Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: science fiction
Scary Movies: Alien Resurrection
Okay, last horror movie from my family’s annual October horror moviethon. At my son’s strong request, we watched the fourth movie in the Alien franchise, Alien Resurrection. Previously on this site, the first Alien movie was the only horror movie I’ve reviewed to receive… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Alien Resurrection”
What I’m Reading: The Mote in God’s Eye
Now this is a great science fiction novel, and simultaneously an illustration of the limits of genre fiction. The Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, succeeds at every level as an SF story. The primary character in a very large… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Mote in God’s Eye”
Scary Movies: Alien 3
We’re coming up on the scary movie season and we have some great movies lined up this year. Before we get to that, though, I need to clear the decks. My son and I watched Alien 3 a couple months ago, so I need… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Alien 3”
Scary Movies: Aliens
What am I doing reviewing a scary movie the week before Christmas? Well, every Saturday night, the members of my family alternate picking a movie for everyone to watch, and my son’s choice this past week was Aliens. (I reviewed Alien a few months… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Aliens”
Scary Movies: The Last Man on Earth
Today I’m rating the 1964 film The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price, and practically nobody else. I say that because Price’s character, Dr. Robert Morgan, is the sole survivor of a sort of apocalypse that has turned everybody else on Earth into… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Last Man on Earth”
Scary Movies: Alien
It’s that time of year when things turn scary, and we have a real classic this time! Last Saturday, my son and I watched Alien together. I know it was scary because when a scene is too tense, he likes to go hide on… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Alien”
What I’m Reading: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Somehow I never read The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, despite reading Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers multiple times in middle and high school. Especially odd because at that time I tended to go deep on science fiction… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”
What I’m Reading: The Martian
I admit I was a bit skeptical when someone loaned me The Martian recently and told me I should read it. The Martian? That new movie with Matt Damon? Isn’t that an airplane book, not real literature? (Yes, despite my devotion to comics and… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Martian”
