For in those days, the Lord God had suffered the wise men to know the means by which the world itself might be destroyed... Walter M. Miller Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is one of the most profound books I’ve ever read. You could say it's as deep as Dungeon Crawler Carl is shallow. It... Continue Reading →
You get to thinking of the Earth as an organism, a living thing. You get to worry about it, care for it, wish it well. National boundaries are as invisible as meridians of longitude, or the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The boundaries are arbitrary. The planet is real. Carl Sagan Carl Sagan was a... Continue Reading →
I have long maintained the belief that storytelling is humanity's greatest achievement. Storytelling, and to a larger extent, art, is what inspires us. It gives us hope, direction, and a sense of purpose. This is my biggest soapbox issue, and the reason I have devoted my life to the written word. Of course, not all... Continue Reading →
Unless you've been living underground awaiting the coming apocalypse, or maybe you just don't like movies, you've probably seen the famous scene with Charlton Heston and the Statue of Liberty. Or perhaps you're a lot younger than me, and you watched the newer series with James Franco and the CGI apes. There is even a... Continue Reading →
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