R. I. P. Charlton Heston

As you likely saw in the news, Charlton Heston died yesterday. He starred in some of my favorite movies including Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green and Omega Man. Wired has a good article about his sci fi cred.

Aren't you a little bit short for a storm tropper?

Star Wars at the Franklin Institute

New Dune movie confirmed

Sadly, no Sting in this one. Why not a House Harkonnen movie? If good books make bad movies, maybe the reverse could be true. It worked for Gone with the Wind and the Godfather movies. Read more here.

Return of Neal Stephenson

Lev Grossman at Nerd World has an update on Neal Stephenson's latest novel, due in September 2008. Check it out

Also, an interview with Gretta Cook has some more exciting details

Hello World

Hopefully my future posts will be a bit longer than this, but you have to start somewhere!