Facebook Fans

Book: Asimov’s Nightfall

A classic science fiction novel, Nightfall was first published as a short story in the September 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, written after some friendly persuasion by the editor of the magazine – John W. Campbell. The story was later adapted into a complete novel, and one that was acknowledged to be an incredible [...]

Book: This Immortal – by Roger Zelazny

This Immortal was the first novel by Roger Zelazny (published in 1966), and was of a level good enough that it shared the Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year with Frank Herbert’s “Dune”. When I first read the novel many years back, it seemed very ordinary at first reading (in fact, [...]

Movie: On the Waterfront (1954)

On the Waterfront is a movie that is more than 50 years old now, but it can still make an impact. The movie was an incredible career booster for Marlon Brando, giving him a massive reputation in the Oscar-winning role of a man who was just passing through life as a ‘bum’, being the lackey [...]

Movie: Indian Jones and the last Crusade (1989)

The Indiana Jones series were pure action and adventure flicks, packing a heavy dose of adventure, travel and action, in the shape of an persona who could be described as the James Bond of adventure. This comparison is even more interesting because the first (and possibly the best Bond), Sean Connery was brought in to [...]