21stCenturyAnalogBoy
In some divergent reality, the name Sarban could have been spoken of in the same breath as John Wyndham or Philip K. Dick. In an alternative universe, he could have become one of the giants of post World War II science fiction. But like many of his fictional characters, Sarban was a person out of [...]
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Reader’s Advisory: Fantasy Hockey Pool Resources
Posted: September 28, 2010 in Librarianship, Reader's Advisory ListsTags: fantasy hockey, Fantasy sport, hockey pool, National Hockey League, NHL, starting goalies, The Sports Network, trade rumours
Anyone who’s seen my wall of spreadsheets knows that perhaps I take my hockey pools a tad too seriously. Over the years I’ve developed a fairly decent methodology for drafting, managing and (mostly) winning my pools. As with most speculative or odds-based games, intuition and gut-feelings play a major role in the decision-making process. Sports speculation [...]
Reader’s Advisory: Joy Division
Posted: February 6, 2010 in Reader's Advisory Lists, Rock and/or RollTags: bibliography, Factory Records, good reads, Grant Gee, Ian Curtis, Images Festival, joy division, librarian, new order, reader's advisory, toronto, Toronto International Film Festival
Although I somehow managed to miss it when it showed at the Toronto International Film Festival, I was granted a second chance to see Grant Gee‘s Joy Division documentary. It seems the good people at the Images Festival thought highly enough of it to bring it back for one night. In spite of having to [...]
Reader’s Advisory: Alien Invasion, Paranoia Literature and the Cold War
Posted: January 23, 2010 in Reader's Advisory Lists, Science FictionTags: alien invasion, bibliography, Body Snatchers, cold war, good reads, Jack Finney, Joseph McCarthy, librarian, martian, Puppet Masters, reader's advisory, Science Fiction, Starship Troopers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Invasion (film), The Thing, War of the Worlds
Alien invasion and infiltration literature became hugely popular at the onset of the U.S/Russian Cold war. The public became obsessed with the idea that Communists agents were secretly infiltrating America. Of course this paranoia spilled over to popular culture and left us with some of the best (and worst!) novels and films in the history [...]
