Author: Doc
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Service Model
As I listened to Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Service Model, I was struck by two things: how the story captured a post-apocalyptic world in a manner that felt like a Terry Gilliam film, and how brilliant Tchaikovsky’s narration was. I was gobsmacked by both. Briefly, Service Model covers the plight of a robot valet seeking answers in…
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When The Moon Hits Your Eye
If you love John Scalzi’s “voiciness”, this is a book for you. If you find Scalzi’s voice a little too glib, smarmy, and laced with pop-culture winks and nods—maybe not so much for you with this book. When The Moon Hits Your Eye (A title borrowed from Dean Martin’s hit That’s Amore) is the 2025…
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Sic Semper Tyrannis
Thus ever to kings. These are the words Virginians put on the great seal of their Commonwealth. Look. Above those words stands Virtue, the Amazon female figure clad in a helm and carrying a spear and a sheathed sword. Her left foot holds Tyranny, a tyrant king subdued on the ground, his crown tossed asunder.…
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Project Hail Mary: A clinic in screen adaptations
I read Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary over a year ago and loved it. I loved The Martian and PHM had the feel of a sequel. All the elements that worked in The Martian are there—an isolated main character (Ryland Grace in PHM, Mark Watney in The Martian) with no game plan for survival up…
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