thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | February 8, 2007
Pondering lists of movies got me thinking, in true stream-of-consciousness fashion, about what actually defines the genre. After all, quite a lot of purists have tried to say that Star Wars should be rightly categorized as Fantasy, and the Incredibles– and superhero stories in general– seem to step outside any sort of plausible outlines of [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 7, 2007
Short comparison of my top ten list vs. top ten SF movie rankings on IMDB (as of 2/7/07): Common Films:Star Wars, Metropolis, Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner On the IMDB list, not mine:Empire Strikes Back, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Incredibles. On my list, not IMDB:The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Terminator, THX [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 6, 2007
I’ve written about what makes a bad SF film. I thought I’d post my thoughts on a few good ones. I decided to make a list of what I consider the top 10 SF films of the 20th century. There are omissions that I know will tick people off, but this is my list, so [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 6, 2007
Follow-up to my post about SF writers who blog: I’ve come across another list of SF blogs at Whatever. . .
S Andrew Swann | February 5, 2007
I just got an e-mail from fellow Hamster Astrid remarking on my clipmarked post from Meme Therapy that I mentioned earlier. She brought up Immanuel Kant and the Categorical Imperative which is, in fact, a pretty good way of building a moral philosophy without recourse to God or religion. . . But, I thought I’d [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 5, 2007
Follow-up to my earlier post: Scott Weber at the Burton Blog has another post about writing, thought I’d pass it on.
S Andrew Swann | February 4, 2007
I just recently finished the page proofs for “Fealty” and thinking about the weird genesis of that story gave me the thought to post an answer to the most-oft asked question of those in the fiction trade: where do I get my ideas? Instead of the pat answer most authors give— which all amount to [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 4, 2007
Ok, show of hands, how many people out there watch the Superbowl for the commercials? Now, think of this, how many Superbowl ads actually look like ads? At least like things we traditionally think of ads? How many of you have received a mepeg in your e-mail of a funny advertisement, or downloaded one from [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 2, 2007
Working on the technical aspects of this blog, feeds, Technorati etc… Found that my post on Memetherapy had taken on a life of its own on the Clipmarks site. Fly free little electrons. BTW- This is an object lesson in my earlier point about why you shouldn’t post anything you don’t want your mom, your [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 2, 2007
. . . then read this post on the Burton Blog, and while you’re at it you can get a in-depth look at small-town Ohio politics.
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