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The author of Skulls in the Stars is a professor of physics, specializing in optical science, at UNC Charlotte. The blog covers topics in physics and optics, the history of science, classic pulp fantasy and horror fiction, and the surprising intersections between these areas. -
Category Archives: Entertainment
Relive the history of The Oregon Trail… the game!
I’m currently mulling over my next science blog post, which will hopefully be out soon. In the meantime, I had to point out this wonderful discovery via StumbleUpon: an Apple II emulator which allows one to play the classic educational … Continue reading
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SOS: Save Our (favorite) Shows!
The fiancée pointed out to me today that one of our new favorite shows, Life on Mars, will not be surviving to season 2. This is a real shame; though it was a remake of a classic UK show, we’d … Continue reading
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Adventures in iRiff-ery!
I’ve been a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 for years. If you’re not familiar, the show consisted of a human host and two wisecracking (puppet) robots ridiculing bad science fiction, fantasy, and horror films, and was generally a … Continue reading
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E is for Edward, who birthday was today…
Via The Greenbelt, I see that today was the birthday of macabre artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000), who produced such bizarre and twisted classics such as The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Curious Sofa. It is an interesting coincidence since I just … Continue reading
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Upcoming horror game: The Path
Via StumbleUpon, I came across the website for a short horror game which will be released in March or April 2009: The Path. Produced by a small independent game company called Tale of Tales (and I mean small: two programmers), … Continue reading
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Dick Van Dyke: Still cool
I’ve been a big fan of Dick Van Dyke for a long time, and it’s great to see that he’s still active and in the news! CNN has a nice interview with him in which he reminisces about making Mary … Continue reading
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A double loss for cinema: Montalban and McGoohan
Via Pharyngula, we learn that the last two days resulted in the loss of two of entertainment’s coolest actors: Patrick McGoohan died on Tuesday, while Ricardo Montalban died on Wednesday. It is strangely appropriate for their deaths to more or … Continue reading
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A Patrick Swayze Christmas, by MST3K
I’ve got to continue the holiday tradition I started last Christmas; I therefore present, “A Patrick Swayze Christmas”: In the spirit of the season, I offer sincere best wishes and ‘get well soon’ to Patrick Swayze, who has been fighting … Continue reading
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Wonderful views of Earth From Above
Boston.com has a wonderful collection of images from the Earth From Above exhibit, which has been put on display in various cities since 1994 and is coming to NYC. To quote the official website, Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s mission was to create … Continue reading
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John W. Campbell Jr.’s Who Goes There?
I’ll be getting back to some physics posts this week — I promise! In the meantime, I thought I’d step away from reading old, old classic horror of the 19th century for a bit and look to a different era: … Continue reading
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