'Palimpsest' by Charles Stross (Wireless)

The God Engines by John Scalzi (Subterranean) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade) Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey Macmillan UK)

One More Christmas Card Post, If You Can Stand It.Congratulations to all the 2010 Hugo Nominees, including some favorites I've reviewed here: Robert Charles Wilson's Julian Comstock, Cherie Priest's Boneshaker, Ian McDonald's 'Vishnu at the Cat Circus' (from Cyberabad Days) and Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl.

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And isn't that why movies exist, to entertain?ĭrawn in Photoshop on the graphic tablet. Say what you want about it, but despite its flaws you can't deny that it's entertaining. I've seen far, far worse (some of them this year!). Lots of people (most who've probably never even seen it) will tell you it's the worst movie ever made. It didn't seem natural to render him in full color.īy the way, I wasn't kidding about 'Plan 9' being one of my favorite movies. I drew this illustration in pale bluish grays because every image I've ever seen of Mr. Those scant few appearances must have made quite an impression on the monster mask industry! Imagine my surprise when years later I found out that he only appeared in literally a handful of horror films. I figured since they sold masks of the Frankenstein monster and there were hundreds of Frankenstein movies out there, by the same logic if they were selling Tor masks there must have been hundreds of his movies as well. I'd never seen him in any films in those pre-home video days, but I assumed he must have been a huge horror movie star, right up there with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (well, he was huge, but in a different way). Among the masks for sale there would always be one of Tor Johnson. When I was a kid I used to see ads in comic books advertising horror movie masks. In honor of the movie, I thought I'd draw Tor Johnson, who starred in Plan 9 and other Z-Grade horror movies. So begins Plan 9 From Outer Space, one of my all time favorite movies. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future.'

We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.

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