- John Hansen
- January 21, 2021
‘Firefly: Watch How I Soar’ a flighty nod to Wash
A decade ago, Dark Horse gave us the previously secret backstory of Book in one volume, “The Shepherd’s Tale.” Now we get a similarly classy
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- John Hansen
- January 8, 2021
Lebbon’s ‘Firefly: Generations’ teases Earth-That-Was
Tim Lebbon’s “Firefly: Generations” – the series’ fourth novel — finally came out in November long after its initial announcement, and while it’s not exactly
- John Hansen
- January 1, 2021
Valerian makes surprise return in ‘Future is Waiting’ (2019)
Like most fans, I thought “Volume 22: Memories of the Futures” (2013) was the final “Valerian and Laureline” book, but artist Jean-Claude Mezieres and writer
- John Hansen
- October 26, 2020
‘Screamers: The Hunting’ (2009) a redundant trek
With the sequel “Screamers: The Hunting” (2009), we get further away from the Philip K. Dick source material adapted into 1995’s “Screamers”: the 1953 short
- John Hansen
- October 5, 2020
‘Divine Invasion’ (1981) an engaging religious parable
In “The Divine Invasion” (written in 1980, published in 1981), Philip K. Dick is done apologizing for being obsessed with religion, his search for God,
- John Hansen
- September 28, 2020
Anthony enters PKD’s world in ‘Total Recall’ book (1990)
The “Total Recall” novelization (1990) by Piers Anthony is the only instance of a Philip K. Dick story being adapted into a movie and then
- John Hansen
- September 26, 2020
‘Away’ a flighty drama about work-life balance
With many shows releasing entire seasons at once nowadays, I haven’t had time to watch full seasons yet, but I have checked out some first
- John Hansen
- September 11, 2020
‘Jason X’ (2002) a futuristic guilty pleasure
The last time we saw Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), in 1993’s “Jason Goes to Hell,” he is dead and buried at the end of a
- John Hansen
- September 4, 2020
‘Raised by Wolves’ offers little beyond its look
The Fall TV season gets off to both an early and an inauspicious start with “Raised by Wolves” (HBO Max), which at first blush has
- John Hansen
- August 24, 2020
‘Our Friends from Frolix 8’ (1970) takes on spy state
“Our Friends from Frolix 8” (written in 1969, published in 1970) kicks off Philip K. Dick’s thematic police state/drug war trilogy, and although “Flow My