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Oct 19, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 312
Gil T. Wilson Oct 22, 2009, 2:37am EDT
I have been dying to see some of the "empire" series of books by Isaac Asimov....Hollywood would probably start w/ Foundation...but then they can branch forward and backward throughout the Asimov universe and have a nearly endless supply of movies.
Oct 20, 2009 | rating: 9.9 | comments: 126
Gil T. Wilson Oct 22, 2009, 2:34am EDT
I don't necessarily think it will be robots, but computers in general...They are gathering this information on us from social sites and shopping...so they know more than we care to admit. when the computers begin to talk amongst themselves...that's when we'll be held hostage.
Sep 29, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 3
Gil T. Wilson Sep 29, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
This angel is represented as a man...in the series there is only one angel that is a woman...but it seems male / female is not something the angels seem to worry about.
Sep 28, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
Gil T. Wilson Sep 29, 2009, 1:56am EDT
that's funny, christine.
Sep 17, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
Gil T. Wilson Sep 18, 2009, 1:24pm EDT
Well Chris, you could always just go through my list of posts...but if it's heinlein you want here's the last heinlein i did
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977642105
Sep 16, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 3
Gil T. Wilson Sep 16, 2009, 9:36pm EDT
lost boys was the movie

yeah that OTHER vampire book was wimpy :)
Sep 9, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
Gil T. Wilson Sep 12, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
yeah, chris, that's one of the things i found really intriguing about this book is the look at the "disease" from both sides... I hope they at least adequately portray the all the aspects of what make this book "disturbing" in the movie.
Sep 10, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 5
Gil T. Wilson Sep 11, 2009, 3:07pm EDT
Hubbard is often credited with the statement, "Writing for a penny
a word is ridiculous, If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be start his own religion."

These stories are from the penny a word era. With the entertainment provided from these stories he should have received more. He wrote some very entertaining fiction.
Sep 8, 2009 | rating: 8.5 | comments: 96
Gil T. Wilson Sep 9, 2009, 10:33pm EDT
My son saw it and hey, he's been an Obama fan since last year. And not influence by me. He said McCain looked scary. but his grade school watched it and he said he's washing his hands but only does his homework because that let's him go out for recess.
Aug 22, 2009 | comments: 20
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Gil T. Wilson Aug 22, 2009, 3:27pm EDT
I voted for him and hope he can make the change...my lack of zeal is because of government in general...bipartisan bickering etc.
Aug 22, 2009 | comments: 20
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Gil T. Wilson Aug 22, 2009, 4:11am EDT
Great point...you know I haven't even thought about the U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. act since the new regime. very interesting.

btw it should always we written as the initials lest we be fooled that it something good for america

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

a lot of people tend to forget that part :)
Aug 22, 2009 | comments: 20
Gil T. Wilson Aug 22, 2009, 3:05am EDT
I loved this movie. Being a Radio / TV Major back in college we studied in detail Edward R. Murrow and Bill Paley(the man who ruled the world through CBS TV). This movie did a great job covering a troubled time in American history. It may not have been earth shattering but the fear mongering by Joseph McCarthy said a lot about about where we stood.
May 8, 2008 | rating: 10 | comments: 6
Gil T. Wilson Aug 15, 2009, 4:37am EDT
The author of this book, William F. Wu wrote to me and cleared up the "juvenile" aspect:

Hi, Mr. Wilson,

I just happened across your observations about the Robot City series, including the first one I wrote, No. 3. You noted, correctly, that it seemed to be written for young people.

I realize you posted those comments more than a year ago, but anyway, I thought I'd give you some more information.

Contractually, the book was a juvenile, or "Young Adult," in current publishing parlance. All of the writers in the series were initially told that it would a Young Adult series, and labeled so. Later, the publisher decided not to label the series Young Adult, but just as Science Fiction. By this time, all the books had been written and edited. A related problem was that we all -- all of the writers in the series knew each other, at least a little bit -- had a different idea of what Young Adult meant. In any case, our contracts had a long list of forbidden subjects and terminology. The targeted marketing group in the contract was twelve-year-old boys.

In reading them myself, I saw that we definitely responded to the Young Adult concept in different ways, and I think most of us came to feel the uneven nature of the series was not a good thing. I think the first, by Michael P. Kube-McDowell, probably had the least amount of Young Adult feel, but that's just my opinion.

In any case, I thought I'd offer this information to you. Feel free to post or ignore any of this, as you wish.

Wishing you the best,

Bill

(William F. Wu)

http://www.williamfwu.com
Aug 10, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 230
Gil T. Wilson Aug 12, 2009, 2:17am EDT
just what I need more books. :O

I recently verified my "have read list" against a supposed list of the BBC's top 100 books and came out at 56 of the top 100 not bad...but the cool part was that about 35 of them I read to my son...too cool.
Aug 7, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 6
Gil T. Wilson Aug 8, 2009, 2:54am EDT
I have to admit doc...this was not one of the best in the series. I tried to read it in print but never could....once i started to tackle the whole series I kept putting this on off...the earlier books are better.

as for relighting the old flame...i think that was a small part for Magdalena at first but then she knew she couldn't so she (to stay in the same metaphor) decided to snuff his the flame between him and Dallas
Aug 6, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 5
Gil T. Wilson Aug 7, 2009, 1:34pm EDT
Yeah Doc...the treasure hunt genre has been around ....I'd even go back to Homer w/ the Odyssey & Iliad stories.

Nippy...the author doesn't combine the characteristics, I did. Whenever I review a book by an author that has less than ten novels out I'm always asked, "what other author is he like?" I hate comparing authors they each write in their own way....so I just took a bunch of authors that write in the espionage/treasure hunt/globe hopping genre and wrapped them up in a tidy little package...maybe i should have thrown in Ian Fleming into that mix or even Homer...although it's not written in epic poem form.
Jul 24, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 6
Gil T. Wilson Jul 25, 2009, 11:53am EDT
ya know, Doc, I have "The Planet of the Apes" on my reading list. but I have 3 books that I have to review first...but....soon.
Jul 6, 2009 | rating: 10 | comments: 160
Gil T. Wilson Jul 9, 2009, 2:22pm EDT

the world of my dreams involves lots of flying w/ no apparatus to help...just simple human flying...and lots of soft surfaces....landing should always be easy :)
Jul 6, 2009 | rating: 9.8 | comments: 261
Gil T. Wilson Jul 9, 2009, 2:20pm EDT

Hard to choose my fave but definitely between, One after 909 or I Dig a Pony
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