Liberty Con 27

Had a great time at Liberty Con this year.  Met a lot of talented folks, heard a lot of interesting panel discussions, and–finally–Cindy and I got to meet one of my personal heroes, Timothy Zahn.

I also met, and did an impromptu media assist, for author and scientist Travis Taylor.  Taylor has a lot of work under his belt, including fiction, non-fiction, and straight up text books.  This panel discussion centered around his Alien Invasion: How to Defend Earth.  A work in which he argues two highly probable likelihoods: aliens do exist and–if they come to Earth–they’ll probably be hostile.  He then went through several scenarios detailing humanity’s chances of putting together a suitable resistance.  Unsurprisingly, even with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum on our side, things don’t look good.  

His presentation was fun and engaging, and I can’t recommend the book enough. You can check it out here.

Superheroes in Prose Volume 10: Two Rocks and a Hard Place, on sale September 24th.

#LibertyCon #Scifi #TimothyZahn

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bryan Singer back at the helm was a welcome sight.  And the spectacle in the movies was … well, spectacular.  But in a flick with so much eye-candy, a bigger ending would have been more satisfying.

SPOILERS follow!

Jackman, Fassbender, Sterwart, McAvoy–every freaking body was awesome, still bringing a crap-ton of energy to something that many actors might phone in at this point.  The script was tight, especially for a plot that had so many spinning plates.  And the Sentinel ideas were unique and interesting.

My only problem with the movie, really, was the ending.  I get the reason why Singer with with an anti-climax … in a time-travel story where the heroes are trying to prevent something from happening–instead of getting something TO happen–you kind of have to go that way.  Still, in a movie with so much spectacle, it would have been nice to see something in addition to Mystique slowly lowering her gun.  A bunch of Sentinels exploding, Magneto painfully getting some sort of epic comeuppance … just something.

All in all, a great flick though.  If you’re a fan of the first two X-Men films and First Class, check this movie out before it leaves theaters.  You won’t be sorry.

Superheroes in Prose Volume 10: Two Rocks and a Hard Place, on sale September 24th.

#DaysofFuturePast #SuperheroFilms #XMen

Superheroes in Prose 5-8 Collection

For those that have been waiting on the printed edition of Superheroes in Prose, the 5-8 collection is out now.  You can check it out here and the kindle version here.