all things Japanese, the movie was enjoyable and I found the background fascinating. For those looking for a standard Kaiju movie,…
Don’t Forget! Tomorrow Morning (Saturday) is Michael H. Hanson’s LIVE Online Reading at LibertyCon-33! Just promoting his one-hour virtual online live reading from his Elgin Award Nominated collection of Sci-Fi and Fantasy poems, “ANDROID GIRL And Other Sentient Speculations,” from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EST at LibertyCon-33 in Reading Room #1 this coming…
I suppose that one of the more refreshing social attributes and cultural dividends that I have garnered over the almost 24 years that I was once employed as a Technical Editor with The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (The IEEE Inc.) is something I like to call The IEEE Beacon. And what, pray tell,…
WITH NASA’s successful test of the RS-25 rocket engine (the most powerful rocket ever), the recent announcement of the possible discovery of an Earth 2.0 orbiting Proxima Centauri, and the rampant speculation of some variant of a Dyson sphere surrounding Tabby’s star, there is no shortage of fresh science to inspire the burgeoning field of science-fiction, and Edward F. McKeown’s “MAAURO Sci-Fi Series” is a prime example of this.
Following on my discussion of ARRIVAL, I updated an article that was published in the Science Fiction Writer’s Bulletin on First Contact. This has been handled wonderfully as in Ray Bradbury’s “It Came from Outer Space” and miserably as in an episode “Star Trek- Enterprise” when Captain Archer, informed that an alien ship was…
Narrated by chilling voice artist Ben Gamble, Michael H. Hanson’s dark and evocative collection of poetry is brought to life with all the tenacity and emotion its words ignite in the Reader. The AudioBook version of Copper Dog Publishing Poet Michael H. Hanson’s poetry collection “DARK PARCHMENTS: Midnight Curses & Verses” is now available on…
