Over at Fantasy Magazine, I review the Red Dwarf special, “Back to Earth.” Check it out.

Went with some usual suspects to see Sleep Dealer last night.  It’s a near-future SF film told in Spanish voice-over from the point-of-view of a Mexican corn farmer.  It’s a story of military-industrial complexes’ effect on indigenous culture, the very real story of how damns have whisked away some people’s entire way of life.  In Sleep Dealer, Mexicans no longer sneak into the U.S, they jack-in, legally, through a VR-like interface which allows them to control worker robots in America.  What’s great about this movie is the way it treats …

The Shirley Jackson Awards will hold an online auction of a rare book to benefit the award. Peter Schneider has kindly donated a first edition of the 1899 publication of The Alleged Haunting of B—– House, the inspiration for Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. Persons may bid on this item from Tuesday, April 21 through midnight on Thursday, April 30, 2009. The auction item can be found here, on Ebay.

Sometimes it just amazes me how much beauty surrounds us that we cannot see.

My friend, writer Kris Dikeman, introduced me to the world of zines more than half a decade ago.  Among them was Electric Velocipede. It was one of the inspirations for Sybil’s Garage.  John Klima, Electric Velocipede creator and family man, has run into a little financial trouble with the birth of his second child.  John says: I feel very awkward to ask for help when there are so many people who also need help. It’s not easy for me to put this out there for the world. I have to say this …