Red Dwarf was the nerdiest of all nerdy Sci-Fi shows, as well as also being the raunchiest.
Fans who are wondering where Craig “Lister” Charles is today will find him on BBC Radio 6.
Red Dwarf Retreat
Category: Sci-Fi
Revolt on the Desert Planet
If Star Trek is Wagon Train in space, then Dune: Part Two is Lawrence of Arabia in space. That isn’t intended to be a slight. The movie is a bit of a overly long mess, but it’s a fun ride. Which describes a lot of movies these days, I guess.
Andor What?
At last, the promise of what Star Wars could be, that George Lucas was unable to fulfill, is here. Andor is the Better Call Saul of Sci-Fi.
I’m almost done watching season 1. In one of the episodes there is an absolutely brilliant integration of the dystopian existence of Lucas’ THX 1138 into his Star Wars universe, along with a nod to Star Trek’s “Journey to Babel” episode. Season 2 will be out next year.
The Illustrated Writer Man
Long ago, boys of a certain age — that would be 12 — would discover Ray Bradbury’s short stories. When Bradbury was a young writer, EC Comics adapted a couple of his stories without credit… or payment. What happened next is explained in this video.
This is the famous, curiously friendly, letter that Bradbury sent to the EC offices.
Update: April 1, 2024. Ed Piskor, one of the voices in that video, has committed suicide. Not an April Fool joke.
Not Always a Fine Man
The second part of the Freakonomics Radio podcast series on physicist Richard Feynman.
Everybody Dance!
“I first saw [her] in a magazine,” or in a catalog, or on the package of a dress pattern book my sisters had.
