1,000

...or, Wednesday's Post, postponed.

First, congratulations to True Grit, Inception and Toy Story 3 for earning a boatload of Academy Award nominations yesterday. Of course, I reviewed True Grit here and had a thing or two to say about Inception here. I like it when the movies I've seen are the ones recognized by the people in the industry as being exceptional, and while I'd have to think pretty hard about it to be sure...I was going to say that was 100% of the films I saw this year, but after thinking about it, those are only half the films I saw this year. I did see at least three others. (Despicable Me, Megamind and Tangled, if you are keeping score. The Junior Reader [age, 4] picks most of our films.)

Second, I read something very, very interesting yesterday over at one of my favorite websites, io9.com. While I've mostly focused on books, I read just about anything made out of letters forming words that barely qualify as English.

Case in point.

Anyway the aforementioned website has been going nuts on Battlestar Galactica this week, the groundbreaking tv drama that aired on Sci Fi Channel from 2003 to 2010. On Tuesday, they posted the series bible for BSG. It was a really neat read, and anyone who is interested in how tv is produced, and especially anyone who liked Galactica should give it a read. (Anyone who hasn't seen the whole show beginning to end probably shouldn't read it, IMHO. Too Spoilery.)

I'm not going to go into anything spoilerific here, either, but let's just say that when you read a couple of the character sketches, it's a little disappointing where their character arcs ultimately led.

It is a complete rebuke of everything wrong with Science Fiction on tv in 2003, namely the Star Trek legacy shows. (The original still kicks @$$ when you look at it in the context of its time.)

The bible is good stuff in its entirety, though. Give it a read.

Finally, today The Rochester Reader is likely to surpass just (9:28 am CST) surpassed 1,000 visitors since I started it in November. Thanks for stopping by. I mean it. (Especially the 14 hits I received from Belize this week. Seriously.) It is humbling to think that that many people have ended up here, much less that anyone would enjoy themselves enough to come back!

Thank you! See you next time.

Now go read something today already!

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Wednesday's Post

Today's regularly scheduled post has been delayed until tomorrow. It seems someone ran into a telephone pole out near the house yesterday, and as a result our internet was down most of the day. In turn, I was unable (and frankly, after dealing with the phone company, not in the mood) to write up today's post. The topic is a good one though, and will appear in this space tomorrow.

In the meantime, (other than the blog) what was the last thing you read? It can be anything. Answers in the comments.

The last thing I read was an issue of DC's Starman from 1994. (I couldn't sleep at 4:00 this morning.)

Currently Reading: Ender's Shadow

Hey, everybody.

First, enjoy the new format of the blog. I may switch back, or I may switch to something else. Either way, I suspect the change is temporary.

Second, I failed to read any short stories last week; I may yet read one this week. It was my intention to read "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway, but it just didn't grab my attention.

So I picked up a bunch of different books this weekend, and for whatever reason, Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card was what stuck. I read Ender's Game a couple years ago, and it was pretty good. The so-called "Military Sci-Fi" isn't my favorite sci-fi subgenre, although I have been known to partake in it: Ender's Game, Starship Troopers, Aliens (on film) and Battlestar Galactica (on tv). Old Man's War by John Scalzi is currently loaded on the Kindle waiting to be read.

The Ender's series has been turned into a comic book series by Marvel, although I haven't really indulged in it. (Aside: Marvel is supposed to do a series detailing the Formic Wars, which could be cool.) The series also hasn't yet been ruined by Hollywood, so I'm able to enjoy it (strictly) as the written word.

Updates to be posted to Goodreads, Twitter and the Blog as time allows. Enjoy your week everybody, and I'll probably be back with a new post on Wednesday.