Month: February 2005
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Great Films: Christopher Nolan’s “Memento”
Momento Memento became an instant classic of the noir genre and an art house cult favorite when it was released in 2000. It follows the story of one Leonard Shelby, an insurance claims investigator, whose deductive skills are now aiding him in the search for the person who murdered his wife. There’s a problem, however,…
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Recommended Reading: David Brin
David Brin’s Nonfiction While most famous for his Science Fiction works, it is actually Dr. Brin’s non-fiction that I find most inspiring. The Doctor is a brilliant man with fascinating perspectives on society, politics, and technology. He is a role model of pragmatic centrism. Brin takes a phenomenally unique perspective on the growth of surveillance…
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Michael Crichton’s Luddhism
To some, Michael Crichton’s status as a science fiction writer affords him the right to play loosely with facts, but Crichton has always tried to portray himself as something more than a b-status fiction author. Crichton wants his audience to think him an expert on every subject he speculates on, and this is where he…