The Island

The sci-fi movie The Island is really worth a look. The story is profound, and the photography, acting, and directing is very good. This movie is artistic and at times even poetic. I've been trying to understand why it wasn't much of a success at the box office. The conclusion I've reached is that it is ahead of its time. Any other observations?

Leo Frankowski's The High-Tech Knight

I am reading Leo Frankowski's book, The High-Tech Knight(Book Two in the Adventures of Conrad Starguard).
I read the first book in the series, The Cross-Time Engineer.
I am learning about Polish history while reading these good books.

In science fiction, time travel is sometimes used.
However in physics, is it possible to use a machine to transport a person back in time to the same planet in the same universe?

Patricia D. Cornwell's Postmortem

I read Patricia Cornwell's book Postmortem.
I also read her other books in the Kay Scarpetta series:
All That Remains, Body Of Evidence, From Potter's Field, The Body Farm, Cruel And Unusual, Unnatural Exposure, Cause Of Death, The Last Precinct, and Blowfly.

They involve forensics science and are good books.
The Virginia Institute of Forensics Science and Medicine came into being during the writing of some of these books.

Club Meeting

There is an informal Nighthawk Sci Fi Club meeting scheduled for Saturday, 21 April 2007, at Ravencon 2007.

The Dresden Files

Mike and I have been watching "The Dresden Files," a new show on the Sci-fi Channel. We started watching it because Dr. Who's season was over and Stargate's season doesn't start until April 13. Surprise, surprise, "The Dresden Files" is a really good show! Technically, it's not sci-fi, but it's produced by and shown on the Sci-fi Channel, so... I suppose the show could be called a light-hearted, supernatural, detective show. Whatever, the writing, acting , and directing is good -- a quality show. I recommend you check it out.

Club Meeting

There is a Nighthawk Sci Fi Club meeting scheduled for this Sunday, 25 March 2007, at 1400 EDT.

A. C. Crispin's Sarek

I read Ann C. Crispin's book Sarek.

Events in this book occur after the events of the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

In Memory of . . .
Gene Roddenberry, DeForest Kelly, Brock Peters, Mark Lenard and Jane Wyatt

Ben Mezrich's The X-Files: Skin

I have read Ben Mezrich's The X-Files: Skin.

I have read Charles Grant's The X-Files: Goblins and The X-Files: Whirlwind.
I have read Kevin Anderson's The X-Files: Ground Zero, The X-Files: Ruins and The X-Files: Antibodies.

These books are based on Chris Carter's television series, The X-Files, which ran for nine seasons.
Agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder are interesting characters in the series and these books.

Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time From The Big Bang To Black Holes

I read A Brief History of Time to prepare for Brian Greene's book The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory.
The reading went well from Hawking's book to Greene's book.
Greene lists Hawking's book, in a list of books he suggests you read, in the back of his book.
String theory, general relativity, special relativity and quantum mechanics are discussed in a manner that makes these ideas simpler to understand.

STARGATE

With a certain degree of sadness, I am looking forward to the last ten episodes of Stargate: SG-1, starting April 13, 2007. It has been a great ride -- the longest-running show in the history of Sci-fi. Thankfully, this will not be the end of SG-1. There are definite plans for at least two SG-1 movies -- it will be great to see SG-1 on the big screen! Also, Stargate: Atlantis will continue, with Samantha Carter as a recurring character. Long live Stargate!