Here’s my top picks of the must see movies of 2012, in no particular order. Be sure to click the HD option to 720 and go full screen! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey We all know the tale, and at long last the new movie has been revealed! The Hunger...
Only 374 days! Click the HD 720 and go full screen: From Warner Brothers press release: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug....
SF Signal has create an interactive guide to NPR’s top 100 list of science fiction and fantasy books. They have create a beautiful flowchart and a pretty nifty interactive web app. The flowchart is good to download and print out (if you have a 52″ x 40″ printer), and the...
A shocking report from scientists at the University of Leeds has revealed that Medieval knights were encumbered by heavy armor, and expended more energy than they otherwise would when not wearing heavy armor. http://vimeo.com/26667250 The study was performed on medieval reenactors for the Royal Armouries in Leeds, who donned full...
While the name is stupid, Sucker Punch is indeed a movie I didn’t see coming (hence, Sucker Punch might be an apropos name after all). The best way to describe it is something like this: a young girl in the 1950’s (I think) has a bad life, gets put in...
Well, it looks like the Cthulhu mythos of H.P. Lovecraft is finally coming the big screen, as the movie script of At the Mountains of Madness is currently being passed around the Hollywood big wigs. Let’s just hope Hollywood can do it right… And if they don’t, I’ll call Yog-Sothoth...
I have revised my essay on the Capitalization of Fantasy Race Names. With further consideration and additional research, I have determined that my original conclusion — that the race name should be treated as a proper noun — was wrong. Instead, fantasy race names are really common nouns, and in...
I have struggled for some time with the conundrum of capitalization as it concerns the names of fantasy races. As a reader, I never paid the matter much thought; as a writer, the issue never seems to stop troubling me. If you are an avid fantasy reader, you may have...
Back on the topic of Mythania, I’ve recently added two new stories for your reading pleasure, “The Duel” and “The Mines of Nuram”. Both are action packed, and should keep you sufficiently glued to your screen for the duration of the stories. If you’re just tuning in, please visit Mythania.com...
There seems to be a really cool new Victorian era comic books series in the works called “Mathema”, by one Amy Pearson, which emphasizes mathematics and weird science, and gives it a dash of steampunk flare. It also appears to have some very intriguing fantasy, magical, and occult themes. Check...
