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Here’s a comic strip by Tom Gauld called “You’re all just jealous of my jetpack.” The comics often have a literary theme. Here are a few that I particularly enjoy: The Four Undramatic Plot Structures Dystopian Road Signs Complete Guide to Cricket, Chapter 8,435: Umpiring Signals Here’s the main page: You’re all just jealous of […]
Even though we can’t know what the future holds, we have some ideas about what’s to come. But at least some of those ideas might be wrong. Here’s a collection of counter-intuitive but plausible ideas about the future from the folks at io9, on such topis as authoritarian rule, privacy, and AI: 11 Ways The […]
{4.5/5} “Animal lovers, especially female ones, are often accused of being neurotic and unable to relate to other human beings. More often than not, those pointing the finger have never had a pet. It seems to me the universe gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of […]
{4.5/5} “This is the best bad idea we have, sir. By far.” Argo, released in 2012 Enraged Iranians storm the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979. Six Americans escape and end up at the Canadian ambassador’s house. They can’t stay there forever, and they can’t go out into the streets. Tony Mendez of the CIA […]
{4.5/5} Angels & Demons, released in 2009 Symbologist Robert Langdon is called to the Vatican, where four cardinals have been kidnapped. The Illuminati say that they’ll kill them one per hour. Then on the fifth hour they’ll destroy the Vatican with a bit of antimatter they’ve stolen from the Large Hadron Collider. Langdon searches a […]
{4/5} “I couldn’t just stand there and watch him shoot those people right in front of me. It was… rage. Pure rage… Just made me mad.” Patriot Games, released in 1992 Jack Ryan used to be in the CIA and now he’s a professor. While on vacation in Britain he saves some members of the […]
{3.5/5} “I’d love to indulge your feelings, but I am dealing with a slightly larger picture right now. Now, you can exercise your responsibility to help your fellow man or I will exercise that responsibility for you.” Next, released in 2007 Cris can see two minutes into his own future. He tries to have as […]
{4.5/5} Planet of the Apes: The Long War by Daryl Gregory & Carlos Magno, published in 2011 Planet of the Apes: The Devil’s Pawn by Daryl Gregory & Carlos Magno, published in 2012 Planet of the Apes: Children of Fire by Daryl Gregory & Carlos Magno, published in 2012 Planet of the Apes: The Half […]
{4.5/5} Vantage Point, released in 2008 The President of the United States comes together with other world leaders in Spain to forge an agreement on terrorism. Despite the highest security precautions, the President is shot and chaos ensues. The events leading up to the shooting are shown from several different points of view. Even with […]
{5/5} “I’m sorry but it won’t work. I love you and I know you love me. But it’s a recipe for disaster. We’ll get to know each other, warts and all. We’ll annoy each other, stop communicating, and end up hating each other.” Romantics Anonymous, released in 2010 Angélique is a chocolate maker. But she’s […]