Carl Sagan, Believer
On his birthday, November 9, Carl Sagan fans should remember that he once said about the growth of scientific understanding: “It’s never been, `Oh, gee, this is nothing like what I had imagined. Just the opposite: It’s exactly like I imagined.” They would also do well to remember that the celebrated science popularizer not only [...]
Authors Walter Bosley and Richard B. Spence take a novel approach in examining the Zodiac killer crimes, the infamous and still open serial murder case in northern California, as part of their examination of crimes from another time and place. Empire of the Wheel initially uses the narrative of a novel to explore a rather arcane possibility [...]
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Beside Top Secret becomes the latest comic book to attempt to tell parapolitical tales. Rick Thomas in Montreal produced the first issue with hopes to raise money for a continuing series, putting down in four colors (well, on the cover at least) comics depictions of the rise of Disney-type theme parks and the fall of the [...]
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People in the Occupy movement might gain a better focus on their ambition by viewing Len Bracken’s film, The Lazy Ones. Occupiers are often lampooned as lazy do-nothings and defended as the 99% of the un-and-under-employed trying to free up resources from Wall Street greed to create jobs. The Lazy Ones presents a film narrative that takes seriously [...]
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